Chalari, Athanasia


Dr Athanasia Chalari  

Department

Position held

Hellenic Observatory

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

University of Manchester

Lecturer in Sociology

University of Cambridge

Supervisor in Sociology

Experience keywords:

reflexivity; psycho-social approaches to the individual; current and classic social theory; resistance and conflict; internal and external conversations; structure and agency; social change; modern Greek society

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Currently, Greek society is experiencing significant economic, political and social change. Much has been written and said regarding the economic and political challenges that Greek society has to confront. However, the aspect of social change of this specific society has not received equal or systematic attention. Young Greeks are now experiencing a different social reality (in relation to older generations) which is characterised (inter alia) by uncertainty, insecurity, mobility and the incapability to produce specific projections for their future lives. One of the central questions within modern sociology concerns social change. When and how do societies change? Why do different societies change in different ways? How individuals respond to such changes? How do they contribute? From where does this change derive? The answer to such questions remains incomplete, despite the attempt of classic social theory to provide a variety of possible answers. What remains enigmatic is the power of individuals (or citizens) to contribute to social change and the degree of their influence.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Creative Industries and Culture

Countries and regions to which research relates:

UK; Greece

Languages:

Greek [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6341

Alt email:

athanasia.chalari5@gmail.com

Publications

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2013

Chalari, Athanasia (2013) The causal impact of resistance: mediating between resistance and internal conversation about resistance. Journal for the theory of social behaviour, 43 (1). pp. 66-86. ISSN 0021-8308

2012

Chalari, Athanasia (2012) Greece: when anger goes beyond despair. Cable News Network

Chalari, Athanasia (2012) The causal powers of social change: the case of modern Greek society. GreeSE paper: Hellenic Observatory papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, No. 64. Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Chalari, Athanasia (2012) The Greek people see their dreams being destroyed and hopes for a better future about to disappear. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Chalari, Athanasia (2012) Why Greeks interupt each other?: the phenomenon of 'overlaps' in everyday Greek conversations. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbucken, Germany. ISBN 9783848445844

Chalari, Athanasia (2012) Ελληνική κρίση και Ελληνική Κοινωνία Η Συμμετοχή των Ελλήνων Πολιτών. Ευρωπαική ‘Εκφραση, 84 pp. 9-12.

Chalari, Athanasia (2012) The Greek crisis: social and personal changes. ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, LSE

2010

Khoury, Alexandros and Chalari, Athanasia (2010) Reflexivity and the regulation of GM food and feed in the EU. International journal of interdisciplinary social sciences, 4 (11). pp. 199-2010. ISSN 1833-1882

2009

Chalari, Athanasia (2009) Approaches to the individual: the relationship between internal and external conversation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. ISBN 9780230231337

2007

Chalari, Athanasia (2007) The combination of Greek and English language: how Greeks benefit from this 'dialect': a social-theoretical approach. In:The 3rd HO PhD symposium on contemporary Greece: structures, context and challenges (14-15 June 2007 : London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK).

2005

Chalari, Athanasia (2005) Why Greeks talk at the same time all together: examining the phenomenon of overlaps in everyday Greek conversations. In:The 2nd Hellenic observatory PhD symposium on modern Greece: current social science research on Greece (10 June 2005 : London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK).

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Awards

Cambridge European Trust Scholarship (University of Cambridge, UK, 2008;
The Sir Richard Stapley Education Trust Scholarship (Cambridge, UK, 2008);
Moraitis Foundation (Athens - Greece) Scholarship for postgraduate studies (PhD);
Bodosakis Foundation (Athens - Greece) Scholarship for postgraduate studies (MA);
Botsis Foundation (Athens - Greece) Scholarship for postgraduate studies (MA)

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Research Fellow, Sociology - Harvard University, USA, 2006; Panteion University of Social and Political Science, Athens, Greece, Department of Sociology: Visiting Lecturer in Sociology (Erasmus Programme of European Scholars exchange)2010 & 2011; Hellenic Open University, Athens, Greece: Associate Lecturer in European Societies 2010-2012; Police Academy, Athens, Greece: Associate Fellow-Academic Advisor in Sociology 2010-2012

 

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