Curriculum Vitae

Athanasios Marvakis

Professor, School of Primary Education

Personal Information

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marvakis@eled.auth.gr
Scopus ID26531611300
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2195-0262
Επιστημονική Ειδίκευση:
- Εκπαίδευση
- Επιστήμη της εκπαίδευσης
- Κοινωνικές επιστήμες και επιστήμες συμπεριφοράς
- Ψυχολογία
- Επιστήμη της εκπαίδευσης
- Κοινωνική εργασία και συμβουλευτική

Course Work

Courses of Winter semester of 2026–27 academic year

	SCHOOL OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
ΕΠΜ1	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
ΕΠΜ10	PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING

	Postgraduate Program «Molecular Design and Modeling - Chemical Education»
Μ5Υ2/3	Contemporary Pedagogical Approaches and Organization of Teaching

Courses of Spring semester of 2026–27 academic year

	SCHOOL OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
ΕΠΜ13	LIBERTARIAN LEARNING
ΕΠΜ25	ECUMENICAL LITERACY

Theses Supervised

Student Theses within AUTh

2019–2020

Undergraduate

Learning disabilities: in the quest of a definition

2018–2019

Undergraduate

A 'people' s education' plan- presentation and critical comments
A 'people' s education' plan- presentation and critical comments

2017–2018

Undergraduate

Experiences and practises of primary school teachers regarding the education of refugee children in greek schools: A case study in Thessaloniki

2016–2017

Undergraduate

Mikhail Bakunin and Education.
The "little tree" - limits and contradictions. A political and educational approach.

2015–2016

Undergraduate

THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL REALITY OF SAME-SEX FAMILIES

2014–2015

Undergraduate

HISTORICAL REVIEW OF FEMINIST MOVEMENT'S PROGRESS AND FEMINIST PEDAGOGY'S CHARACTERISTICS
HISTORICAL REVIEW OF FEMINIST MOVEMENT'S PROGRESS AND FEMINIST PEDAGOGY'S CHARACTERISTICS
SOCIOCULTURAL BACKGROUND AND SCHOOL: THE TEACHER' S ROLE IN CONSOLIDATING THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF CLASS
THE POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BULLYING AS A MEAN SOCIAL CONTROL

2013–2014

Undergraduate

EVEN NOW I AM NOT SURE IF WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS JUST DRAMA-LEARNING THROUGH A STUDENT THEATRICAL COLLECTIVITY
FORMATION OF PERSONALITY OF STUDENTS

Doctoral

RELIGIOUS LITERACY: THREE CASES OF ORTHODOX DISCOURSE

2012–2013

Undergraduate

DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION: DELINEATION AND PRACTICE BASED ON EXAMPLES OF DEMOCRATIC SCHOOLS

2011–2012

Undergraduate

INSTITUΤION OR A BIG HOME? CHILD PROTECTION SPACES AND THE PHENOMENON OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION
INSTITUΤION OR A BIG HOME? CHILD PROTECTION SPACES AND THE PHENOMENON OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION

2009–2010

Undergraduate

WHICH (IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT) LEARNING THEORIES OF FRAGMENTS CAN WE TRACE IN A SCHOOL BOOK?
WHAT IS LEARNING FOR ME? A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDENT'S ANSWERS

Postgraduate

The school history discourse about the neighbor people. The Albanian in the history books of compulsory education in Greece.

2010–2011

Postgraduate

Education of unaccompanied refugee minors in Greece.
The unlucky generation? Women from Muslim minority in Thrace speaking about education, work and their community.
On the edges of normality: the counseling textbooks for parents.

2008–2009

Postgraduate

Immigrant mothers, their children and the Greek school.
The language of solidarity: The Antiracist Initiative of Thessaloniki (1998-2007).
The presentation of the 6th Grade history school book in the press – Critical Discourse Analysis in two newspapers.
The presentation of the 6th Grade history school book in the press – Critical Discourse Analysis in two newspapers.
The discourse of the far-right press about the privatization of education – Case study in “A1”.

2007–2008

Postgraduate

Nationalist and racist elements in the discourse of a religious functionary – A case study.

In progress

Doctoral

The learning practice and excercise of freedom:empowering children as social agents
Hegemony, Pedagogy and internet - Gendered neo-Nazi discourse and construction of political identity in contemporary Greece.
FAR RIGHT ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUTH' S POLITICAL LITERACY: CONTEMPORARY GREEK FAR - RIGHT ORGANIZATIONS' DISCOURSE ABOUT AND TOWARDS YOUTH
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Research Projects

Participant
1997–	Πρόγραμμα επανεκπαίδευσης δασκάλων πτυχιούχων παιδαγωγικών σχολών εξωτερικού.
1996–1998	Καταβολές και συνθήκες εμφάνισης ρατσιστικού λόγου και ρατσισμού στην Ελλάδα.

Publications

(2021)

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios . (2021) . Security as pacification: the trap of psychologizing social phenomena . Global Pandemics and Epistemic Crises in Psychology: A Socio-Philosophical Approach . Επιμέλεια:Martin Dege & Irene Strasser . London

(2020)

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios . (2020) . Nationalism and/or developing understanding of society? . Cultural-historical and critical psychology: Common ground, divergences and future pathways. . Επιμέλεια:Marilyn Fleer & Fernando González Rey & Peter E Jones . New York
Schraube Ernst, Marvakis Athanasios . (2020) . Frozen fluidity: digital technologies and the transformation of students learning and conduct of everyday life . Psychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life . Επιμέλεια:E. Schraube & C. Højholt . Beijing, China
Schraube Ernst, Marvakis Athanasios . (2020) . Wie Verändert Die Digitalisierung Die Praxis Des Lernens Und Der Alltäglichen Lebensführung? . Transformationen Alltäglicher Lebensführung: Konzeptionelle Und Zeitdiagnostische Fragen . Επιμέλεια:Jochum, Georg & Jurczyk, Karin & Voß, Günter & Weihrich, Margit . München
Triliva Sofia, Marvakis Athanasios . (2020) . Neoliberal psy-practices in Greece . Las ciencias sociales al otro lado del discurso neoliberal. . Επιμέλεια:Luis Huerta & Jorge Mario Flores Osorio . Puebla/Mexico

(2019)

Journal Article

Batur Sertan, Kessi Shose, Marvakis Athanasios, Painter Desmond, Schraube Ernst, Strohm Bowler Eva, Triliva Sofia . (2019) . Introduction: Kritische Psychologie. Refining theory, methodology and empirical research . Annual Review of Critical Psychology . vol.16 p.3-9
Marvakis Athanasios . (2019) . Psikososyal Dayanişmanin İkili İşlev(Selliğ)I . Eleştirel Psikoloji Bülteni . vol.8
Marvakis Athanasios . (2019) . Double function(ality) of psycho-social solidarity . Eleştirel Psikoloji Bülteni . vol.8
Marvakis Athanasios . (2019) . The neoliberal framing of (critical) psychology . Annual Review of Critical Psychology . vol.16 p.22-52
Marvakis Athanasios . (2019) . Learning Practice: Discerning and conquering the subjective new . Annual Review of Critical Psychology . vol.16 p.406-433
Marvakis Athanasios, Ernst Schraube . (2019) . Wider das halbierte Lernen . Forum Kritische Psychologie – Neue Folge . no.2 p.131-148
Schraube Ernst, Marvakis Athanasios . (2019) . Against BisectedLearning . Annual Review of Critical Psychology . vol.16 p.434-452

(2018)

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios . (2018) . (Kritische) Psychologie Permanent Am Scheideweg - Dienstbotin Der Macht Und Mittel Der Emanzipation . Krise und Kritik (in) der Psychologie – Festschrift für Wolfgang Maiers . Επιμέλεια:Katrin Reimer-Gordinskaya & Michael Zander . Hamburg

Book - Textbook

Anastasiadou Marianthi, Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος, Mezidou Panagiota, Speer Marc . (2018) . Ειδομένη - Το πέρασμα που έγινε αδιέξοδο . Αθήνα . Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών; Ίδρυμα Ρόζα Λούξεμπουργκ

(2017)

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios, Anastasiadou Marianthi . (2017) . Rassismus Als Einübung In Die Neoliberale Transformation Der Griechischen Gesellschaft . Rassismuskritik und Widerstandsformen: Nationale und internationale Formen von Rassismus und Widerstand . Επιμέλεια:El, Meral & Feredooni, Karim . Wiesbaden/Germany

Book - Textbook

Marvakis Athanasios, Mezidou Panagiota, Speer Marc . (2017) . From transit hub to dead end: a chronicle of Idomeni . München, Germany . bordermonitoring.eu e.V.

(2016)

Journal Article

Marvakis Athanasios . (2016) . ¡¿Los científicos sociales son criminales de la paz?! . Teoría y Crítica de la Psicología . no.7 p.86-98
Marvakis Athanasios, Triliva Sofia, Tourtouras Christos . (2016) . Neoliberalismus (nicht nur) in Griechenland und seine Konsequenzen für die Psychologie: neue Arbeitsregime, neue PsychologInnen . Journal für Psychologie

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios, Schraube Ernst . (2016) . Lebensführung Statt Lebensvollzug: Technik Und Die Fluidität Von Lernen Und Lehren . Alltägliche Lebensführung . Επιμέλεια:Bader, K. & Weber, K. . Hamburg
Schraube Ernst, Marvakis Athanasios . (2016) . Frozen fluidity: digital technologies and the transformation of students learning and conduct of everyday life . Psychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life . Επιμέλεια:E. Schraube & C. Højholt . London

(2015)

Journal Article

Marvakis Athanasios . (2015) . The Dialectics Of New Fascism In Greece: A Dialética Do Novo Fascismo Na Grécia . Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Marvakis Athanasios . (2015) . Releyendo a Marx para la psicología: la enajenación . Teoría y Crítica de la Psicología . no.5 p.133–147

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios, Petritsi Ioanna . (2015) . Ativismo como (auto-)transformação . Psicologia e transformação: Intervenções e debates contemporâneos. . Επιμέλεια:Domenico Uhng Hur & Fernando Lacerda Júnior & Maria do Rosário Silva Resende . Goiânia, Brasil

Conference Proceedings Article

Anastasiadou Marianthi, Marvakis Athanasios, Samara Jasmine . (2015) . Contesting the “Dictatorship of the Progressives”: Neo-Nazis challenging equality and human rights . Proccedings of the IV International Conference on Critical Education “Critical Education in the Era of Crisis” . IV International Conference on Critical Education “Critical Education in the Era of Crisis” . Thessaloniki - Greece
Anastasiadou Marianthi, Marvakis Athanasios, Samara Jasmine . (2015) . The debt of motherhood, the crisis of values, and the bankruptcy of human rights - neo-Nazi discourse on women in Greece . International Conference on Gender and “the Law”: Limits, Contestations and Beyond . Επιμέλεια:S. Safi & E. A. Aras . Izmir, Turkey

(2014)

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios, Mentinis Mihalis . (2014) . Social psychology . Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology . Επιμέλεια:Teo, Thomas . New York
Marvakis Athanasios . (2014) . Learning . Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology . Επιμέλεια:Teo, Thomas . New York
Marvakis Athanasios, Petritsi Ioanna . (2014) . Solidarity, not adjustment: activism learning as (self-)education . Psychology in Education: Critical Theory~Practice . Επιμέλεια:Corcoran, Tim . Rotterdam, NL

Translation

Marvakis Athanasios . (2014) . Ψυχολογία κοινωνία και υποκειμενικότητα : εισαγωγή στη γερμανική κριτική ψυχολογία . Θεσσαλονίκη . Επίκεντρο

Monograph

Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος . (2014) . Στρατηγικές και πρακτικές μάθησης . Θεσσαλονίκη . Επίκεντρο

(2013)

(2012)

Journal Article

Marvakis Athanasios . (2012) . Lehrstück Griechenland. Neoliberale Krisenkonstruktion, oder : warum aus einer griechischen Fliege ein europäischer Elefant gemacht wird. . Das Argument . Das Argument . vol.54 no.1 p.296

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios . (2012) . ‘No place. Nowhere’ for Migrants’ Subjectivity!? Critical reflections on the dominant discourses about integration. . επιμ. Bekerman Zvi, Geisen Thomas . International Handbook Migration, Minorities, and Education – Understanding Cultural and Social Differences in Processes of Learning. . New York, USA . Springer

Book Editing

Dafermos Manolis (editor), Marvakis Athanasios (editor), Mentinis Michalis (editor), Triliva Sofia (editor) . (2012) . Critical Psychology in a Changing world : contributions from different geo-political regions- II. . Annual Review of Critical Psychology . vol.11 Special issue

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Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος, Μεντίνης Μιχάλης . (2012) . Κριτική Εισαγωγή στην Κοινωνική Ψυχολογία. . Θεσσαλονίκη, Ελλάδα . Επίκεντρο

(2011)

Journal Article

Marvakis Athanasios . (2011) . La psicología (crítica) permanentemente en la encrucijada : sirvientes del poder y herramientas para la emancipación.
Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος, Παρσάνογλου Δημήτρης . (2011) . Η κοινωνική επιστήμη στο δρόμο της αποθεραπείας : η "κουλτούρα" ως φάρμακο ή ως ναρκωτικό. . Ουτοπία . vol.97
Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος . (2011) . Ιδεολογική ηγεμονία, καταστολή και Νέα Δεξιά. . Ουτοπία . vol.95 p.35-50

Book Chapter

Dafermos Manolis, Marvakis Athanasios . (2011) . Mediated getting-to-know-the-world: approaching learning with S.L. Rubinstein. . επιμ. Stenner Paul . Theoretical psychology : global transformations and challenges / Stenner, Paul et al. (eds). . Concord, CA . Captus Press . p.94-104

(2010)

Journal Article

Marvakis Athanasios . (2010) . Integration: Versprechen Kampffeld und Chimäre . Forum Kritische Psychologie . vol.54 p.81-94
Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος . (2010) . Διαμάχη για την Ιθαγένεια και ιδεολογική ηγεμονία . Ουτοπία . vol.89

Book Chapter

Tsianos Vasilis, Marvakis Athanasios . (2010) . Griechenland . επιμ. Baer Willi . Schrei im Dezember. . Hamburg, Germany . Laika-Verlag . p.11-19

(2009)

Journal Article

Dafermos Manolis, Marvakis Athanasios . (2009) . Vermitteltes Erkennen der Welt: lernen nach S.L.Rubinstein. . Forum Kritische Psychologie . vol.53 p.71-100
Painter Desmond, Marvakis Athanasios, Mos Leendert . (2009) . Introduction - German Critical Psychology : interventions in honor of Klaus Holzkamp (Εισαγωγή στο ειδικό τεύχος προς τιμήν του Klaus Holzkamp) . Theory & Psychology . vol.19 no.2
Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος . (2009) . Η διαλεκτική του νέου φασισμού. . Ουτοπία . vol.83 p.93-106

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios, Parsanoglou Dimitris . (2009) . Zur Kulturalisierung sozialer Ungleichheit. . επιμ. Held Josef, Sauer Karin . Wiesbaden . Verlag der Sozialwissenschaften

Book Editing

Painter Desmond (editor), Marvakis Athanasios (editor), Mos Leendert (editor) . (2009) . Guest Editors of a special issue on “German Critical Psychology – Interventions in Honor of Klaus Holzkamp”. . Theory & Psychology . vol.19 no.2

(2008)

Journal Article

Marvakis Athanasios . (2008) . Beyaz Fil ve Diğer Ulusal Hayvanlar. Ulusal Yönelimin Bazı Gelişim Psikolojik Koşullarına Dair. . Eleştirel Psikoloji Bülteni

Book Chapter

Dimitri Alvaro, Marvakis Athanasios, Parsanoglou Dimitris, Petrakou Ilektra . (2008) . Precarious Trajectories : Migrant youth regimes in Greece. (Επισφαλείς πορείες στη ζωή : Νέοι μετανάστες στην Ελλάδα). . επιμ. Gavan Titley, Lentin Alana . The Politics of Diversity . Strasbourg, Germany . Council of Europe Publishing . p.103-118

(2007)

Book Chapter

Marvakis Athanasios . (2007) . The utopian surplus in human agency — Using Ernst Bloch’s philosophy for psychology. (Το ουτοπικό πλεόνασμα στην ανθρώπινη δράση) . επιμ. Daventer Vasi van . Citizen City. Between constructing agent and constructed agency. . Concord, CA . Captus Press . p.278-288
Triliva Sofia, Marvakis Athanasios . (2007) . Community Psychology Initiatives in Greece (Πρωτοβουλίες Κοινοτικής Ψυχολογίας στην Ελλάδα). . επιμ. Reich Stephanie . International Community Psychology : history and theories . New York, USA . Springer . p.363-374

(2006)

Journal Article

Dafermos Manolis, Marvakis Athanasios, Triliva Sofia . (2006) . De-Constructing Psychology in Greece. . Annual Review of Critical Psychology . vol.5
Dafermos Manolis, Marvakis Athanasios . (2006) . Critiques in Psychology : critical psychology. . Annual review of critical psychology. . no.5
Marvakis Athanasios . (2006) . Vom Nutzen der Philosophie Ernst Blochs für eine emanzipatorische Psychologie. . Forum Kritische Psychologie . vol.50
Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος, Παρσάνογλου Δημήτρης, Τσιάνος Βασίλης . (2006) . Και όμως κινούνται ! … Η επανάσταση των προσδοκιών και η αυτονομία των μεταναστών. . Σύγχρονα Θέματα . no.92 / Ειδικό τεύχος "Σύγχρονες θεωρήσεις του μεταναστευτικού φαινομένου" p.72-81

Book Chapter

Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος, Παύλου Μίλτος . (2006) . «Η νεολαία δείχνει τον δρόμο» - Κατασκευές της νεότητας στην Ελλάδα. . επιμ. Γαλάνης Γ. . Πολιτική Ψυχολογία: θεωρητικές και εμπειρικές μελέτες. . Αθήνα, Ελλάδα . Παπαζήσης
Μαρβάκης Αθανάσιος . (2006) . Ο άσπρος ελέφαντας και άλλα εθνικά ζώα. Αναπτυξιακές-ψυχολογικές προϋποθέσεις εθνικών προσανατολισμών. . επιμ. Πουρκός Μάριος . Κοινωνικο-Ιστορικές και Πολιτισμικές Προσεγγίσεις στην Ψυχολογία και την Εκπαίδευση. . Αθήνα, Ελλάδα . Ατραπός

Book Editing

Dafermos Manolis, Marvakis Athanasios, Triliva Sofia . (2006) . Critical Psychology in a changing world : contributions from different geo-political regions-II. . Annual Review of Critical Psychology . vol.5 Special issue

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Athanasios Marvakis

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