ΟΔΗΓΟΣ ΕΙΣΑΚΤΕΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΟΕΤΩΝ 2024
Name:
Ballas Dimitris
Title:
Associate Professor
Scientific Field:
Geoinformatics in the Social Sciences
Phone:
22510 36416
Office:
Geography Building - 2nd floor
Email:d.ballas@aegean.gr
Website:https://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=en&user=FgqvUGUAAAAJ
Studies:
  • PhD Geography, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK, 2001
  • MA (with distinction) in Geographical Information Systems, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK, 1997
  • Ptychion in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, Greece, 1996
Research Interests:
  • Social and Spatial Inequalities
  • Local and Regional Development
  • Geography of Happiness and Well-being
  • Spatial Microsimulation
  • Applications of Geoniformatics in the Social Sciences
  • European identity
Research Projects:
    Teaching Experience:
      Publications:

      Books

      1. Ballas, D, Dorling D, Hennig B (2017), The Human Atlas of Europe: a continent united in diversity, Policy Press (paperback), Bristol

      2. Ballas, D, Dorling D, Hennig, B (2014), The Social Atlas of Europe, Policy Press, Bristol, ISBN 9781447313533 (hardback), 256 pages.

      3. O’Donoghue, C, Ballas D., Clarke, G.P., Hynes, S Morrissey, K. (eds) (2012), Spatial Microsimulation for rural policy analysis, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-30025-7 (hardback), 264 pages.

      4. Dorling, D, Rigby, J, Wheeler, B, Ballas, D, Thomas, B, Fahmy, E, Gordon, D and Lupton, R (2007), Poverty, wealth and place in Britain, 1968 to 2005, Policy Press, Bristol, ISBN 9781861349958 (paperback), 112 pages.

      5. Phelps, N A, Parsons N, Ballas, D, Dowling, A (2006), Post-Suburban Europe: Planning and Politics at the Margins of Europe's Capital Cities, Palgrave, Basingstoke, ISBN: 0-230-00212-9 (hardback), 248 pages.

      6. Ballas, D, Rossiter, D, Thomas, B, Clarke, G.P, Dorling, D (2005), Geography matters: simulating the local impacts of national social policies, Joseph Rowntree Foundation contemporary research issues, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, ISBN 1 85935 265 0 (paperback), 140 pages.

        Chapters in Books (peer reviewed)

        1. Ballas, D, Dorling, (2016), Demographic Transformations, in Daniels, P, Bradshaw, M, Shaw, D, Sidaway, J (eds), An Introduction to Human Geography: Issues for the 21st Century (5th edition), Pearson.

        2. Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Nakaya, T, Tunstall, H, Hanaoka, K, Hanibuchi, T (2016), Happiness, social cohesion and income inequalities in Britain and Japan, in Tachibanaki, T (ed.), Advances in Happiness Research, Springer, pp. 119-138.

        3. Ballas, D, Dorling, D. (2013), The Geography of Happiness, in David, S, Boniwell, I, Conley Ayers, A (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Happiness, Oxford University Press, pp. 465-481.

        4. Kavroudakis, D., Ballas, D., Birkin, M., (2013), Dynamic spatial microsimulation methodologies for understanding educational inequalities, in Tanton R and Edwards K (eds), Spatial Microsimulation: A Reference Guide for Users, Springer, New York, pp. 209-222.

        5. Ballas D., Clarke, G.P., Hynes, S, Morrissey, K., O’Donoghue, C (2012), Introduction, in O’Donoghue, C, Ballas D., Clarke, G.P., Hynes, S Morrissey, K. (2012), Spatial Microsimulation for rural policy analysis, Springer.

        6. Morissey, K, O’Donoghue, C, Clarke G P, Ballas, D, Hynes, S (2012), SMILE – An applied spatial micro-simulation model for Ireland, in Stimson, R, Haynes, K (Eds), Studies In Applied Geography And Spatial Analysis: Addressing Real World Issues, Edward Elgar, pp. 79-94.

        7. Morrissey, K, Ballas, D, Clarke, G, Hynes, S, O’Donoghue, C (2012), Spatial Access to Health Services, forthcoming in O’Donoghue, C, Ballas D., Clarke, G.P., Hynes, S Morrissey, K. (eds), Spatial Microsimulation for rural policy analysis, Springer.

        8. O’Donoghue, C, Ballas D., Clarke, G.P., Hynes, S Morrissey, K. (2012), Conclusions and Next Steps, in O’Donoghue, C, Ballas D., Clarke, G.P., Hynes, S Morrissey, K. (2012), Spatial Microsimulation for rural policy analysis, Springer.

        9. O’Donoghue, C, Farell, N, Morrissey, K, Lennon, J, Ballas, D, Clarke G, Hynes, S (2012), The SMILE model: construction and calibration, forthcoming in O’Donoghue, C, Ballas D., Clarke, G.P., Hynes, S Morrissey, K. (eds), Spatial Microsimulation for rural policy analysis, Springer.

        10. Ballas, D., Dorling, D (2011), Human Scaled Visualisations and Society, in Nyerges, T, Couclelis, H, McMaster, R (eds.), Handbook of GIS & Society Research, Sage, pp.177-201.

        11. Dorling, D, Ballas D, (2011), Innovative ways of mapping data about places, in Dale A and Mason J (eds.), Social Researching: New Perspectives on Methods, Sage.

        12. Ballas, D. (2010), “Geographical modelling happiness and well-being”, in Stillwell, J, Norman, P., Thomas, C., Surridge, P., Understanding Population Trends and Processes volume 2: Spatial and Social Disparities, Springer, pp. 53-66.

        13. Ballas, D, Clarke, G P (2009), Spatial Microsimulation, in A.S Fotheringham and Peter A Rogerson (eds.) Handbook of Spatial Analysis, Sage, pp. 277-298.

        14. Dorling, D, Ballas D, (2008), Spatial divisions of poverty and wealth, in Ridge, T, Wright, S (eds), Understanding Poverty, Wealth and Inequality: Policies and Prospects, Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 103 – 134.

        15. Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Shaw, M (2007), Social inequality, health, and well-being, in Hawrorth J and Hart, G (eds), Well-Being: individual, community, and social perspectives, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 163-186.

        16. Ballas, D., Clarke, G P, Dorling D, Rossiter, D. (2006), Using a Spatial Microsimulation Model for the Estimation of the Geographical Impact of British National Government Policies, in Peter Nijkamp and Aura Reggiani (eds.), Spatial Evolution and Modelling, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 367-402.

        17. Ballas, D. (2005), Microsimulation and GIS for spatial decision-making, in M. Campagna (ed.), GIS for Sustainable Development, Taylor and Francis, pp. 193-209.

        18. Labrianidis, L., Kalogeresis, T., Ballas, D (2005), Building rural typologies for European regions, in Labrianidis L (ed.), Entrepreneurship in Rural Europe : the case of Greece , Patakis, Athens (in Greek), pp. 97-110 (first published in 2004 by Paratiritis/Thessaloniki, pp. 67-80).

        19. Ballas, D, Kingston R & Stillwell, J (2004), Using a spatial microsimulation decision support system for policy scenario analysis, in J. van Leeuwen and H. Timmermans (eds.), Recent Advances in Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, Kluwer: Dordrecht, pp. 177-192.

        20. Stillwell, J, Birkin, M. Ballas, D, Kingston, R, Gibson, P (2004), Simulating the city and alternative futures, in Rachael Unsworth and John Stillwell (eds), Twenty-first Century Leeds: Contemporary Geographies of a Regional City, Leeds University Press, pp. 345-364

        21. Ballas, D, Clarke, G. P. & Turton, I. (2003), A spatial microsimulation model for social policy micro-spatial analysis, in B Boots, A Okabe & R Thomas (eds.) Modelling Geographical Systems: Statistical and Computational Applications, Kluwer: Dordrecht, pp. 143-168.

                Journal Publications

                1. Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Hennig B (2014), A country called Europe? A cartographic Story of a continent united in diversity, Discover Society, http://www.discoversociety.org/2014/09/02/a-country-called-europe-a-cartographic-story-of-a-continent-united-in-diversity/

                2. Hennig, B D, Ballas, D, Dorling, D (2013), European Parliament elections 2014, Political Insight 5 (2), 20-21 (doi: 10.1111/2041-9066.12057).

                3. Hennig, B D, Ballas, D, Dorling, D (2013), In Focus: Voting for Europe: Eurovision 2013, Political Insight 4 (2), 38-38 (doi: 10.1111/2041-9066.12025).

                4. Kavroudakis, D., Ballas, D., (2011), The essence of Greek spirit: ouzo alchemy and the joy of life in an island economy, Regional Science Association International Newsletter, http://www.ersa.org/IMG/pdf/RSAI_Newsletter_2011_November.pdf

                5. Haslett, S., Jones, G., Noble, A., Ballas, D. (2010), More for less? Using statistical modelling to combine existing data sources to produce sounder, more detailed, and less expensive Official Statistics, Official Statistics Research Series, 6. Available from www.statisphere.govt.nz/osresearch, ISBN: 978-0-478-31520-2.

                6. Ballas. D (2008), Geographical Modelling of Happiness and Well-being, BURISA 177, pp.12-17.

                Journal Publications (peer reviewed)

                1. Ballas, D., Dorling, D. and Hennig, B.D. (2017) Analysing the regional geography of poverty, austerity and inequality in Europe: a human cartographic perspective, Regional Studies, vol. 51, pp. 174-185

                2. Panori, A., Ballas, D, Psycharis, Y, (2017) SimAthens: A spatial microsimulation approach to the estimation and analysis of small area income distributions and poverty rates in the city of Athens, Greece, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, vol 63, pp. 15-25

                3. Campbell, M, Ballas D (2016), SimAlba: A Spatial Microsimulation Approach to the Analysis of Health Inequalities, Frontiers in Public Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00230

                4. Oviasu, O, Rigby, J E, Ballas, D (2016), Chronic kidney disease in Nigeria: an evaluation of the spatial accessibility to healthcare for diagnosed cases in Edo State, Journal of Public Health in Africa, Vol 6 (1), dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2015.394

                5. Whitworth, A, Carter, E, Ballas, D, Moon, G (2016), Estimating uncertainty in spatial microsimulation approaches to small area estimation: A new approach to solving an old problem, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.06.004 (published online before print)

                6. Darlington F, Norman P, Ballas D, Exeter D (2015) Exploring ethnic inequalities in health: Evidence from the Health Survey for England, 1998-2011, Diversity & Equality in Health & Care, 12(2): 54-65

                7. Lovelace, R, Birkin, M, Ballas, D, van Leeuwen, E (2015), Evaluating the performance of Iterative Proportional Fitting for spatial microsimulation: new tests for an established technique, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 18 (2), 21

                8. Albor, C., Uphoff, E. P., Stafford, M, Ballas, D, Wilkinson, R G, Pickett, K E (2014), The effects of socioeconomic incongruity in the neighbourhood on social support, self-esteem and mental health in England, Social Science and Medicine, Volume 111, June 2014, 1–9 (available online print: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.002).

                9. Armstrong, H, Ballas, D, Staines, A (2014), A comparative classification of labour market characteristics of British and Greek islands, European Urban and Regional Studies, vol. 21, pp. 222-248.

                10. Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Nakaya, T, Tunstall, H, Hanaoka, K (2014), Income inequalities in Japan and the UK: a comparative study of two island economies, Social Policy and Society, vol. 13, pp. 103-117.

                11. Lovelace, R, Ballas, D, Watson, M (2014), A spatial microsimulation approach for the analysis of commuter patterns: from individual to regional levels, Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 34, 282-296.

                12. Ballas, D, (2013), What makes a ‘happy city’?, Cities, volume 32, s39–s50.

                13. Campbell, M, Ballas, D (2013), A spatial microsimulation approach to economic policy analysis in Scotland, Regional Science Policy and Practice, volume 5, pp. 263–288.

                14. Campbell, M, Ballas, D, Dorling D, Mitchell, R (2013), Mortality Inequalities: Scotland versus England and Wales, Health and Place, volume 23, pp. 179–186.

                15. Kavroudakis, D, Ballas, D, Birkin, M, (2013), A spatial microsimulation approach to the analysis of social and spatial inequalities in Higher Education attainment, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, vol. 3, pp. 1-23.

                16. Lovelace, R, Ballas, D (2013), `Truncate, replicate, sample': A method for creating integer weights for spatial microsimulation, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, volume 41, pp. 1-11.

                17. Ojo, A, Vickers, D, Ballas, D (2013), Using a Small Scale Area Classification to Understand Social Groups in the Philippines, Regional Science Policy and Practice, vol. 5, pp. 1-24.

                18. Ballas, D, Campbell, M, Clarke, G, Hanaoka, K, Nakaya, T, Waley, P (2012), A spatial microsimulation approach to small area income estimation in Britain and Japan, Studies in Regional Science, vol. 42,163-187.

                19. Ballas, D, Tranmer M (2012), Happy People or Happy Places? A Multi-Level Modelling Approach to the Analysis of Happiness and Well-Being, International Regional Science Review, vol. 35, 70-102.

                20. Ballas, D., Dorling, D., Nakaya, T., Tunstall, H. and Hanaoka, K. (2012), Social inequalities in Britain and Japan: toward a comparative study of two island economies/societies, The Quarterly of Social Security Research (Kikan Shakai Hosho Kenkyu), 48-1, 46-61 (in Japanese).

                21. Morrissey, K, Daly, A, Clarke, G, O'Donoghue, C, Ballas, D (2012) A rural/urban comparison of psychiatric inpatient admissions in Ireland, Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 11, pp. 209 – 213.

                22. Ojo, A, Vickers, D, Ballas, D (2012), The Segmentation of Local Government Areas: Creating a New Geography of Nigeria, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, Vol. 5, 25-49,

                23. Rossiter, D., Ballas, D, Clarke, G.P., Dorling, D. (2009), Dynamic Spatial Microsimulation using the concept of GHOSTs, International Journal of Microsimulation, vol. 2 (2), 15-26.

                24. Fahmy, E., Dorling, D., Rigby, J., Wheeler, B., Ballas, D., Gordon, D., Lupton, R. (2008) Poverty, Wealth and Place in Britain, 1968-2005, Radical Statistics, 97, 11-30.

                25. Morrissey, K., Clarke, G, Ballas, D., Hynes, S., O'Donoghue, C. (2008), Examining access to GP services in rural Ireland using microsimulation analysis, Area, 40, pp. 353-364.

                26. Ballas, D, Dorling, D (2007), Measuring the impact of major life events upon happiness, International Journal of Epidemiology, 36, 1244-1252.

                27. Ballas, D., Clarke, G P, Dorling D, Rossiter, D. (2007), Using SimBritain to Model the Geographical Impact of National Government Policies, Geographical Analysis 39 (1), pp. 44-77.

                28. Ballas, D., Kingston, R., Stillwell, J., Jin, J. (2007) Building a spatial microsimulation-based planning support system for local policy making, Environment and Planning A, 39(10), 2482 – 2499.

                29. Nakaya, T., Fotheringham, A. S., Hanaoka, K., Clarke, G., Ballas, D., Yano, K. 2007), Combining microsimulation and spatial interaction models for retail location analysis, Journal of Geographical Systems, 9, 345-369.

                30. Ballas, D, Clarke, G P, Dorling, D, Rigby, J, Wheeler B (2006) Using Geographical Information Systems and spatial microsimulation for the analysis of health inequalities, Health Informatics, vol. 12, pp. 65-59.

                31. Ballas, D, Clarke, G P, Wiemers, E, (2006) Spatial microsimulation for rural policy analysis in Ireland: The implications of CAP reforms for the national spatial strategy, Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 22, pp. 367-378.

                32. Ballas, D, Clarke, G. P. and Dewhurst, J (2006), Modelling the socio-economic

                33. Phelps, N. A., Parsons N, Ballas, D, Dowling, A (2006), Business at the Margins? Business interests and urban development at the margins of Europe's capital cities, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, vol 30 (2) pp. 362- 383.

                34. Ballas D, Clarke, G P, Wiemers, E, (2005) Building a dynamic spatial microsimulation model for Ireland, Population, Space and Place, vol. 11, 157–172.

                35. Ballas, D., Clarke, G.P., Dorling, D., Eyre, H. and Rossiter, D., Thomas, B (2005) SimBritain: a spatial microsimulation approach to population dynamics, Population, Space and Place, 11, 13–34

                36. Ballas, D. (2004) Simulating trends in poverty and income inequality on the basis of 1991 and 2001 census data: a tale of two cities, Area 36.2, 146-163.

                37. Ballas, D. & Clarke G. P. (2001), Modelling the local impacts of national social policies: a microsimulation approach, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 19, pp. 587-606.

                38. Ballas, D. & Clarke, G. P. (2001), Towards local implications of major job transformations in the city: a spatial microsimulation approach, Geographical Analysis 31, pp. 291-311.

                39. Ballas, D. & Clarke, G. P. (2000), GIS and microsimulation for local labour market policy analysis, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, vol. 24, pp. 305-330.

                40. impacts of major job loss or gain at the local level: a spatial microsimulation framework, Spatial Economic Analysis, vol. 1(1), pp. 127-146.

                            Other Publications

                            1. Ballas, D., Dorling, D, Hennig, B (2017), #EUFightBack: Staying hopefuly and determined for a continent united in diversity, https://policypress.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/eufightback-staying-hopeful-and-determined-for-a-continent-united-in-diversity/

                            2. Ballas, D., Dorling, D, Hennig, B (2017), An atlas with a positive message for a European people united in diversity, http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/05/09/human-atlas-of-europe-united-in-diversity/

                            3. Ballas, D (2014), A country called Europe? Mapping a continent of people united in diversity, New Europeans, http://neweuropeans.net/article/577/country-called-europe-mapping-continent-people-united-diversity

                            4. Ballas, D (2014), The political economy of ‘a country called Europe’, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, http://speri.dept.shef.ac.uk/2014/11/27/political-economy-a-country-called-europe/

                            5. Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Hennig B (2014), A country called Europe? A cartographic Story of a continent united in diversity, Discover Society, http://www.discoversociety.org/2014/09/02/a-country-called-europe-a-cartographic-story-of-a-continent-united-in-diversity/

                            6. Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Hennig B (2014), There are benefits to viewing Europe as a collection of cities and regions rather than as a group of nation states, LSE European Politics and Policy, 12 August 2014, http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/08/12/there-are-benefits-to-viewing-europe-as-a-collection-of-cities-and-regions-rather-than-as-a-group-of-nation-states

                            7. Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Hennig, B (2014), Once upon a time there was a country called Europe, Policy Press Blog, 23 June 2014 https://policypress.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-country-called-europe

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