Michalis Nikolakakis
Position
Professor in the field of “Sociology of Tourism”.
Official Government Gazette ΦΕΚ Γ΄ 595/20-2-2025
Contact
University of Crete – Department of Sociology
Gallos Campus
741 00 Rethymno
Tel.: 28310-77476
Email: m.nikolakakis@uoc.gr
Education
• 2013: Ph.D. in Sociology (Department of Sociology, University of Crete)
• 2004: M.A. in Political and Social Theory (Department of Sociology, University of Warwick)
• 2003: B.A. in Sociology (Department of Sociology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences)
Career
• 2025: Assistant Professor in the field of “Sociology of Tourism”, Department of Sociology, University of Crete
- 2024-present: Researcher, Research Program “Innovation Hub for Retail Trade – Annual Report on Retail-Tourism Linkages”
- 2022-2023: Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Crete
• 2021: Researcher, Research Program “New Public Sector Personnel: Quantitative & Qualitative Characteristics of New Recruits in the Public Sector”
• 2020-2022: Member of the Teaching Staff, M.A. in Sports Studies: Sociology, History, Anthropology, Hellenic Open University - 2020-2022: Lecturer, Department of Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 2019-2022: Postdoctoral Research, “Critical Approaches to the Tourism Phenomenon”, Department of Sociology, University of Crete
- 2019-2020: Member of the Teaching Staff, M.A. in Tourism Management, Hellenic Open University
- 2019: Lecturer, Department of Business Administration and Organizations, University of Peloponnese
- 2018: Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
• 2017-2018: Member of the Teaching Staff, M.A. in Sports Studies: Sociology, History, Anthropology, Hellenic Open University - 2017: Lecturer, Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete
- 2017: Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Crete
Research Interests
Sociology of Tourism, Sociology of Sports and Leisure, Social Theory, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology
Selected Publications (detailed in CV)
Monographs
• Nikolakakis, M., Modern Circe: Tourism and Greek Society during the Period 1950-1974, Athens: Alexandria Publications, 2017. (in Greek).
Co-Authored Books
- Ioannidis, G., Nikolakakis, M. & Petsalakis, S., Public Employment in Greece: Continuities, Transformations, and Impacts of Fiscal Adjustment Programs on Public Employment Characteristics and New Public Employees, Athens: Koinoniko Polykentro, 2021. (in Greek).
Edited Volumes
- Nazou, D., Nikolakakis, M. & Tzanakis, M. (eds.), Journeys Without Destination: Critical Approaches to Tourism Studies, Athens: Nisos, 2023. (in Greek).
Articles in Scientific Journals
- Nikolakakis M., “The ‘Game’ in the Work of Norbert Elias”, Greek Journal of Sport and Social Sciences, pp. 29-52, Issue 1 (2023). (in Greek).
- Nikolakakis M., “The Colonels on the Beach: Tourism during the Greek Military Dictatorship”, Journal of Modern Greek Studies, pp. 425-450, Vol.35/No 2 (2017). (in English).
- Nikolakakis M., “Athens: The Tourist Capital of Postwar Greece”, Pharos: Journal of the Netherlands Institute at Athens, pp. 21-36, Vol. XXI.1 (2015). (in English).
- Nikolakakis M., “Representations and Social Practices of Alternative Tourists in Postwar Greece to the End of the Greek Military Junta”, Journal of Tourism History, pp. 5-17, Vol. 7, No. 1-2 (2015). (in English).
Book Chapters
- Nikolakakis, M., “A Nation of Hoteliers: Tourism and Public Development Policies during the Greek Military Dictatorship”, in Christodoulakis N. (ed.), The Economics of the Dictatorship 1967-1974, Conference Proceedings for the 50 Years of the Metapolitefsi, Athens: Hellenic Parliament, Athens University of Economics, 2024, pp. 169-190. (in Greek).
- Nikolakakis, M., “Public Policies, Sustainable Development, and Tourism in the Post-Pandemic Condition”, in Labrianidis L., Liakos A. & Stathakis G. (eds.), In Search of the Alternative Path: Strategies for the Development of the Greek Economy, Athens, Polis, 2024, pp. 445-464. (in Greek).
- Nikolakakis M., “From Sustainable Development to the Disruption of Globalization: Transformations of International Tourism Under the Shadow of the Pandemic”, in Savvakis, M. (ed.), The Pandemic Condition: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Interpretive Syntheses, Athens: Institute of the Book – Kardamitsa Publications, 2022, pp. 139-162. (in Greek).
- Nikolakakis M., “Tourism, Body, and Seaside Recreational Practices in Postwar Greek Society until 1974”, in Kornetis K., Kotsovili E. & Papadogiannis N. (eds.), Gender and Consumer Cultures in Late- and Post-Authoritarian Greece, Spain, and Portugal, 1960s-1980s, New York: Bloomsbury, 2016, pp. 103-117. (in English).
- Nikolakakis M., “The ‘Tourist Paradox’: On the History of Tourism in Greece from 1950 to the Present”, in Aisopos G. (ed.), Tourism Landscapes: Remaking Greece, Catalog of Greece’s Participation in the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Athens: Domes, 2015, pp. 38-51. (in English).
- Nikolakakis M., Antoniadis A., “‘Romantic and Not Deviant’. Identity and Politics in the Communities of Ares”, in Zaimakis G., Kotaridis N. (eds.), Football and Fan Communities: Rivalries and Identity Politics, Athens: Plethron, 2013, pp. 314-340. (in Greek).