Dr. Demetris Demetriou is a Lecturer in the field of Geoinformation and Land Management, from August 1, 2023. He holds a degree in Rural and Surveying Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MSc in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and a PhD in Geography (in Geographical Information Science and Land Management), from the School of Geography, University of Leeds (UK) and also, an MSc(Eng.) in Transport Planning and Engineering from the Institute from Transport Studies, University of Leeds.

During his studies he received several awards, honours and scholarships such as: his PhD thesis was awarded by Springer Publisher, in the context of the series "Springer Theses Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research" and his thesis published as a book. Also, his postgraduate thesis, in the context of the MSc in GIS, was awarded the "Taught Postgraduate Student Award for best MSc dissertation" by the Regional Science Association International (British and Irish Section). In addition, he was awarded the "Emma Walton Prize, for the best postgraduate student' achieving the highest postgraduate student performance, at the School of Geography, University of Leeds. Furthermore, he received the “Tetley and Lupton Scholarship” for studying MSc (Eng.) in Transport Planning and Engineering, University of Leeds. Moreover, he was awarded in his graduation from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as the student with the highest overall mark and for two years during his studies, he was awarded for his performance by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation.

Further to the degrees, he also attended specialized individual postgraduate courses in different countries, such as: "GIS Programming & Customisation", Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University (USA), "Spatial Decision Support Systems", ITC- International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (Netherlands) and "Evolutionary Computing Methodologies", University of Jyvaskyla (Finland).

He worked for 26 years in the Public Sector in Cyprus, in various administrative positions (among others as Senior Officer and District Officer), in 3 different Departments and respective Ministries: in the Land Consolidation Department (Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment), in the Public Works Department (Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works) and in the Department of Land and Surveys (Ministry of Interior). He was mainly involved with the Management and Coordination of studies and projects, including research, related with land management/land administration, land consolidation, GIS and sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs). He also involved in research projects and networks (COST actions). He has been the President and the Secretary of the Cyprus Association of Rural and Surveying Engineers and its delegate in the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) - Commission 8 (Spatial Planning and Development), the Council of European Geodetic Surveyors (CLGE) and EGOS (European Group of Surveyors).

As part of his duties at the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, he was the initiator and Coordinator of the TrACE (Transport Analytics Center of Excellence) project, with the aim of establishing a research center of excellence, which was funded for the 1st  phase under the "Teaming- Horizon 2020 program" and in the 2nd phase, the proposal was ranked 15th, while the first 14 proposals were each funded with 15 million euros.

His scientific interests mainly include the fields of land management/land administration, land consolidation, cadaste, Geographical Information Systems and Planning and Decision-Support Systems.

He held the position of Visiting Research Fellow, at the University of Leeds, School of Geography, Center for Spatial Analysis and Policy, from 2013-2020. He has published one book (his PhD thesis) and more than 30 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. More details about his publications can be found on ResearchGate.

Selected Publications

1. Demetriou, D., 2018.Automating the land valuation process carried out in land consolidation schemes. Land Use Policy, 75 , 21-32.
2. Demetriou, D., 2016b. A spatial artificial neural network mass valuation model for land consolidation. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (DOI: 10.1177/0265813516652115).
3. Demetriou, D., 2016a.The assessment of land valuation in land consolidation schemes: The need for a new land valuation framework. Land Use Policy, 54), 487-498.
4. Demetriou, D., See, L., Stillwell, J., 2013e. A spatial genetic algorithm for automating land partitioning. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 27(12), 2391-2409.
5. Demetriou, D., Stillwell, J. and See, L., 2013c. A New Methodology for Measuring Land Fragmentation. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems,39, 71-80.
6. Demetriou, D., See, L., Stillwell, J., 2013a. A Parcel Shape Index for Use in Land Consolidation Planning. Transactions in GIS, 17(6), 861-882.
7. Demetriou, D., See, L., Stillwell, J., 2012c. A spatial multi-criteria model for the evaluation of land redistribution plans. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 1(3), 272-293.