Dimitris Gouscos is Associate Professor in Design, Development and Management of Digital Communication at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), and Coordinator of the Participatory Government and Digital Social and Humanitarian Innovation MSc track.

He serves or has served as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electronic Governance; Lead National Researcher for the OGP IRM Design Report on Greece's 4th National Action Plan on Open Government 2019–2021; Consultant with UN ESCWA for the Guideline on Fostering Innovation in the Public Sector of the Arab Region and InnoCook: An Innovation Model to Enhance the Operations and Services of Arab Public Institutions; Co-coordinator of the Working Group on Open Government and Open Data (GFOSS); Coordinator for Training at the WeOpenGov Network; Council Member of CIVIS Hub 4: Cities, Spaces, and Mobility; Coordinator of the CIVIS BIP Child, Migrant, Refugee Voices for Viable Cities (GiveVoice); Work Package Co-leader for Communication and Dissemination of the PolyCIVIS project; and Task Leader for New Digital Public Goods, Haves and Havenots in the JustReDI project.