The Team

The research team of the Centre is staffed by members of the teaching and research staff of the Department of Social Work, by visiting Postdoctoral Researchers, by PhD candidates as well as by research partners / visiting professors. At the same time, the research and administrative work of the laboratory is enriched by the contribution of an international advisory team (International Advisory Board) consisting of experienced researchers / internationally recognized.

The research methodology of the laboratory is governed by interdisciplinarity, falls within the wide range of Social Sciences and concerns the individual fields of application of Social Work, Social Policy, Psychosocial Interventions, Sociology and Social Research.

The Centre aspires to offer a stable and rich program of events, conferences, workshops and activities that aim to create a vibrant environment for both those who work in it and the general public.

Internal Members

Vasilis Ioakimidis
Professor / Director of the Centre
ioakimidis@uniwa.gr
Eleni Papouli
Assistant Professor / Founding Member
epapouli@uniwa.gr
Dimitra-Dora Teloni
Assistant Professor / Founding Member
dteloni@uniwa.gr
Maria Douka
Lecturer / Founding Member
doukam@uniwa.gr
Ioannis Koumpouros
Associate Professor
ykoump@uniwa.gr
Dimos Pantazis
Professor
dnpantazis@uniwa.gr
Styliani Papamichail
Assistant Professor
spapamichail@uniwa.gr
Panagiotis Douros
Research Fellow
pdouros@uniwa.gr
Nancy Papathanasiou
Adjunct Academic Staff
apapathanasi@uniwa.gr
Dimitra Giannou
Adjunct Academic Staff
dgiannou@uniwa.gr
Alexia Stouraiti
Doctoral Researcher
Giorgos Rallis
Doctoral Researcher
grallis@uniwa.gr
Dimitra Papadopoulou
Doctoral Researcher
dpapadopoulou@uniwa.gr
Georgia Efstathiadou
Doctoral Researcher
gefstathiadou@uniwa.gr

International Advisory Committee

Gary Bailey
Simmons College / Harvard University
gary.bailey@simmons.edu
Angelique Mavrodaris
Cambridge University / Public Health England
am2244@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Mashura Akilova
Columbia University
ma2918@columbia.edu
Allan Barsky
Florida Atlantic University
Athanasios Spyridakos
Dean, School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences, UNIWA
spyr@puas.gr

Research Fellows

Vassilis Tsianos
Professor / Fachhochschule Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany
vassilis.tsianos@fh-kiel.de
Guy Shennan
Guy Shennan Associates
guyshennan@sfpractice.co.uk
Maria Theodoropoulou
President / Roots Research Center NGO
moiraroots@gmail.com
Dimitris Dalakoglou
Professor / Vrije University Amsterdam
d.dalakoglou@vu.nl
Nikos Trimikliniotis
Professor / University of Nicosia, Cyprus
trimikliniotis.n@unic.ac.cy
Fotini Varvaresou
Social Worker / Municipality of Korydallos, Greece
fvarvaresou@gmail.com
Dimitris Karelas
former General Secretary, Ministry of Social Solidarity and Labour
fvarvaresou@gmail.com
Konstantinos Balasis
Head of IT Dpt. / Municipality of Korydallos, Greece
kmpalasis@korydallos.gr
Δρ Panagiotis Pentaris
University of Greenwich, UK
p.pentaris@gre.ac.uk
Dr. Hara Kouki
Assistant Professor / University of Crete, Dpt. of Sociology
kouki@uoc.gr
Dr Georgios Bithymitris
National Center of Social Research, Greece
gbithymitris@ekke.gr
Thodoris Nikolaou
Documentary Photographer
Dr Pinar Zubaroglu-Ioannides
University of Fordam / Hope for Children
Reima Maglajilic
Associate Professor / University of Sussex
R.A.Maglajlic@sussex.ac.uk
Constantine Eliopoulos
Liverpool John Moores University
C.Eliopoulos@ljmu.ac.uk
Dr Gregory Neocleous
Assıstant Professor / University of Nicosia, Cyprus
neocleous.g@unic.ac.cy
Charalambos Poulopoulos
Professor / Democritus University of Thrace
neocleous.g@unic.ac.cy