In July 2024 two peer-reviewed presentations were delivered at major international conferences:  Theoni Stathopoulou presented the paper “Students in transit: Resilience and psychosocial well-being among refugee adolescents in Greece”  at the 20th International Conference of the European Society of Health and Medical Sociology  titled  “Intersectionality & Inclusion in Health”  organized by the University of Antwerp in…

As part of the RaRE research project (Understanding Risk and Resilience in Educational Performance for Refugee Children and Youth), an online meeting was held with its Advisory Board on Tuesday, March 27, 2024. The meeting was attended by the project’s Scientific Coordinator and Research Director at EKKE, Theoni Stathopoulou, the members of the research team,…

Eirini Adamopoulou, Natalia Spyropoulou and Lina Zirganou-Kazolea presented our work “Students in transit: Teachers’ views on the educational experiences of refugee children and youth in Greece” at the HumMingBird Workshop “Voices in Transit: Human stories from migration routes to Europe” held in Athens by the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE). 

Theoni Stathopoulou participated in the conference on early childhood psychology “Psychology of Children and Adolescents and Sociology of Childhood: Parallel monologues or dialogical practices?” with a paper entitled “Researching the student population of migrant/refugee background. Methodological prerequisites and challenges Researching the student population of migrant/refugee background”. The conference was organized by the School of Primary…

Online kick-off meeting with the Advisory Board of RaRE with the participation of all members of the project team.

Online meeting with Galina Altouhova, the new Head of the Independent Department for the Coordination and Monitoring of the Refugee Education at the Ministry of Education and Religious affairs https://www.minedu.gov.gr/tothema-prosfigiko

Members of the RaRE team (Jennifer Cavounides, Korina Hatzinikolaou, Natalia Spyropoulou, Lina Zirganou and Theoni Stathopoulou) met with the Special Secretary of Protection of Unaccompanied Minors, Herakles Moskof, Head of SSPUAM at the Ministry of Migration and Asylum to discuss the education of unaccompanied minors in Greece https://migration.gov.gr/en/grammateies/eidiki-grammateia-prostasias-asynodeyton-anilikon/

Online meeting with Giorgos Simopoulos, Education Officer at UNICEF Partnership office Greece regarding the educational attainment and enrollment of children with a migrant/refugee background in Greece. https://www.unicef.org/greece/en