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George Tsal­is

Postdoc

Subjects
Consumer behaviour Marketing Quantitative methods Ethics Sustainability

Primary research areas

Food waste
In­vest­ig­at­ing how mar­ket­ing stand­ards in­flu­ence food waste.
Con­sumer iden­tity and its in­flu­ence on con­sumer be­ha­viour
Ex­amin­ing how loc­al, European, and glob­al iden­tit­ies shape con­sumer choices.
Con­sumer be­ha­viour in times of crises
In­vest­ig­at­ing how so­ci­opol­it­ic­al and eco­nom­ic crises in­flu­ence sus­tain­able con­sump­tion pat­terns.

My re­search fo­cuses on how mar­ket­ing, iden­tity, and eth­ics shape con­sumer be­ha­vi­or.

My research centers on consumer behavior, sustainability, ethical discourses in marketing, and food waste. I examine how marketing practices, consumer identities, and societal crises shape sustainable and ethical consumption patterns. 

My work is published in journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, Food Policy, Waste Management, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Appetite, and Food Quality and Preference. I have presented at major academic conferences, including EMAC, Pangborn, the International Food Marketing Research Symposium, and the Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference. 

I serve as a peer reviewer for journals such as Management Science, Journal of Business Ethics, and Food Policy, and I am actively engaged in collaborative research networks advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. My research has received international recognition, including being shortlisted for the Best Paper Award at the 48th EMAC Conference and receiving the 3rd Best Paper Award at the 20th EARCD Conference. 

I hold a PhD in Management from Aarhus University (School of Business and Social Sciences), where my dissertation explored the relationship between retail price promotions and household-level food waste, and I have been a visiting researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics, Center for Retailing. 

Recent research projects

ROSETTA – Re­du­cing Food Waste due to Mar­ket­ing Stand­ards

ROSETTA in­vest­ig­ates how mar­ket­ing stand­ards con­trib­ute to food waste and aims to de­vel­op solu­tions to val­or­ize sub­op­tim­al foods.
ROSETTA Project Website