Vasilis Peristeras

Vasilis Peristeras serves as an Associate Professor at the International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki, Greece, within the University Center of International Programmes of Studies, Department of Science and Technology. He concurrently holds an Associate Researcher position at the Public Governance Institute of KU Leuven in Belgium and works as a Strategic IT Analyst at the Council of the European Commission in Brussels.

His educational background includes a Doctorate in Business Architecture for E-Government and a degree in Political Science and International Studies from Panteion University. His research program centers on digital transformation of modern organizations, with specific expertise in Business Information Systems, e-Government, e-Commerce, Interoperability, Data Management Strategies, and Semantic Web Technologies, driving practical applications in public sector digitization.

Professor Peristeras supervises six doctoral candidates: Shah Syed Iftikhar Hussain, Athanasios Deligiannis, Thomas Gkrimpizi, Danai Vlachava, John Konstantinidis, and Eleni Kapantai. His research is funded through major grants including:

• Co-Inform (Horizon 2020, 2018-2021): Co-Creating Misinformation – Resilient Societies
• DE4A (Horizon 2020, 2020-2023): Digital Europe for All
• GR DigiGOV (Digital Europe 2021-2027, 2023-2025): E-Government Digital Innovation Hub
• JustReDI (GREECE 2.0, 2023-2026): Just Green Digital Transition of Greek Regions

He leads research through the Digital Organizations Lab at IHU, focusing on digital business models and e-government solutions with over 140 publications and an H-index of 30 as of 2023.