Post-Doc Research at the Department of Sociology

  • Maria Xenitidou, is working on a project entitled: “From Grexit to Brexit: interrogating notions of belonging and identity in Greece and the UK” (approved by the no. 326/25-4-2018 Assembly of the Department of Sociology)
  • Angeliki Papathanasiou, (supervised by Prof. Aliki Lavranou), is working on a theses on: “Subject and Capital: Foundation and Criticism of the Forms of Subjectivity in Marxist and Poststructural Theories of the 20th Century” (approved by the no. 331/24-10- 2018 Assembly of the Department of Sociology)
  • Dimitra Siatitsa, (supervised by Prof. Vasilios Arapoglou), is working on: “Residence and precariousness: Housing routes of young people during the period of emancipation from the family. A socio-spatial approach” (approved by the no. 337/20-3-2019 Assembly of the Department of Sociology)
  • Michalis Nikolakakis, (supervised by Prof. Ioannis Zaimakis), is working on a project on: “Tourism and Greek society in the first two post-dictatorship decades (1974-1994)” (approved by the no. 338/17-4-2019 Assembly of the Department of Sociology)
  • Irini Theodorakopoulou, (supervised by Ass. Prof. Eugenia Petropoulou), thesis title: “Social Innovations as processes in the context of Short Food Supply Chain Systems: a multi-participatory approach towards creating a theoretical framework for the study of Social Innovation” (approved by the No. 340/19-6-2019 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
  • Regina Eleni Mantanika (supervised by Prof. Vasilios Arapoglou), thesis title: “From reception to integration(?): Official and unofficial governance of migrant mobility and transformations of the state in Greece, since the beginning of 2000 until today” (approved by the  no. 344/20-11-2019 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
  • Theoharis Malamidis (supervised by Associate Prof. Nikolaos-Dimitrios Serdedakis), thesis title: “The role of the Social and Solidarity Economy in the integration of asylum seekers in Greece” (approved at the no. 346/22-1-2020 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
  • Georgios Tsiridis (supervised by Associate Prof. Nikolaos-Dimitrios 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 (supervised by Associate Prof. 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).
  • Michail Christodoulou (supervised by Ass. Prof. Angelos Mouzakitis), title of thesis: “Aspects of causal explanation in relational social theory: the case of Neo-Pragmatism and Critical Realism” (approved by the no. 354/23-9-2020 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
  • Angeliki Droghitis (supervised by Ass. Prof. Athina Skoularikis) 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).
  • Eleftheria Karagiannis (supervised by Prof. Georgios Tsiolis) is working on: “Graphic memoirs. Representations of a self at “aphelion” (approved by the no. 368/27-10-2021 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).
  • Konstantinos Panagos (supervised by Prof. 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).

Postdoctoral fellows who have completed their research

  • Theodoros Spyros (supervised by Prof. Yiannis Zaimakis), thesis title: “From ethno-local communities to trans-local and trans-national networks: Place, memory and socio-cultural practices in the Jews of Trikala” (funded by the National Scholarship Foundation).
  • Kostas Kanellopoulos (supervised by Prof. Maria Koussis), thesis title: “Transnational solidarity, crises and movement organizations in Greece”.
  • Maria Paschou (supervised by Prof. Maria Koussis), thesis title: “Youth, inequalities, crises and forms of political participation in Greece”.
  • Christina Tsakistraki (supervised by Associate Prof. Vasiliki Petousi), thesis title: “The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (“Istanbul Convention”): Theoretical Legal Framework and Conceptual Analysis” (approved by the no. 346/22-1-2020 Assembly of the Department of Sociology).