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Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics
Workshop on Social Change: Theory and Applica!ons (the case of Greek society)
W ORKSHOP ON S OCIAL C HANGE
Theory and Applications
(the Case of Greek Society)
PROGRAMME
London School of Economics & Poli!cal Science
Friday, 9 March 2012
Department of Sociology, University of Manchester
Sociology at Manchester is one of
the largest groups of sociologists
in the UK doing some of the most
innova!ve teaching and research
to be found anywhere in the
world. We are renowned for our
outstanding
teaching
and
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We place a high value on teaching
and research that engages with
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top-class educa!on to develop
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their careers.
London School of Economics, 9 March 2012
The Hellenic Observatory (HO)
was set up in October 1996. Its
aim is to promote the study of
contemporary Greece & Cyprus via
research, research training, and
public lectures and conferences.
The emphasis is on crossdisciplinary and comparative work.
The main disciplines covered are:
economics
and
economic
geography;
political
science
(including public policy); and
international relations.
The HO holds regular seminars
open to the public on issues
related to contemporary Greece
(normally every second Tuesday).
In addition, it hosts special public
lectures with leading public figures
from Greece & Cyprus. Its biennial
PhD Symposium at the LSE attracts
over 100 students and staff. The
HO also hosts conferences and
workshops, both at the LSE and in
Greece. Since 2002, over 9,000
guests have attended its public
events. The HO has a dedicated
discussion paper series and
publishes an annual Newsletter.
K EYNOTE S PEAKERS
P ROGRAMME
11:30 - 12:00
Registra+on
12:00 - 12:15 Welcome Address
Professor Kevin Featherstone
Head, European Ins!tute, London School of Economics
12:15 - 14:00
M A
Margaret Archer is Emeritus
Professor of Sociology at the
University of Warwick and
Director of the Centre d'Ontologie
Sociale
Ecole
Polytechnique
Federale de Lausanne. She was
elected as the first woman
President of the Interna!onal
Sociological Associa!on. She is a
founder member of both the
Pon!fical Academy of Social
Sciences and the Academy of
Learned Socie!es in the Social
Sciences and is a trustee of the
Centre for Cri!cal Realism. She has
wri=en over twenty books
including ‘Making our way through
the World: human reflexivity and
Social Mobility’ (2007) and
‘Structure, Agency and the
Internal Conversa!on’ (2003).
Keynote Lectures
Chair: Professor Kevin Featherstone
Professor Margaret Archer
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick & Director, Centre for Social
Ontology, Centre d’Ontologie Sociale EPFL Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL
– Collège des Humanités
Title: Social change and changes in reflexivity
Professor Nicos Mouzelis
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics
Title: Developments leading to the Greek crisis
14:00 - 14:45
Lunch Break/Free Time
14:45 - 16:15
Session I: Social Change: Theory and Applica+ons
Chair: Dr Athanasia Chalari
Dr Vanessa May
Lecturer in Sociology, Sociology Department, University of Manchester
Title: Belonging and the many faces of social change
Dr MaBhew Adams
Principal Lecturer in Psychology, School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Brighton
Title: Being as nothingness: reflexivity and new sociologies of class
16:30 - 18:00
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Nicos Mouzelis is Emeritus
Professor of Sociology at the
London School of Economics. He
has published extensively in the
fields of historical sociology,
sociology
of
organiza!ons,
sociology of development and
social theory.
His last book: Modern and
Postmodern Social Theorizing:
Bridging the Divide. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2008.
He is at present working on a
forthcoming book: Aspects of
Spirituality in late Modernity.
Session II: The example of Greek Society
Chair: Dr Vanessa May
Dr Sofia Vasilopoulou
Lecturer in Poli!cs, Department of Poli!cs, University of York
Dr Theofanis Exadaktylos
Ministry of Finance Research Fellow, Hellenic Observatory London School of Economics &
Lecturer in European Poli!cs, University of Surrey
Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou
Fellow in Compara!ve Poli!cs, Department of Government, London School of Economics
Title: Greece in crisis: the rise of populism in an age of austerity
Dr Athanasia Chalari
A.C. Laskaridis Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics
Title: How Greek Social Reality changes and Why?