Interviews

Lida Rammou is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She studies the Souslik, a species of squirrel that builds burrows below ground. Her current research, financed by WWF Hellas, focuses on Vermio’s mountain in Western Macedonia which hosts the only mountain population of Sousliks and is targetted by several large-scale wind farms projects. In the second part of this interview, she describes the impacts of large-scale renewables on wild animals.

Lida Rammou is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She studies the Souslik, a species of squirrel that builds burrows below ground. Her current research, financed by WWF Hellas, focuses on Vermio’s mountain in Western Macedonia which hosts the only mountain population of Sousliks and is targetted by several large-scale wind farms projects. In the first part of this interview, she discusses the lack of scientific methodology in Ecological Assessment Studies necessary to obtain Environmental Permits for infrastructure projects.

Giorgos Andreou is Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (SECE) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His researches are based on an interdisciplinary approach combining engineering with political philosophy and social sciences to better grasp the issues at stake in the energy transition.