Dr. Athanasios Votsis is currently working as a Researcher in the Department of Meteorology, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 HELSINKI , Finland. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to Urban and regional planning, with focus on applied urban economic modelling and housing market analysis; Climate-sensitive ecological risks (esp. flooding) and amenities in the housing market; Application of GIS and spatial analysis and simulation in the adaptation of cities and urban regions to climate and ecosystem change; Application of computational intelligence and complexity science to urban studies (esp. cellular automata, fractals, and fuzzy logic); Architectural/Urban theory, with focus on semiotics, human geography, and the archaeology of human settlements.

His research interests includes Urban and regional planning, with focus on applied urban economic modelling and housing market analysis; Climate-sensitive ecological risks (esp. flooding) and amenities in the housing market; Application of GIS and spatial analysis and simulation in the adaptation of cities and urban regions to climate and ecosystem change; Application of computational intelligence and complexity science to urban studies (esp. cellular automata, fractals, and fuzzy logic); Architectural/Urban theory, with focus on semiotics, human geography, and the archaeology of human settlements. He /she is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Athanasios Votsis is the member of many international affiliations.