Prof. Anastasios Michailidis is a Professor of Agricultural Extension at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research interests include agricultural extension, rural development, investment decisions, food economics, agricultural education, adoption-diffusion of innovations, water resources management, and information-communication technologies. His education has a B.Sc. in Agriculture,
an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics, an M.Sc. in Quality Assurance, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Investment Decisions. For the last 20 years, he has participated in several national and international research projects financed by the EU (EQUAL, INTERREG, ERASMUS+, TEMPUS, GRUNDTVIG, FP5, FP6 & FP7) and Greek sources. He has published more than 150 papers in international refereed journals, in collective volumes and proceedings. He has also contributed to several international conferences and served as a referee to many international journals or as a member of editorial boards.