{"id":26744,"date":"2024-08-06T13:12:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliamep.lncdoo.com\/human_resources\/alexandros-kolovos\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:00:48","slug":"alexandros-kolovos","status":"publish","type":"human_resources","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/human_resources\/alexandros-kolovos\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandros Kolovos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p>Dr. Alexandros Kolovos is Professor of Space Technology at the Hellenic Air Force Academy (HAFA), from which he graduated in 1980, and a retired Brigadier General of the Hellenic Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a Law degree from the University of Athens (1987) and a Ph.D. in International Relations and Strategic Studies with a specialization in Space from Panteion University (2001).<\/p>\n<p>From 1991 to 2006, he served as Head of the National Center for Space Applications of the Hellenic Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>He introduced the \u201cNational Security Space Policy\u201d of the Ministry of National Defense (1995), promoted Greece\u2019s participation in Earth Observation programs Helios-2 (1998) and MUSIS (2003), and established the Space Office at the Minister\u2019s Cabinet (2006).<\/p>\n<p>During two Greek EU Presidencies, he launched initiatives for the WEU Space Policy (1998) and for recognizing the role of Space in the EU\u2019s European Security and Defense Policy (\u201cESDP and Space\u201d, 2002\u201303), both approved by the respective Councils of Ministers.<\/p>\n<p>He served as National Representative to the WEU Space Group, the Board of the EU Satellite Center, and as a member of UN (COPUOS) and NATO committees.<\/p>\n<p>At the national level (1995\u20132008), he participated in key Space-related committees (General Secretariat for Research &amp; Technology, Ministry of Transport &amp; Communications, Ministry of Shipping and Insular Policy).<\/p>\n<p>He collaborated with the Center for Security Studies (KEMEA) of the Ministry of Citizen Protection in research projects (2013\u20132018).<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, he proposed to the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) the syllabus for the first training module Space Applications for Security and Defence, for which he also authored the corresponding e-book. Since 2022, this five-day module has been delivered at the Hellenic Air Force Academy with international participation of students and guest speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Publications: 4 books, 3 monographs, 8 book chapters, 36 articles, 32 conference papers, and 7 policy initiatives within EU bodies. Full list of publications: <a href=\"https:\/\/haf.academia.edu\/AlexandrosKolovos\">https:\/\/haf.academia.edu\/AlexandrosKolovos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":53577,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[20],"human_resource_role":[96],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/human_resources\/26744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/human_resources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/human_resources"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=26744"},{"taxonomy":"human_resource_role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/human_resource_role?post=26744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}