Biography
Bournaris Thomas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is also the Head of Laboratory of Informatics in Agriculture. He received his BSc and MSc in Agricultural Economics both from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His PhD thesis was about a platform for farm management and eGoverment services. He works and has interests in agricultural economics, farm management and regional planning, sustainability in agriculture and management of agricultural resources, eGovernment, Decision Support Systems and ICT in agriculture and impact assessment of Common Agricultural Policy. His recent publications include papers in Agronomy, Sustainability and Energies Journal (MDPI), the Journal of Environmental Management, Land Use Policy, New Medit and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
From March 2021 he is the President of the Hellenic Association for Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA). HAICTA is the Greek Branch of the European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture (EFITA).