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Wiley and Greek Consortium HEAL-Link Sign Open Access Agreement

Wiley and Greek Consortium HEAL-Link Sign Open Access Agreement

HOBOKEN, N.J. – December 14, 2022 – Wiley, one of the world’s largest publishers and a global leader in
research and education, announced a new three-year open access agreement with HEAL-Link, the
consortium of academic and research libraries across Greece.

The agreement, which represents Wiley’s first in Greece, allows 43 participating member institutions access to all of Wiley’s journals and grants researchers the ability to publish accepted articles open access in Wiley’s hybrid journals. Through this agreement, HEAL-Link continues to fulfil its mission to support Greek researchers by delivering access to a greater number of electronic journal resources.
“We’re excited to partner with HEAL-Link to make more research open and to help showcase Greek scholarship on the global stage,” said Kathryn Sharples, Vice President, Open Research, Wiley. “In the frame of the National Plan for Open Science in Greece, HEAL-Link regards the open access agreement with Wiley as a milestone for the Greek institutions and their researchers contributing significantly to the openness and outreach of Greek research”, said Professor Theodora Ioannidou, Chairperson, HEAL-Link.
Wiley is progressing the open access movement with more than 40 partners globally and remains focused on facilitating the open access movement across the globe. Most recently, Wiley has partnered with the Tulane University in the United States, b-on in Portugal, and Projekt DEAL in Germany to deliver more open access research and facilitate an open future.

University of Athens Participates in Greece’s First Oceanographic and Scientific Diving Expedition to Antarctica

University of Athens Participates in Greece’s First Oceanographic and Scientific Diving Expedition to Antarctica

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens participated in Greece’s first oceanographic and scientific diving expedition to Antarctica. The mission formed part of the Second Greek Scientific Expedition, organised by the Hellenic Polar Zones Society, and was conducted in the coastal waters of Livingston Island. Representing the University’s Department of Biology, PhD candidate Dionysia Rigatou joined […]

University of Athens Newspaper: Read the Seventh Issue (Sunday, 29 March)

University of Athens Newspaper: Read the Seventh Issue (Sunday, 29 March)

On 29 March 2026, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens published, in partnership with ‘To Vima’ (Sunday edition), the seventh issue of ‘The University of Athens: A Newspaper for Science, Education, and Culture’. The front page features a leading article titled ‘The Third Gulf War–The Fault Line of a New Era’. Six faculty members […]

Historic Moment: Greece Launches Its First ERMIS CubeSats Developed by the University of Athens’ Department of Aerospace Science

Historic Moment: Greece Launches Its First ERMIS CubeSats Developed by the University of Athens’ Department of Aerospace Science

On Monday, 30 March at 13:20 (Greek time), Greece and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens marked a milestone in aerospace history. Three ERMIS CubeSats, proudly ‘Made in Greece’ and developed by the University’s Department of Aerospace Science, were successfully deployed into low Earth orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometres following a short […]

University of Athens: Three Greek ERMIS CubeSats Launch Today From US Base

University of Athens: Three Greek ERMIS CubeSats Launch Today From US Base

Three ERMIS CubeSats, developed in Greece by the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, are scheduled for launch into a 500 km low-Earth orbit on March 30 at 13:20, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle. The launch will be live-streamed: https://www.spacex.com/launches/transporter-16 The ERMIS Project – [ERMIS Hellenic […]

EFP General Assembly (GΑ) 2026 in Athens

EFP General Assembly (GΑ) 2026 in Athens

The EFP General Assembly (GA) was held on 21 March 2026 in Athens, Greece, with 38 member societies represented. The presidents and the delegates of the national societies convened to review the past year’s achievements under the presidency of Assist. Professor Spyros Vassilopoulos (Greece) and set the agenda for the future. The GA warmly welcomed […]

University of Athens Newspaper to Be Published with ‘To Vima’ on Sunday, 29 March

University of Athens Newspaper to Be Published with ‘To Vima’ on Sunday, 29 March

University of Athens Newspaper to Be Published with ‘To Vima’ on Sunday, 29 March On 29 March 2026, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens will publish, in partnership with ‘To Vima’ (Sunday edition), the seventh issue of ‘The University of Athens: A Newspaper for Science, Education, and Culture’. The front page features a leading […]

University of Athens Strengthens Global Ties with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Through New Agreements

University of Athens Strengthens Global Ties with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Through New Agreements

A delegation from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens visited the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST (GZ)) from 12 to 17 March 2026, further advancing the University’s international engagement strategy. The delegation was led by Professor Sophia Papaioannou, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, International Relations, and Extroversion. During the visit, two […]

Invited Seminar at NASA Glenn Research Center by Professor Patrina Paraskevopoulou, Department of Chemistry, NKUA

Invited Seminar at NASA Glenn Research Center by Professor Patrina Paraskevopoulou, Department of Chemistry, NKUA

On March 6, 2026, Professor Patrina Paraskevopoulou, Department of Chemistry, NKUA, delivered an invited online seminar at NASA Glenn Research Center on “X-biopolymer aerogels: Extending NASA-GRC X-aerogel technology to renewable biomaterials for environmental, biomedical, and energy applications”. She presented her group’s work on mechanically strong biopolymer-based nanostructured materials (aerogels), a new class of materials developed […]

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Leads European Initiative to Tackle Health Misinformation through CIVIS Open Lab

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Leads European Initiative to Tackle Health Misinformation through CIVIS Open Lab

Health misinformation is widely recognised as one of the most pressing challenges of the digital age. Within the framework of CIVIS – Europe’s Civic University Alliance, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens leads the CIVIS Open Lab ‘Combating Health Misinformation’, an interdisciplinary initiative examining how misleading health information spreads—and how it can be effectively […]

DIGITRANS Student Training School on Digital Energy Technologies

DIGITRANS Student Training School on Digital Energy Technologies

From 2 to 6 March 2026, the Department of Digital Industry Technologies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens successfully hosted the DIGITRANS Student Training School, organized within the framework of the Erasmus+ DIGITRANS project. The five-day training event was delivered online via the Webex platform and brought together students from several partner universities […]

University of Athens

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, which was inaugurated on May 3, 1837, was initially housed in a renovated Ottoman building on the northeastern side of the Acropolis. This building has since been restored and now functions as the University Museum. Originally named the "Othonian University," after Otto, the first king of Greece, it consisted of four academic departments and 52 students. As the first university of the newly established Greek state, as well as of the broader Balkan and Mediterranean region, it assumed an important socio-historical role, which was pivotal in the development of specific forms of knowledge and culture within the country.

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