Miltiadis Lazoglou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spatial Planning and Development, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is a Spatial Planning and Development Engineer, with a postgraduate specialisation in spatial planning and organisation, as well as in environmental and development issues. His doctoral dissertation investigates alternative land-use siting options through artificial intelligence applications, while his postdoctoral research examines the adaptation of coastal areas to climate change.

Since 2009, he has been systematically engaged in urban and regional planning, tourism and sustainable development. He has extensive experience of autonomous teaching in higher education, covering fields such as spatial planning, strategic spatial planning, sustainable integrated rural development, urban planning and sustainable urban development.

His research work includes participation in more than twenty European and national research projects (Horizon, LIFE, Interreg, etc.) addressing spatial planning, climate change, landscape, cultural heritage and resilience, as well as numerous publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings and edited volumes.

He has contributed to the preparation of spatial plans, with an emphasis on Local Urban Plans (LUPs), and provides advisory support to local authorities throughout the process of preparing their LUPs.

He is a member of the National Spatial Planning Council and has served as a member of the National Council for Climate Change Adaptation and as Coordinator of Elliniki Etairia – Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage.