Dr. Christina Kleisiari

Postdoctoral Researcher, Member of the Laboratory of Agricultural Economics and Consumer Behaviour

Research Field: Consumer Behaviour

Christina Kleisiari is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Agricultural Economics and Consumer Behaviour Laboratory of the University of Thessaly. She holds a PhD in Consumer Behaviour of agricultural products from the University of Thessaly, an MSc in Sustainable Management of Environmental Change and Circular Economy, and a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences. Her doctoral research focuses on «Assessing the consumers’ decision-making process under the Farm to Fork integrated dimension» using different methodological approaches. In her research, she examines factors influencing consumer attitudes concerning their socioeconomic characteristics, with a primary emphasis on their demands to develop appropriate promotional mixes that are dynamic and constantly adaptable to the changing needs of modern society. She is particularly interested in applying advanced quantitative and econometric methods to investigate consumer preferences and purchasing behaviour, evaluate agricultural and food policies, and assess innovative business models and sustainable market strategies.

She has participated as a researcher in numerous national and European research projects funded by Horizon Europe and PRIMA, including ProPollSoil, GREENCOOP, FOODMISSION, BUTTERFLY, DIONYSUS, RestPoll, NATAE and ALLIANCE. Her research has resulted in a plethora of peer-reviewed publications in international scientific journals, as well as numerous papers presented at international scientific conferences.

Alongside her research activities, she has extensive teaching experience in higher education, having taught undergraduate courses in Consumer Behaviour, Agricultural Marketing, International Trade and International Economic Relations, Research Methodology in Social Sciences, Agricultural Product Pricing, and Cooperatives and Cooperative Entrepreneurship.

Education

PhD in Consumer Behaviour — Assessing the consumers’ decision-making process under the farm to fork integrated dimension – Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
MSc in Sustainable Management of Environmental Change and Circular Economy – Department of Planning and Regional Development, School of Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Integrated Master in Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment – Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Publications

20 publications

2026
Understanding the Impact of Agroecological Products: The Algerian Case Study
Christina Kleisiari, Aissa Belhadi, Karima Boudedja, Aissa Bekkouche, Leonidas-Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Marios Vasileiou and 5 more
Conference papers
doi:10.3390/proceedings2026134032
2026
Cultivating demand: A systematic literature review on agroecology's role in consumer behavior
Christina Kleisiari, Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Marios Vasileiou, Vasileios Angelopoulos, Asimina Oikonomou, Georgios Kleftodimos and 3 more
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption · Journal articles
doi:10.1016/j.clrc.2026.100413
2025
Optimizing Agricultural Sustainability Through Land Use Changes Under the CAP Framework Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Northern Greece
Evgenia Lialia, Angelos Prentzas, Anna Tafidou, Christina Moulogianni, Asimina Kouriati, Eleni Dimitriadou and 2 more
Land · Journal articles
doi:10.3390/land14081658
2025
Multidimensional and Multiscale Evaluation Framework Considering Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystem Nexus
Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Dimitra Despoina Tosiliani, Vasileios Angelopoulos, Veronica Bonomelli, Georgios Kleftodimos, Marios Vasileiou and 5 more
Conference papers
doi:10.3390/proceedings2025117012
2025
Assessing Consumer Awareness and Willingness to Pay for Agroecologically Produced Food in Tunisia
Kyriaki Kechri, Christina Kleisiari, Wafa Koussani, Khawla Hanachi, Haifa Benmoussa, Mehdi Ben Mimoun and 6 more
Conference papers
doi:10.3390/proceedings2026134019
2024
Transforming weed management in sustainable agriculture with artificial intelligence: A systematic literature review towards weed identification and deep learning
Marios Vasileiou, Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Christina Kleisiari, Georgios Kleftodimos, George Vlontzos, Hatem Belhouchette and 1 more
Crop Protection · Journal articles
doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106522
2024
Assessing Agroecology Terms for North African Countries: A Literature Review
Malak Hazimeh, Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Georgios Kleftodimos, Christina Kleisiari, Marios Vasileiou, George Vlontzos
Conference papers
doi:10.3390/proceedings2024094004
2024
The Food Fraud Landscape: A Brief Review of Food Safety and Authenticity
Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Malak Hazimeh, Marios Vasileiou, Christina Kleisiari, Georgios Kleftodimos, George Vlontzos
Conference papers
doi:10.3390/proceedings2024094006
2024
Consumers’ Behavior toward Plant-Based Milk Alternatives
Dimitris Alexandridis, Christina Kleisiari, George Vlontzos
Conference papers
doi:10.3390/proceedings2024094060
2023
Linking Beekeepers’ and Farmers’ Preferences towards Pollination Services in Greek Kiwi Systems
Elie Abou Nader, Georgios Kleftodimos, Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Christina Kleisiari, Nicola Gallai, Salem Darwich and 3 more
Animals · Journal articles
doi:10.3390/ani13050806
2023
Be(e)ha(i)viour(e): assessment of honey consumption in Europe
Christina Kleisiari, Georgios Kleftodimos, George Vlontzos
British Food Journal · Journal articles
doi:10.1108/BFJ-12-2021-1300
2021
Examining Farmers’ Adoption Decisions towards Precision-Agricultural Practices in Greek Dairy Cattle Farms
Georgios Kleftodimos, Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Christina Kleisiari, Aristotelis C. Tagarakis, Dionysis Bochtis
Sustainability · Journal articles
doi:10.3390/su14010411
2021
Investigating the regional efficiency disparities in arable crops production at the global level
Bio-Economy and Agri-production · Books & chapters
doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-819774-5.00004-7
2021
Assessing the sustainability of legumes production in South Europe
Bio-Economy and Agri-production · Books & chapters
doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-819774-5.00006-0
2021
Children nutrition in the Mediterranean basin: A comparative case study between Spain and Greece
Proceedings in Food System Dynamics · Conference papers
doi:10.18461/PFSD.2021.2123
2021
E-Commerce in the Retail Chain Store Market: An Alternative or a Main Trend?
Christina Kleisiari, Marie-Noelle Duquenne, George Vlontzos
Sustainability · Journal articles
doi:10.3390/su13084392
2020
Investigating the Varying Effect of Attitudes, Behavior and Socioeconomic Charactersitics on the Investment Behavior of Arable Crop and Tree Farmers
Proceedings in Food System Dynamics · Conference papers
doi:10.18461/PFSD.2020.2011
2020
What Drives Farmers’ Decisions to Invest? The Role of Research Engagement, Information Collection and Type of Farm
International Journal on Food System Dynamics · Journal articles
doi:10.18461/IJFSD.V11I3.52
2020
Assessing the high protein crops wider diffusion in the European agricultural sector. The role and prospects of legumes
International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics · Journal articles
doi:10.1504/ijsami.2020.112127
2020
Why Farmers Get Involved in Participatory Research Projects? The Case of Arable Crops Farmers in Greece
George Vlontzos, Spyros Niavis, Christina Kleisiari, Leonidas Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Christos Athanassiou, Panos Pardalos
Applied Sciences · Journal articles
doi:10.3390/app11010006

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