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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

VALIA ARANITOU

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Department of Economic Sciences of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Master’s Degree (D.E.A.), Université Paris IX Dauphine, France.

Ph.D. University of Athens. Thesis title: “Social identity and political behaviour. The case of small merchants in post-war Greece

ACADEMIC POSITION / DEPARTMENT / UNIVERSITY

 

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

RESEARCH CENTRES

Scientific Director of the Research Institute of Greek Commerce and SMEs, the Institute of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship

WEBPAGE/ EMAIL

aranitouv[at]soc.uoa[dot]gr

COURSES

Economic Sociology

Sociology in Greece

Economic development and social stratification

Sociology of Globalization

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

Member of OMEA

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Social classes and social structure, organized interests and their role in the political system, recent developments in labor relations, the economic prerequisites of Democracy and Greek economy, economic development, retail sector, entrepreneurship

INDICATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Peak-level social dialogue and COVID-19: the European experience International. The case of Greece  Labour Office – Geneva: ILO, 2022.

«Industrial relations at crossroads: The case of “Briefcase Professions” in Greece”, Sociology and Anthropology 7 (3), 2019.

«Business route planning using GIS Technology: The case of footwear and leather retail stores in Central Athens» (with K. Tzima, J. Sayas), in, Smart Cities in the Mediterranean, Springer, 2017.

BOOKS

Retailing History, economy, transformations in retail, (2020), Κέρκυρα – Economia- Publishing,

The middle class in Greece: between collapse and resilience, (2018), Themelio, Athens,

Social dialogue and business associations, (2012), Savvalas, Athens,

The “small commerce” in pos- war period, (2004), Papazissis, Athens.