Project Team
European University of Tirana
Dr. Ketrina Cabiri Mijo
Ketrina Cabiri Mijo is the Director of Office for Project Development and Internationalization at the European University of Tirana (UET). Ketrina has been working as an expert of European Research Programs in the Agency for Research, Technology and Innovation in the Council of Ministers in Albania. She has an extensive experience in project writing and management, while she has been involved in several EU Projects such as Tempus, IPA CBC/Interreg MED/Balkan Med, LLP/Jean Monnet, ERASMUS +, ESPON and other national and international donors like World Bank and British Council, Open Society Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Sifting, OSCE, UNWOMEN, GDN (Global Research Competition), etc.
Ketrina completed her PHD on Corruption and Decision Making in Public Procurement at the European University of Tirana, followed by a fellowship at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at Essex University (2016) supported by the Civil Society Scholar Award and a research stay at the Department of Political Sciences and Sociology, University of Salzburg as a Sigma Agile Fellow (2015-2016). Ketrina received a master’s degree in European Politics from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom in 2009. Ketrina has been a research Fellow at TRAIN programme ‘Fostering Policy Dialogue in the Western Balkans’ lead by German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in 2017.
Ketrina has published in national and international journals and publishing houses, such as Bentham Science Publishers, Kluwer Law International, Oxford University Press, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (Emerald Publishing), etc.
Ines Troshani PhDc
Ines Troshani is a dedicated academic and professional currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Bologna. She also holds an MBA from Gonzaga University in the USA and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the European University of Tirana. With a robust background in higher education, Ines has accumulated seven years of experience in both research and teaching, engaging with academic environments in Albania and internationally. Her involvement in various research initiatives, primarily within the economic sphere, underscores her versatile expertise. Ms. Troshani’s research interests are centered on intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship, and the transfer of knowledge in higher education settings. Currently, she is applying her skills and knowledge as a Project Manager at the European University of Tirana (UET), where she leads projects that bridge theoretical research with practical application in the educational sector.
FH-Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Mag. Dr. Doris Kiendl
Doris Kiendl was born in 1968. She received her Master´s degree and her Doctorate in Law at Karl Franzens University Graz (Austria) and her degree of Master of Legal Studies in Comparative European and International Law (LL.M.) at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Presently Kiendl is a Senior Lecturer in the International Management Programm at Fachhochschule JOANNEUM. Her teaching responsibilities focus on European Union law, international business law and international arbitration. From 1993-1998 she served as Assistant Professor at the Department of Private Law and Private International Law at Karl Franzens Universität Graz. Both her research and her teaching was concentrated on international and domestic consumer law, contracts, torts and European Union law. From 1998 until 2000 she worked as an Associate at Kaan, Cronenberg & Partner, Attorneys at Law in Graz (Austria). In this capacity she represented clients before court, drafted and negotiated contracts and consulted clients in matters of contracts, torts and international commerce. Doris Kiendl has published several books on consumer law in an international perspective (e.g. „Unfaire Klauseln in Verbraucherverträgen“ ORAC, Vienna 1997; „Das neue Konsumentenschutzrecht“ WUV Vienna 1998) and papers on issues of consumer law and European business law (e.g. “Private Enforcement of Competition Law: Damages for Breach of European Competition Rules”, Paper given at the International Conference on Law and Commerce 2005 in Kuala Lumpur; “The Implementation of EU Law in Austria: Consumer Credits“ EMP Journal Special ed. 1998, 28; “Time Sharing in Österreich. Die Umsetzung der EG Richtlinie über Teilzeitnutzungsverträge“ WoBl 1997, 11, 67; “Jüngste Entwicklungen in der Rechtsprechung des EuGH zur Betriebsübergangs-Richtlinie“, WBl 1997, 57). She has been serving as lecturer on European Union law in Melbourne (Australia), Helsinki (Finland), Berlin (Germany), Maribor (Slovenia), Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Prague (Chechia).
Prof. DI Dr. Bojan Jovanovski
bojan.jovanovski@fh-joanneum.at
Bojan Jovanovski holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management, with focus on Innovation Management. He is researching, teaching and developing polices in the area of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Learning, since 2008. He has been involved in the establishment and development of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Business Start-up Centre, and has co-founded the NGO National Centre for Development of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Learning – Skopje. He was a teaching and research assistant at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje since 2011, until 2018 when he joined the team of FH JOANNEUM.
He has been involved in more than 30 international and many national projects, resulting with: creation of >50 start-ups, development of high-school curricula, trainings for companies, young professionals and potential entrepreneurs and high-school teachers on innovation, entrepreneurship and career development. Bojan has been involved in the development of one regional and three national strategies in Southeast Europe, as well as the implementation of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Innovation Union Scoreboard in Republic of North Macedonia. In the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, he has published more than 70 bibliographic units (scientific papers, teaching materials, published research reports, handbooks, as an author and/or editor), and had actively participated in more than 30 international conferences. He has various international experience at universities and companies in Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia and of course, North Macedonia.
As a Senior Lecturer (FH) at the Institute of International Management at FH JOANNEUM, Mr. Jovanovski is teaching and researching in the field of innovation. Currently, his main research are in the frame of the Erasmus+ projects KnowHub and GREENOVET , which he coordinates.
Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus
Georgios (George) Dafoulas
Dr Georgios (George) Dafoulas, is a Professor of Information Systems and Business Computing. He has led more than twenty externally funded projects and participated in many more as a co-investigator. He has been successful in attracting funding at national and international level and managing projects as a principal investigator, project manager and work package coordinator. He has worked with a wide range of funding bodies including EU programmes (frameworks, Erasmus+, Capacity Building in Higher Education, Tempus, Socrates, Minerva), British Council, JISC, US’s NSF, AUNP, ERDF, EPSRC, ESRC, and the DTI. His published works include six books and learning guides, as well as more than 150 research papers in refereed journals and peer-reviewed international conferences, mainly in the fields of information systems, computer-supported cooperative work, e-learning, educational technologies and human issues in software engineering. He is also well known for his expertise in applications of digital technology in education and business, while his work on innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship pioneered knowledge transfer initiatives in more than twenty countries.
Georgios A. Deirmentzoglou
Georgios A. Deirmentzoglou is a Lecturer in Business Administration at Neapolis University Pafos (NUP). He holds a PhD degree in Business Administration, an MBA in Total Quality Management, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Management and Technology of the University of Piraeus in Greece. In addition, he has studied film and music production. At NUP, Georgios teaches courses related to digital business and coordinates the postgraduate course in Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Moreover, he is actively involved in Erasmus+ projects focusing on entrepreneurship and sustainable development, while his research has been published in international scientific journals such as the “International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management” and “Social Responsibility Journal”. In 2019-2021, Georgios has worked as an Adjunct Lecturer at University of Piraeus teaching International Business, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship. He has also taught in postgraduate and undergraduate programs in collaboration with universities in the UK and France. In addition to his academic experience, Georgios has a working experience in the field of e-commerce, audiovisual productions and social media. His research interests focus on international business and entrepreneurship, digital innovation, sustainable development, culture and tourism.