Post-Doc Research at the Department of Sociology
Georgios Tsiridis (supervising professor: Nikolaos Serdedakis), title of thesis: “Liberalization in the dictatorship of colonels: political opportunity and institutional imprint of collective action” (approved by the no. 351/20-5-2020 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
Georgios Souvlis (supervising professor: Ioannis Koumbourlis). Thesis title: “Perry Anderson’s work from the perspective of historical sociology and intellectual history” (approved by the no. 352/17-6-2020 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
Angeliki Droghitis (supervising professor: Athina Skoulariki) is working on: “Cowards and heroes. The army’s public discourse on infantrymen’s suicides and accidents: nationalist discourse and gendered representations” (approved by the no. 368/27-10-2021 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
Konstantinos Panagos (supervising professor: Georgios Tsiolis) thesis title: “Criminological theory and mixed methods research: The theoretical foundations and contribution of mixed methods approaches in Criminology in the context of the Social Sciences” (approved by the no. 375/11-5-2022 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
Maria Bareli (supervising professor: Kostas Gounis), title of research: “Dancing with Gift, Standing on the Commons. A Diachronic Perspective on Ikarian Paniyiria.” Proposal for postdoctoral research approved at the Department of Sociology Assembly No. 380/2-11-2022.
Thomas Siomos (supervising professor: Athina Skoulariki), title of research: “The Prespa Agreement in the Greek Mass Media.” Proposal for postdoctoral research approved at the Department of Sociology Assembly No. 386/22-3-2023.
Maria Botsiou (supervising professor: Giorgos Tsiolis), title of postdoctoral research: “Building Identities: A Biographical Approach to the Architectural Composition of Beekeepers’ Identity and the Mediating Role of Online Social Media.” Proposal for postdoctoral research approved at the Department of Sociology Assembly No. 386/22-3-2023.
Christos Stefanopoulos (supervising professor: Ioannis Zaimakis), title of postdoctoral research: “From EPON to the Lambrakis Youth: Leftist Discourses and Practices Regarding Sports and Youth in Postwar Greece.” Proposal for postdoctoral research approved at the Department of Sociology Assembly No. 395/1-2-2024.
Eleftheria Papastefanaki (supervising professor: Alexandra Zavvou), title of postdoctoral research: “Academic Discourses on Gender-based Violence within Gender Studies in Greece (1980–Present).” Proposal for postdoctoral research approved at the Department of Sociology Assembly No. 401/26-6-2024.
Postdoctoral fellows who have completed their research
Theodoros Spyros (supervising professor: Ioannis Zaimakis), title of postdoctoral research: “From the Ethno-local Community to Trans-local and Transnational Networks: Place, Memory, and Socio-cultural Practices among the ‘Trikalian’ Jews.” Completion report of the postdoctoral research was submitted in Assembly No. 343/23-10-2019.
Kostas Kanellopoulos (supervising professor: Maria Kousi), title of postdoctoral research: “Transnational Solidarity, Crises, and Movement Organizations in Greece.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 352/17-6-2020.
Maria Paschou (supervising professor: Maria Kousi), title of postdoctoral research: “Youth, Inequalities, Crises, and Forms of Political Participation in Greece.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 352/17-6-2020.
Dimitrios Papanikolopoulos (supervising professor: Christina Karakioulafi), title of postdoctoral research: “The Dynamics of Labor Mobilizations and Transformations of the Trade Union Movement After the Signing of the 3rd Memorandum (2015–2018).”
Christina Tsakistraki (supervising professor: Vasiliki Petousi), title of postdoctoral research: “The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention): Theoretical Legal Framework and Conceptual Analysis.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 372/16-2-2022.
Angeliki Papathanasiou (supervising professor: Aliki Lavranou), title of postdoctoral research: “Subject and Capital: Foundations and Critique of Forms of Subjectivity in Marxist and Poststructuralist Theories of the 20th Century.”Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 383/27-1-2023.
Dimitra Siatitsa (supervising professor: Vasileios Arapoglou), title of postdoctoral research: “Housing and Precarity: Housing Pathways of Youth During the Period of Family Emancipation. A Socio-spatial Approach.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 387/17-5-2023.
Reggina-Eleni Mantanika (supervising professor: Vasileios Arapoglou), title of postdoctoral research: “From Reception to Integration(?): Formal and Informal Governance of Migration Mobility and State Transformations in Greece from the Early 2000s to the Present.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 387/17-5-2023.
Eirini Theodorakopoulou (supervising professor: Eugenia Petropoulou), title of postdoctoral research: “Social Innovations as Processes within the Framework of Short Food Supply Chains: A Multi-participatory Approach Toward Building a Theoretical Framework for Studying Social Innovation.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 386/22-3-2023.
Michalis Nikolakakis (supervising professor: Ioannis Zaimakis), title of postdoctoral research: “Tourism and Greek Society During the First Two Post-dictatorship Decades (1974–1994).” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 376/22-6-2023.
Michalis Christodoulou (supervising professor: Angelos Mouzakitis), title of postdoctoral research: “Aspects of Causal Explanation in Relational Social Theory: The Case of Neo-Pragmatism and Critical Realism.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 391/27-9-2023.
Maria Xenitidou (supervising professor: Georgios Tsiolis), title of postdoctoral research: “From Grexit to Brexit: Interrogating Notions of Belonging and Identity in Greece and the UK.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 326/25-4-2018.
Haris Malamidis (supervising professor: Nikolaos Serdedakis), title of postdoctoral research: “The Role of the Social and Solidarity Economy in the Integration of Asylum Seekers in Greece.” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 346/22-1-2020.
Eleftheria Karagianni (supervising professor: Georgios Tsiolis), title of postdoctoral research: “Graphic Auto/Biographical Narratives (Graphic Memoirs): Representations of a Self at ‘Aphelion.’” Completion report submitted in Assembly No. 407/15-1-2025.