Research Experience
2023 – 2025 Scientific responsible for AUTH of the project “Promoting pluralistic education in European universities to combat invisible discrimination related to LGBTQ+” (KA220-HED – Cooperation partnerships in higher education, leader: University of Siena)
2012/15, 2020/23 Jean Monnet Chair for “European Constitutional Law and Constitutional Culture”
11/2020 – 10/2022 Researcher and Scientific responsible at AUTH in the research programme “Identities on the Move – Documents cross borders”, leading institution: University of Verona, Italy, funded by the European Commission’s “Justice Programme (Just) Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC)
02/2020 – 12/2022 Academic Coordinator of the Research team on the topic “Euro and Democracy: Proposals for the enhancement of the democratic legitimacy of the new European economic governance” funded by the Greek Ministry of Education (duration: 18 months)
02/2020 – 02/2021 “The struggle between tradition and modernity and the Constitution under the ‘state’ of the Revolution of 1821” funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation within the course of the programme “200 years from the Greek revolution in 1821”
2019 – 2021 Participation as a partner to the ERASMUS+ project TOGETHER, led by the Coimbra University – Innovative European Learning Path to Facilitate the Access of Refugees to HE Erasmus+ Programme (Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education)
2018 – 2022 Academic Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece “European Constitutionalism and Religion(s)”
2018 – 2019 Academic Coordinator of the Research team on the topic “The mechanics of representation and the Parliament’s autonomy”, funded by the Greek Ministry of Education (duration: 18 months)
2014 – 2019 Participating as legal expert from Greece to the legal team of the project: “EMU Choices: The choice for Europe Since Maastricht, http://emuchoices.eu/, H2020 program: http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/194592_en.html
2016 – 2018 Participation as a partner to the ERASMUS+ project “I HAVE RIGHTS: Towards the recognition of non-discrimination principle at school” led by RENASUP, France, http://ihaverights.pixel-online.org/
2012 – 2018 Member of the research team (representing Greece) of the EU-wide research project “Member States’ Constitutions and EU Integration” directed by Prof Stefan Griller, University of Salzburg.
2012 – 2015 Member of the main research team of the project: “(Ιn)fertile citizens: On the concepts, practices, politics and technologies of assisted reproduction in Greece. An Interdisciplinary and comparative approach”, Scientific Responsible: Venetia Kantsa (Ass Prof of Social Anthropology, University of the Aegean), funded: ARISTEIA program, funded by the Greek General Secretary for Research and Technology).
2014 – 2015 Stakeholder (representing Greece) at the European project “Families And Societies, Changing families and sustainable societies: Policy contexts and diversity over the life course and across generations” (http://www.familiesandsocieties.eu/), Leader: Prof Livia Sz. Oláh, Stockholm University (funded by FP7)
2012 Research on ‘Enriching representative democracy with elements of direct democracy’. Funded by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2006 – today: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Member of the Interdisciplinary Network of Research on “Medical Acts, Biomedicine, Law & Ethics”, Faculties of Medicine, Law and Theology, 2009-2011: Network Co-ordinator
2003/04: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Law Faculty, Teaching and research Assistant at the postgraduate programme, Circle “United European Legal Space”, sub-programme: “Security, Sovereignty and Human Rights”
3-12/2003: Research programme of Institute of Defense Analyses and “Aristovoulos Manesis Association” on “Constitution, Sovereignty and European Integration”, research paper on the topic: “The European Constitution: from theory to practice” (30000 words)
Dec 02 – Nov 03 :Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Law Faculty
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Project: ‘Towards the reconciliation of the European and national constitutional orders’
Dec 99 – Nov 01: The London School of Economics and Political Science, Law Dept.
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow in European Constitutional Law. Project: ‘The Protection of Fundamental Rights at EU level and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights’
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06-07.05.2011: “Unionsgrundordnung und vergleichendes Verfassungsrecht als Faktoren der Verfassungsauslegung” (in German) (EU legal order and comparative constitutional law as factors of constitutional interpretation), in: Gedenksymposion für Dimitris Tsatsos, Institut für Verfassungswissenschaften der FernUniversität Hagen, Institut für Deutsches und Europäisches Verfassungsrecht der Universität Düsseldorf und Centre for European Constitutional Law in Athen, Hagen-Germany
25-26.03.2011: “Political Parties in Greece: 1975-2010. From Omnipotence to political bankruptcy?” (in Greek), in: 13th Symposium of ‘Aristovoulos Manesis’ Association (of Constitutional Lawyers), “1975-2010: Constitutional Theory and Practice”, Volos
28-29.05.2009: “Religious freedom and gender equality for Greek Muslim women”, in: 5th International Conference on «Religions and human rights”, International Centre on Human Rights Libertas, Athens
06-07.06.2008: “From double to triple legitimacy of the European Union: the suspended step of Dimitris Tsatsos” (in Greek), in: International Conference on: «Constitution and Politics. Current discussion and Dimitris Tsatsos’ contribution», University of Crete, Rethumno
11-15.06.2007: “Lost in Translation: Or, how political visions regarding the Future of Europe are “translated” into constitutional arrangements”, VII World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law, Athens, in:http://www.enelsyn.gr/en/workshops/workshop4%28en%29.htm, paper also on:http://ebookbrowse.com/paper-by-dr-lina-papadopoulou-pdf-d65640754
18-20.05.2007: “All good things are three: Adding Citizens to States and Peoples as a source of legitimacy of the EU” (in English), in: Workshop on European Studies, Federalizing the EU: Why do it?, ΕΚΕΜ, Athens
01-03.12.2006: “Beyond the Retreat of the State”, in: Poros Final Conference on “The Role of the State in a Liberalised Economy” (in English) , European Public Law Center / ILS College /EU-India Economic Cross Cultural Programme, Pune india [ppt]
15-17.04.2006: Comment: “Between privileges and equalisation: The difficult definition of equality” (in Greek), 7th Symposium of ‘Aristovoulos Manesis’ Association (of Constitutional Lawyers), “Constitution and Multiculturalism”, Chios-Smyrna
26th May 04: One-day conference at the Centre for International and European Economic Law on “Temporary developments in European Constitutional Law”, paper given on “The possibility and necessity of a European Constitution’ (in Greek)
16-18th Dec03: European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop “Assessing the role and significance of transnational political parties within the European Union” (in English), London
28th Feb 03: ‘The constitutional construction of Europe: the view from the Hellenic Constitution’, European Conference 28.02-01.03.2003, The perspective of a European Constitution, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (in Greek)
6th Aug 02: ‘Children and Freedom of Religion’ (in English), at the International Conference (3-8/08.2002) of the ISFL (International Society of Family Law) on Family Law and Human Rights, Copenhagen / Oslo
11th Dec 01: ‘European Political Parties: Instruments of Political Integration or Bureaucratic Mechanisms?’ Seminar of Constitutional Institutions, Centre of European Constitutional Law, Athens, Greece (in Greek)
10th Sept 01: ‘In(di)visible Citizens(hip): Same-sex partnerships and EU immigration law’, SPTL (Society of Public Teachers of Law) Annual Conference, University of Glasgow, 10-13/09/01 (in English)
7th Sept 01: ‘The protection of fundamental Rights in the EU and the Charter of Nice’, Marie Curie Workshop, London 6-7/09/01 (in English)
15th Jan 01: ‘The protection of fundamental rights in the third pillar of the EU’, Seminar at the Law Department of the University of Thessaloniki, Greece (in Greek)
15th Dec 00: ‘The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights’, Bar of Thessaloniki, Greece (in Greek)
7th Sept 99: ‘Theory of European Political Parties’, in European Seminars, Sociology Department, University of Crete, 7-11/09 Rethymnon, Greece (in Greek)