F. K. LIOTOPOULOS KAI SIA EE

Their core work

F. K. Liotopoulos kai Sia EE is a small Greek private company based in Thessaloniki that operates in the intersection of transport policy research, urban mobility planning, and social dimensions of transport innovation. Their EU project record shows contributions to two distinct but complementary areas: building transferable planning tools for urban transport authorities (SUITS), and researching gender inclusion and social equity within transport innovation systems (TInnGO). The company's website domain (sboing.net) is consistent with a creative or interactive studio profile, suggesting their core contribution to research consortia is likely in design, visualization, or communication of complex transport and policy content. They join large multi-national consortia as a specialist contributor rather than a technical engineering partner.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both projects fall within a tight 2016–2021 window, which limits the ability to trace a long-term shift. The sequence does show a directional move: their first project (SUITS) addressed institutional and systems-level challenges — tools for transport authorities — while their second (TInnGO) turned toward the social and equity dimension, specifically gender in transport innovation. No keyword data is available in the source records, so this evolution is inferred from project titles and objectives alone. If the pattern holds, this organization is progressively positioning itself within the soft research side of transport: policy, equity, and societal impact rather than infrastructure or engineering.

Their trajectory points toward transport as a social and policy challenge rather than a technical one — making them a likely fit for future projects around inclusive mobility, behavioral change, or transport governance reform.

How they like to work

This organization has never led an H2020 project — both participations were as consortium partner, not coordinator. Despite only two projects, they have accumulated 29 unique partner connections across 14 countries, which means they join large, internationally diverse consortia typical of policy-oriented RIA projects. This pattern is consistent with a specialist contributor who brings a defined, bounded capability (design, communication, or social research) to bigger multi-partner efforts rather than driving the scientific agenda.

With 29 unique consortium partners across 14 countries from just 2 projects, this company has built a surprisingly broad European network relative to its size. The geographic spread reflects the multi-country nature of the RIA transport projects they joined, likely covering Western and Northern Europe as well as Southern European partners.

What sets them apart

Among Greek SMEs active in EU transport research, this company stands out for combining urban planning tools work with gender and social equity research — a pairing that is rare and increasingly valued in Horizon Europe calls. Based in Thessaloniki rather than Athens, they offer a less saturated Greek network node for consortia seeking Southern European partners. Their apparent creative or interactive studio background (inferred from website) could bring practical communication and visualization skills that pure research partners often lack.

Highlights from their portfolio

• TInnGO
  Addresses the underexplored intersection of gender equity and transport innovation across Europe — a niche that is growing in political priority under Horizon Europe's gender mainstreaming requirements.
• SUITS
  Largest single grant received (EUR 202,041) and directly targeted at producing transferable tools for city transport authorities, giving it practical policy deployment potential beyond research.