Lefkothea Papada

Lefkothea Papada is an Assistant Professor at the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, in the scientific field of "Energy & Socioeconomic Dimensions". She graduated from the School of Civil Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2010), she holds a Postgraduate Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens (2011), a PhD from the National Technical University of Athens in the field of energy poverty (2017) and has also conducted postdoctoral research in the field of energy poverty using artificial neural networks (2022). Her research interests include energy policy, energy poverty, energy transition, the application of artificial intelligence methods in the energy sector, as well as environmental and development issues of mountainous areas. She has professional experience in the energy sector, having worked in organizations such as the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water (formerly RAE) and the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), with multiple subjects such as monitoring and supervision of the retail energy markets of electricity and natural gas, wholesale electricity market, strengthening of the relevant institutional and regulatory framework, electromobility issues, issues of the electricity distribution network, energy poverty and consumer protection. She has published numerous papers in scientific journals and international conferences and serves as a reviewer in more than 10 international journals.

• Papada, L., Kaliampakos D. (2024). Artificial Neural Networks as a Tool to Understand Complex Energy Poverty Relationships: The Case of Greece. Energies, 17(13):3163. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17133163


• Damigos, D., Kaliampakou, C., Balaskas A., Papada, L. (2021). Does energy poverty affect energy efficiency investment decisions? First evidence from a stated choice experiment. Energies, 14, 1698. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061698


• Antepara, I., Papada, L., Gouveia, J.P., Katsoulakos, N., Kaliampakos, D. (2020). Improving Energy Poverty Measurement in Southern European Regions through Equivalization of Modeled Energy Costs. Sustainability, 12 (14), 5721. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145721


• Papada, L., Kaliampakos, D. (2019). Being forced to skimp on energy needs: A new look at energy poverty in Greece. Energy Research and Social Science, 64, 101450. https://doi.org/1016/j.erss.2020.101450


• Papada, L., Kaliampakos, D. (2018). A Stochastic Model for energy poverty analysis. Energy Policy, 116, 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.02.004


• Papada, L., Kaliampakos, D. (2016). Measuring energy poverty in Greece. Energy Policy, 94, pp. 157-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.04.004


• Papada, L., Kaliampakos, D. (2016). Developing the energy profile of mountainous areas. Energy, 107, pp. 205-214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.04.011

• Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of energy production


• Applied environmental protection


• Natural disaster management


• Special topics of environmental protection in mining and geotechnical engineering