Greece

Pavlos Chatzigrigoriou is a Civil Engineer specialising in heritage preservation and digital cultural heritage. He holds a Master’s in Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Monuments, a Master’s in Environmental Planning, a PhD in Architecture (Digital Cultural Heritage), and a postdoctoral fellowship in Digital Heritage at the University of the Aegean. In 2015, his project HERMeS received the European Heritage Award/Europa Nostra Award and was recognised by the Council of Europe as a Best Practice for Strategy 2021.

He teaches Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of the Aegean, serves as chair of the Selection Committee of the European Heritage Awards in the category of Citizens’ Engagement and Awareness-Raising, and co-founded the NGO Heritage Management e-Society (HERMeS). He is also Chairman of the Syros Institute’s Board, Project Officer for EU Funding in the South Aegean Region and, since 2024, Managing Director of the Historical Museum of Hermoupolis, where he develops inclusive initiatives positioning the museum as a centre for knowledge and cultural heritage in Syros.