• Introduction to Political Science
• Comparative Political Systems
• Global Civil Society: NGOs
• Political Sociology
• Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

PUBLICATIONS

• «Social Movements», στο Kevin Featherstone, Dimitri Sotiropoulos (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, σελ. 366-383 (forthcoming-2020)
• «Civil Society and the Economy: Greek civil society during the Economic Crisis», Journal of Civil Society, 13(4), 2017, σσ. 357-373.
• «Urbane riots in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung: Die riots in England 2011 und die griechischen Dezemberproteste 2008 im Vergleich», Sub\urban Zeitschrift for kritische Stadtforschung (Special Issue: Riots), 2016, 4(1), pp. 31-52.
• «Rage and Protest: The case of the Greek Indignant movement», Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest (Special Issue: Social Movements), Vol. 3(2), 2016, pp. 33-50.
• “Political Crisis and Alternative Forms of Political Participation” in I. Metaxas (ed.) Political Science: Critical Perspectives on Political Action, Athens: Sideris, pp. 289-306, 2016 (in Greek).
• «‘Social Need’ or ‘Choice’? Greek Civil Society during the Economic Crisis», GreeSE Paper no. 95, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), November 2015, (p. 37)
• “The State and the Voluntary Sector during the current Economic Crisis”, Greek Political Science Review, issue 42, July 2014, pp. 36-61 (in Greek). 
• “The Volatility of Urban Riots” in H. Johnston, S. Seferiades (eds.) Violent Protest, Contentious Politics, and the Neoliberal State, Burlington, Surrey: Ashgate Publishers, 2012, pp. 133-145.
• “Two facets of Civil Society: The Struggle for Hegemony” in Y. Voulgaris, L. Kotsonopoulos (eds.) Following the Path of Antonio Gramsci, Athens: Themelio, pp. 65-85, 2010 (in Greek).
• Book Review: “Christos Fragkonikolopoulos, The Global Role of Non-Governmental Organizations: Potential and Weaknesses in Global Governance”, Historein, issue 9, pp. 239-243, 2009.
• Civil Society in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, Athens: Sakkoulas, 2008, pp. 239 (in Greek).
• “The role of Non-Governmental Organizations in European Union’s Development Policy: Current Challenges and Limitations” in M. Tsinisizelis, D. Xenakis, (eds.) Global Europe, Athens: Sideris, 2006, pp. 215-249 (in Greek).
• “The Contemporary Feminist Movement: Ideological Conflicts and Political Dilemmas”, Koinonia Politon, issue 9, 2003, pp. 50-53 (in Greek). 
• “Central and Peripheral NGOs: The Construction of Social Networks in the International Community” in A. Chouliaras, P. Sklias (eds.) The Diplomacy of Civil Society, Athens: Papazisis, 2002, pp. 73-89 (in Greek).
• “Civil Society: New Forms of Collective Action”, Spoudai, 52:4, 2002, pp. 166-182 (in Greek).

PAPERS/OTHERS

• «Southern European Civil Societies during the Crisis: Dense and Weak? », Paper presented at the  2016 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research , Section (S56): Reconfiguring Southern Europe, Panel (P371): Reshaping Civil Society in Southern Europe, Prague, 2016, (p. 32),  http://ecpr.eu/Filestore/PaperProposal/b2757124-04bc-488c-92f8-7d2a16e2bd77.pdf
• «Public Readings of Urban Riots: Comparing the English riots of 2011 to the Greek December of 2008», Paper presented at the  2016 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research , Section (S 33): Interpreting Political Violence, Panel (P047): Civilian Agency in anti-Civilian Violence, Prague, 2016, (p. 28), http://ecpr.eu/Filestore/PaperProposal/21f7c3d6-f5ec-4362-a848-897db614a305.pd
• Rage and Protest: The case of the Greek Indignant movement”, Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, GreeSE Paper no. 82, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), February 2014 (p. 39).
• “Violence in Riots and Social Movements”, Paper presented at the 6th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Section: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Violence and Politics, Panel: Violence and Social Movements. Reykjavik 2011, http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/reykjavik/paper_details.asp
• “Non Governmental Organizations as Transmitters of Policies and Ideologies”, paper presented at the 3rd General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), panel: The Future of NGOs as Emerging Stakeholders, Budapest, 2005. Available at http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/generalconference

ACTIVITIES/ RESEARCH PROJECTS

2016- Expert at the National Center for Social Research (ΕΚΚΕ)

2012- 2015  Research Project: Evaluation of the NGO Sector in Greece, THALES: Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Fund. 

2012- present  Co-organizer and teaching in the post-graduate interdepartmental one-year course Institutions of Social Responsibility and Solidarity, the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens & the Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University & the Department of Comparative Politics and International Relations, University of Peloponnese. 

2007- present  Member of The Contentious Politics Circle, an interdisciplinary network of scholars researching collective action and social movements. 

2006-2010  Member of the Advisory Body of the European Non Governmental Confederation for Relief and Development (CONCORD), Brussels.

1998-2004  Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans. An interdisciplinary journal published by Carfax, London

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Civil Society; Alternative Forms of Political Participation; Non Governmental Organizations; New Social Movements; Riots.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/COLLOQUIA

September 2016     1) «Public Readings of Urban Riots: Comparing the English  riots of 2011 to the Greek December of 2008», Paper presented at the 2016 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, 

2) «Southern European Civil Societies during the Crisis: Dense and Weak? », Paper presented at the  2016 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, 

3) Chair and discussant, Panel: Are Social Movements Changing Political Landscapes in Southern Europe? 2016 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). 

July 2016     «Alternative strategies and experiments for change in Greek civil society during the economic crisis», International Research Colloquium: Democratic responses and political pressures for change, Johns Hopkins University - Universitat Pompeu Fabra Public Policy Center & Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Ciutadella campus Barcelona.

Οctober 2015    Keynote Speaker, “The Activation of Formal and Informal  Social Networks to Meet the Rising Social Needs in Greece”, International Research Colloquium: Democracy at a Crossroads? Civil Society and Politics in a Changing Europe, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

June 2015   “The impact of the economic crisis on civil society: Non Governmental Organizations and hybrid Voluntary Organizations in Southern Europe», Paper presented at the International Conference: BISA 40th Anniversary Conference: The Worlds of Inequality, British International Studies Association (BISA), London.

Μay 2015   “The Aganaktismeni Movement in Greece”, Paper presented at ΕInternational Workshop: Studying Social Movements against EU Austerity Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark. 

July 2014  “Dissent and Protest in Urban Riots”, Paper presented at the Workshop “Riots & Resistance III”, Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung, Berlin, Germany.

April 2014  “Political Disenchantment before and after the Outbreak of the Economic Crisis”, Paper presented at the 64th Annual International Conference of the Political Studies Association, Manchester, Britain.

November 2013  “Rage and Protest: The case of the Greek Indignant movement”,   paper presented at the Conference Greek Politics in Crisis, Hellenic Observatory,  European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.   Aug. 2013  “Protest, Space and the Emergence of a new Political Culture in Greece”, paper presented at the 11th General Conference of the European Sociological Association (E.S.A), Torino, Italy.

Sept. 2012   “The Occupy Movement, Political Protest and the Far Right in Greece”, paper presented at the International Conference Politics, Consumption or Nihilism: Disorder and Protest, The Sociology, Politics and Policy Research Group, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, Britain. 

Dec. 2012  “Public Perceptions of ‘Politics’ and the ‘Public Sphere’ during the Current Economic Crisis”, paper presented at the international Conference Metapolitefsi: From the Transition to Democracy to the Economic Crisis? Historein & Freie Universität (Berlin), Athens, Greece.

Apr. 2012  “‘Riots’ and the Absence of Collectivity”, paper presented at the international Conference The Many – History, Theory, Politics, panel: Collective Agency and Global Movements, Institute for Contemporary History of the New University of Lisbon, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

Aug. 2011  “Violence in ‘Riots’ and Social Movements”, paper presented at the 6th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), panel: Violence and Social Movements. Reykjavik, Iceland.

Sept. 2009  “New Dilemmas for Civil Society?”, paper presented at the 9th General Conference of the European Sociological Association (E.S.A), panel: Political Reform and its Discourses: Accountability, Governance, Participation, Equality, Proximity, Lisbon, Portugal.

Dec. 2009  “The Volatility of Urban Riots”, paper presented at the international Conference Rioting and Violent Protest in Comparative Perspective: Theoretical Considerations, Empirical Puzzles, Department of Politics & History, Panteion University of Social and Political Science & The Committee on Political Sociology (CPS) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Panteion University, Athens, Greece

Sept. 2005  “Non Governmental Organizations as Transmitters of Policies and Ideologies”, paper presented at the 3rd General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), panel: The Future of NGOs as Emerging Stakeholders, Budapest, Hungary.

May 2005  Guest Lecturer, Faculty of the Arts and Social Sciences, Social and Political Science Seminars, Sabanci University. Title of Lecture: The transition form New Social Movements to Non-Governmental Organizations, Istanbul (Τurkey).

CONFERENCES, LECTURES, SEMINARS, PANELS 

December 2014  “Grassroots Solidarity: A New Role for Civil Society?”, 2nd Annual Conference of the Crisis Observatory: The Social Consequences of the Crisis in Europe and Greece: Politics and Policies for Solidarity and Growth, ELIAMEP, French Institute, Athens. Invited paper.

September 2012  Invited panellist at the Roundtable Civil Society, Humanism and the Greek Crisis, Autumn School for NGO’ Professionals, Department of Comparative Politics and International Relations & Department of Economics, University of Peloponnese

May 2012  “Political participation before and after the economic crisis: Different facets of civil society”, paper presented at the Conference The Economic Crisis and its Consequences for Organized Civil Society in Greece, The Greek Political Science Association & Department of Comparative Politics and International Relations, University of Peloponnese. Invited paper.

March 2012  “Political Crisis and Alternative Forms of Participation”, paper presented at the Conference 60 Years of European Integration-30 Years of Greece in the European Union, Department of European and International Studies, University of Piraeus, Athens.

December 2011  “Civil Society and Collective Action in Greece”, paper presented at the International Forum on Culture and Politics, Goethe-Institute of Northern Africa and Middle East (Cairo) & Goethe-Institute of Southeastern Europe (Athens) and Goethe-Institute of Western Europe (Brussels), Cairo, Egypt. Invited paper.   April 2011  Invited Discussant at the workshop “Cultural Studies”, Second Meeting of Young Scientists, The Greek Political Science Association.

September 2010  “Frames and Ideology in the Greek Feminist Movement: The Case of the Autonomous Feminist Groups”, paper presented at the 17th Pan-Hellenic Post-graduate Intensive Seminar for PhD candidates, panel: Collective Action and Social Movements, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece. 

May 2008 Moderator at the workshop “Societal (political) Models”, international Conference of Humanitarian & Development Non Governmental Organizations: Are we on the right track? Paradigm Review by Civil Society Organizations as Development Actors, Prague, Czech Republic.

May 2008  “Different Modes of Participation in the Non-Profit Sector”, paper presented at the 8th General Conference of the Greek Political Science Association Democracy in Crisis? Dangers and Challenges in the 21st Century”, The Greek Political Science Association, Athens.

April 2008  “Civil Society in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership”, lecture at the Institute of International Economic Relations (I.D.O.S), Athens. Invited lecture.

November 2007  “Two Facets of Civil Society: the Struggle for Hegemony”, paper presented at the Conference Antonio Gramsci in Contemporary Social Sciences, Centre for Political Research, Panteion University of Social and Political Science, Athens.

March 2007  Rapporter at the workshop “Definition and Legal Status of Non-Governmental Organizations”, 1st Pan-Hellenic Deliberation: Contemporary Institutional Framework for Volunteering and Non-Governmental Organizations, Athens.

December 2005  “NGOs and Volunteering: Identical Meanings?” paper presented at the First Pan-Hellenic Conference on Volunteering, Mesologgi, Greece.

March 2005  “The Role of NGOs in European Union’s Development Policy”, paper presented at the Conference The European Community and the World, The Institute of International Economic Relations (I.D.O.S) and the Department of Political Science and Public Administration-University of Athens, Athens. Invited paper.  

January 2004  “Ideological Conflicts and Political Dilemmas in the Contemporary Feminist Movement”, paper presented at the Conference The Greek Woman in the 21st Century, The Law Association and the NGO Paremvassi, Athens.                              

May 2003  “Civil Society, NGOs and Human Rights: The Hidden Conflicts”, paper presented at the workshop NGOs and Human Rights, Hellenic Union of Human Rights and Amnesty International, Athens.