Athens Institute for Education and Research

“τήν τε γὰρ πόλιν κοινὴν παρέχομεν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτε ξενηλασίαις ἀπείργομέν τινά ἢ μαθήματος ἢ θεάματος”

“Our city is open to the world, we never expel a foreigner from learning or seeing”

Pericles' Funeral Oration

from Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War

Spectacular view of the Parthenon, Pericles’ masterpiece, from the Institute’s place of social meetings

Welcome to ATINER

This is the official website of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER). The Institute was established in 1995 as an independent association with a mission to become a forum where academics and researchers from all over the world could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline.

International symposiums and conferences, publications and research are the basic activities of ATINER. Since 1995, ATINER has organized close to 150 international conferences and has published more than 100 books. Academically, the Institute is organized into four research divisions and twenty research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual international conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. In 2012, the Institute has launched the organization of small events such as roundtable discussions and public speeches (click here for details). For press releases on these events and other activities please click here.

Membership is open to all academics and researchers from all over the world. There are three types of members: academic members, voting members and lifetime members. The members of the Institute can undertake a number of academic activities. For more information on how to become a member, please send an email to: info@atiner.gr.