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Dr Konstantinos Chalkias

Positions held:
  • Reader in Management, ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú Business School
  • PhD in Management Programme Director, ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú Business School
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  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Konstantinos graduated with a PhD in Business Development from the Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, in 2013, where he was awarded the Surrey Business School Scholarship. He also holds a BA in Management Science and Technology from Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, and a MSc in Programme and Project Management from Warwick University, UK.ÌýHe joined ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú, University of London, in March 2019. Before, he was a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Management, Bayes Business School (formely Cass).

    Konstantinos is also an independent member of the Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (RFCC), Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The committee’s role is to reduce flood risk, make communities more resilient and adapt to the challenges of a changing climate in the Thames area which covers over a quarter of England’s population.

    Konstantinos has also executive teaching and consulting experience in the global insurance and reinsurance industry. He has designed and delivered various training and development programmes for senior executives of global (re)insurance companies both in the UK and abroad. He is also delivering consulting services, including data collection, analysis and strategy recommendations, for various companies in the (re)insurance industry. In the past, Konstantinos has also worked as a project manager and a business management consultant.

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    Administrative responsibilities

    • PhD in Management Programme Director

    Honours and awards

    • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy,

    ORCID

  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Strategy as Practice (SaP)
    • Practice Theory of Organizations and Markets
    • Paradox Theory
    • Grand Challenges
    • Insurance and Reinsurance
    • Disaster Risk Financing (DRF)

    Research overview

    Konstantinos is a qualitative researcher interested in strategy-as-practice (SaP) and paradox theory. Drawing from process and practice theory, he studies organizations and markets. He has also a research interest in paradox theory with a focus on complex inter-organizational systems. Finally, he is interested in international comparative studies that explore organizational variation in global financial markets.

    His research has been looking into how governments and markets alongside other intergovernmental organizations work together to address the growing insurance protection gap. He has been studying several schemes around the world that aim at reversing the growing unaffordability and unavailability of property disaster insurance in the face of climate change.

    His current project is delving into the intricate relationship between insurance and resilience. Insurance plays a crucial role in providing financial support for post-disaster recovery. At the same time, physical resilience serves as both a shield against physical damage and a proactive measure to reduce the risk of disasters. In the face of escalating climate change-induced flood disasters in the UK, which profoundly impact both the environment and socioeconomic landscape, Konstantinos investigates this complex interplay between insurance and resilience.

    My research has been funded by the Bank of England, the Government of Canada, the United Nations, the British Academy, and The Economic & Social Research Council.

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    Research Centres and Institutes

    Research projects

    Abstract

    Studying the government, (re)insurance and businesses proposed responses to COVID-19 business interruption in the UK as a means of mitigating the socio-economic impact of the pandemic [2020-2022]. See .Ìý

    The insurance protection gap as a grand challenge: Protection Gap Entities (PGEs) between state and market

    Abstract

    An international research project that studies the market mechanisms that transfer uninsured risk into global financial markets to bridge the global protection gap and the strategic implications that this has in market functioning [2016-2022]

    Protection from flood disaster in the UK: Exploring the Paradox of Insurance and Resilience across diverse stakeholders

    Abstract

    My research project delves into the intricate relationship between insurance and resilience. Insurance plays a crucial role in providing financial support for post-disaster recovery. At the same time, physical resilience serves as both a shield against physical damage and a proactive measure to reduce the risk of disasters.

    However, navigating the interplay between insurance and resilience presents its own set of complexities. For instance, while subsidizing premiums for high-risk properties is essential for safeguarding societies’ and its citizens’ financial stability post-disasters, it may inadvertently discourage investments in resilience as insurability of high risk properties may mask the underlying issue. Conversely, implementing stricter zoning regulations in flood-prone areas offers a proactive approach to curbing new development and mitigating flood risks, albeit potentially hindering the insurability of existing properties within such zones.

    In the face of escalating climate change-induced flood disasters in the UK, which profoundly impact both the environment and socioeconomic landscape, this research is timely. The aim is to gain deeper insights into how insurance and resilience can complement each other, paving the way for a more sustainable future.

  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Cacciatori, E. and Jarzabkowski, P. and Bednarek, R. and Chalkias, Konstantinos (2026) . Academy of Management Discoveries ISSN 2168-1007.
    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Bednarek, Rebecca and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Cacciatori, E. and Kavas, M. and Krull, E. and Rodgers, R. (2025) . Strategic Organization 23 (1), pp. 79-97. ISSN 1476-1270.
    • Chalkias, Konstantinos and Jarzabkowski, P. and Kavas, M. and Krull, E. (2025) . The British Journal of Sociology ISSN 0007-1315.
    • Bednarek, Rebecca and Cacciatori, E. and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Rodgers, R. and Jarzabkowski, P. and Kavas, M. and Krull, E. (2024) . The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 60 (1), pp. 194-214. ISSN 0021-8863.
    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Bednarek, Rebecca and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Cacciatori, E. (2022) . Academy of Management Journal 65 (5), pp. 1477-1506. ISSN 0001-4273.
    • Bednarek, Rebecca and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Jarzabkowski, P. (2021) . British Journal of Management 32 (1), pp. 235-254. ISSN 1045-3172.
    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Krull, E. and Kavas, M. and Chalkias, Konstantinos (2021) . Journal of Financial Transformation (54), pp. 62-69.
    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Bednarek, Rebecca and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Cacciatori, E. (2019) . Strategic Organization 17 (1), pp. 120-132. ISSN 1476-1270.
    • Anesa, M. and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Jarzabkowski, P. and Spee, A.P. (2019) . Research in the Sociology of Organizations 69B, pp. 129-142. ISSN 0733-558X.
    • Cacciatori, E. and Jarzabkowski, P. and Bednarek, Rebecca and Chalkias, Konstantinos (2019) . Academy of Management Proceedings 2019 (1), pp. 18102-18102. ISSN 0065-0668.

    Book

    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Cacciatori, E. and Bednarek, Rebecca (2023) . Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192865168.

    Book section

    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Chalkias, Konstantinos (2018) . In: Gephart, R. and Miller, C. and Svedberg Helgesson, K. (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Risk, Crisis and Emergency Management. Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 507-510. ISBN 9781138208865.

    Other

    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Clarke, D. and Iyahen, E. and Stadtmueller, D. and Zwick, A. (2019) . Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Washington, DC, U.S.: Global Commission on Adaptation, UN.
    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Chalkias, Konstantinos and Cacciatori, E. and Bednarek, Rebecca (2018) . London, UK: Cass Business School, City, University of London.
    • Jarzabkowski, P. and Cabantous, L. and Tapinos, E. and Chalkias, Konstantinos (2014) . London, UK: Cass Business School, City, University of London.
  • Business and community

    Business and community

    Outreach

    Academy of Management Insights. .

    The Conversation:

    The National Preparedness Commission (NPC): Uninsurability and the Role of Protection Gap Entities.Ìýhttps://nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/publications/uninsurability-and-the-role-of-protection-gap-entities/