Dr. Leandros Savvides │
Business Management / Administration
Co-ordinator of Global College BM/A program |
Chief Editor (Global College Research Center)
Research
My research interests include science and technology and its place in contemporary work and society, alternative and resilient organisations/economies such as the Circular Economy, Technoscience and Utopian Studies, Cultural Theory, and digital economy. My research thesis “3D printing: politics, material hacking and grassroots innovation” is an exploration into the dynamics behind the rise and utilization of the technology by a) large mass manufacturing corporations and b) non-proprietary resilient spaces of co-production, between working and play. My thesis research involved fieldwork along with a theoretical interdisciplinary approach towards 3D printing – not only as a tool, but more importantly as social relations as well as relations of production – across a spectrum that encompasses social and political theory in conjunction with critical management studies.
Research Methods: Qualitative (Technography, Ethnographic methods, Action Research, Discourse Analysis, Ground Theory, Theoretical approaches: Actor Network Theory, Dialectical Materialism)
Teaching
- Business Organisations and Environments in a Global Context (BSc) – University of Roehampton
- Managing People and Careers (BSc) – University of Roehampton
- HR Business Partnering (MBA) – University of Roehampton
- Sustainable Business Strategy (MBA) – University of Roehampton
- International Management (BA) – Global College
- Research Project (BA) – Global College
- Strategic Management (BA) – Global College
Administrative responsibilities
- Global College Research Centre – Chief Editor
- Global College – Co-ordinator of Business Management/Administration progra
Supervision
Supervisor to Alexandros Charalambous, MBA students │ University of Roehampton
Publications
- Book: 3D printing: Politics, material hacking and grassroots innovation (In preparation)
Conference speaks and presentations
- The role of Hackerspaces and maker culture in contemporary techno-politics, Historical Materialism, Athens, 2-5 May, 2019
- Hackerspaces as spaces of representation, CPPEC, European University Nicosia, 30 August – 2 September, 2018
- Heterotopias of productive resistance and living, Megacities and Development, Cairo, June 2018
- 3D printing in Hackerspaces as heterotopias of production, FSCONS conference, Gothenburg, November 7, 2015
- 3D printing: utopian visions, work, futures, Appropriating science and technology for societal change, Nordic Summer University, Gothenburg, 27 February – 1 March, 2015
- The scientific management of migration in Cyprus: the racialisation of labor, with Constantinos Constantinou, Historical Materialism, London, November 6-9, 2014
- 3D printing: politics, hacking and innovation between industry and hobbyism, what is so Critical? Leicester, September 16-17, 2014
- Social Capitalism? A Marxist critique of cooperatives in a capitalist system, AS 3rd International Conference, Loughborough, September 3-5, 2014
Conferences organized
- Critical Perspectives on Politics, Economy and Culture, 30 August – 2 September 2018, European University, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Member of the organizing committee of Free/Libre Technologies, Arts and the Commons: An Unconference about Art, Design, Technology, Making, Cities and their Communities, 30 May – 1 June 2019, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Professional and Organization memberships
- Member of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
- Member of European Association for the studies of Science and Technology (EASST)
- Founding member of Critical Perspectives on Politics, Economy and Culture
Funded Public Presentations and workshops
- Delivered a two-day workshop “Making and connecting in a disconnected world: Hackerspaces as representations of techno-social politics in contemporary capitalist realism” and “How to create a hackerspace” (+ a report) for Phygital UNRF workshop, 11 and 13 October 2018. The event was funded by the University of Nicosia Research Foundation.
Funded research publications
- “AT THE LIMEN: The implementation of the return directive in Italy, Cyprus and Spain” for EACEA – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
- ENAR Shadow Report 2011-2012 “Racism and related discriminatory practices in Cyprus” for European Network Against Racism
- eMore Project – Hate speech online (Cyprus) 2018
Film and Photography
Evaporating Borders
Producer, collaborating with Iva Radivojevic | Abstract: A visual essay in five parts, Evaporating Borders is told through a series of vignettes and explores the lives of asylum seekers and political refugees on the island of Cyprus Film Website: http://www.evaporatingborders.com/
Hail Hail Freedom in Cyprus
Associate producer working with Iva Radivojevic | Abstract: On the island of Cyprus, the filmmaker Iva Radivojevic explores how the economic crisis has contributed to a rise in hostility toward immigrants. This piece was part of collaboration with New York Times.
Selected Opinion Essays
- Με Χρίστο Κωστόπουλο – Πληροφόρηση και ιδεολογία στο νέο τεχνολογικό περιβάλλον, 9 Μαρτίου, 2016, δημοσιεύθηκε στον “Διάλογο”
- Με Δάφνη Μαγγαλούση – Νταβός: 4η βιομηχανική επανάσταση 7 Φεβράρη, 2016, δημοσιεύθηκε στον “Διάλογο”
- Με Χάρη Γεροσίδερη – Κλιματική Αλλαγή, πολιτική και ασφάλεια: με αφορμή το COP21 στο Παρίσι, Dec 6, 2015, δημοσιεύθηκε στον “Διάλογο”
- Τα έξυπνα κινητά ως πλατφόρμες και νέα πεδία κερδοσκοπίας, 10 Γενάρη, 2016, δημοσιεύθηκε στον “Διάλογο”
- Ένας χρόνος στο διάστημα, 2 Νοεμβρίου, 2015, δημοσιεύθηκε στον “Διάλογο”
- Επιστήμη, Τεχνολογία και κοινωνικο-οικονομικό σύστημα 5 Οκτώβρη, 2015