(Due to the 100% international character of our events, the terms above can be interpreted differently by each participant. To ATINER, all those terms are used interchangeably as variants of the same notion of one or more sessions which are thematic and are organized as part of one of our general (non-thematic) conferences. If you want to organize such a thematic event, please review our policy and guidelines, for more details) | |||
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| Democracy in the Mediterranean Countries as part of the 15th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies Academic Responsible: Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER. Democracy is applied everywhere; from a small village and tribe assembly, from a small city council, from a small city-state to megapolis, large nations and unions of them; from a small trade union to large federations of trade unions; from a small family business to large associations and conglomerates. Even anarchists assembly together and elect (?) their archons (spokespersons)! Millions of people are involved in seeking to represent specific groups of people and billions are involved in electing them. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Primary Elections and Democracy as part of the 15th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies Academic Responsible: Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER. The symposium will include presentations on (a) primary elections systems, (b) why a political party decides to hold primary elections and (c) the selection criteria of candidates and voters and any other relevant topic. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Israeli-Turkish Relationship: The Regional Dimension as part of the 15th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies Academic Responsible: Dr. Orna Almog, Deputy Head, Politics & International Affairs Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer (Retired), Kingston University, UK. The aim of this symposium is to analyse and discuss the nature of Turkish-Israeli relations since 2019 against the wider background of regional and national developments. Ever since the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident, the relations between the two parties were identified by suspicion, mistrust and ‘bad blood’. While Turkey’s quest for growing leadership role in the region failed, Israel’s regional position has improved dramatically. It further solidified relations with Greece and Cyprus and increased cooperation with Egypt and Jordan. Furthermore, thanks to US’s initiative, Israel signed the ‘Abrahams accords ‘; the peace agreements with the UAR and Bahrain in the summer of 2020 followed by the peace treaties with Sudan and Morocco in autumn- winter 2020. Some of the maim questions to be addressed are – what the main reasons behind Erdogan’s policy change towards Israel and neighbouring countries? How central is the Iranian question to the improvement of the relations? What are the main obstacles to rebuilding an open trustworthy relation between Israel and Turkey? What, if at all, are the implications of closer relations with Ankara on Israel’s relations with Cyprus and Greece? Do we witness a new dawn in Turkish-Israeli relations? And could the war in Ukraine and the countries’ similar dilemmas vis- a-vis Russia contribute to a better future understanding. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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2023 | Southern European Migrants and First Peoples of the Anglo-sphere as part of the 17th Annual International Conference on Sociology Academic Responsible: Dr. Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Academic Member, ATINER & Fellow, Deakin University, Australia What are the distinct or unique aspects of growing up with blended First Peoples-Southern European families, and how does a dual heritage impact upon experiences in schools, communities, work life, places of worship, and the wider society? What role did Southern European migrants play in influencing and allowing, as well as questioning and confronting, racist and colonial ideologies on national, community, familial and interpersonal levels? Is there evidence of Southern European migrants ‘importing’ colonial and racial attitudes and convictions acquired in their homelands and colonies, such as Italian colonies in North Africa? Is there evidence of colonial racist attitudes learned from employers, neighbours, churches, schools and media in Australia, Canada and the US? In what ways did Southern European migrants counter or resist colonial racist attitudes imported from their home nation or adopted within their host nation? How do migrant memorial, monuments and/or heritage projects recognise or erase First Peoples? Give examples of such recognition or erasure, and ensuing ramifications. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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2023 | HEART: Health, Exercise, Art as part of the 11th Annual International Conference on Health & Medical Sciences Academic Responsible: Dr. Maria Kosma Head, Sports Unit, ATINER & Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, USA In this special session, we welcome scholarly papers and presentations related to current trends in the field of Kinesiology, including different types of movement (e.g., physical activity, exercise, sports, dance and physical theater) and their relation to health, embodiment, and wisdom in decision making (e.g., phronesis) regarding how to live the good life. Embodied, holistic and expressive action will be explored within different exercise settings, including sports, recreation, rehabilitation, skill acquisition and learning, dance, and physical theater. Interdisciplinary, scholarly work (e.g., data-based research, concept-based papers, reviews, and commentaries) that can be applicable to a variety of populations, such as children and adolescents, adults, and older adults of different cultural backgrounds and ability levels is highly encouraged. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Artificial Intelligence Generated Text (AIGPT): Threat or Opportunity as part of the 25thAnnual International Conference on Education Academics Responsible: Dr. Ali Abusalem, Director, Center for Higher Education Futures (CHEF), ATINER and Course Coordinator, Kent Institute Australia & External Member of Academic Board, Elite Education Institute, Australia Dr. Lorraine Bennett, Deputy Director, Center for Higher Education Futures (CHEF), ATINER and Managing Director, Lorraine Bennett Learning and Teaching Consultancy, Australia. The purpose of this session is to examine the implications of AIChatGPT and similar programs on the academic integrity of higher education qualifications and to introduce some tools and strategies that may help convert the ‘threat’ into learning opportunities. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| COVID-19 Impacts on Teaching and Learning as part of the 25thAnnual International Conference on Education Academics Responsible: Dr. Zoe Boutsioli, Vice President of Publications, ATINER Ms. Olga Gkounta, Researcher, ATINER. Papers form all areas of education and teaching are welcomed. You can have a look as well at our recently published book “Essays on COVID-19” that includes a section about Topics on Education at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359579817_Essays_on_COVID-19_Research. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Romantic Relationships as part of the 17th Annual International Conference on Psychology, 22-25 May 2023, Athens, Greece Academic Responsible: Dr. Selin Onayli, Research Fellow, ATINER. Relationships, especially close relationships, have a significant place in human being life. It is one of the basic human needs and a romantic relationship is one of these close relationships that has the power to increase happiness (Hendrick, 2004) and life satisfaction (Argyle, 1987). Adults search a romantic relationship and then they try to maintain it. Some factors as intimacy level, involvement, similarities between partners and physical attractiveness, can affect the maintenance of a satisfactory relationship. Some people continue their relationship with high satisfaction and this relationship could be helpful to have some other positive results such as well-being and life satisfaction. Some people could not maintain their relationship satisfactory because of some incidents such as infidelity. In this session the participants will be presenting subjects related the romantic relationships and will be showing how a relationship could be reason of happiness or how a relationship could be source of pain. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| 29-31 May & 1 June 2023 | Drawing: Beauty, Ethics, Aesthetics as part of the 13th Annual International Conference on Urban Studies & Planning Academic Responsible: Dr. Giulia Pellegri, Vice Dean & Associate Professor, Architecture-Polytechnic School, University of Genoa, Italy The theme of the Athens session, Representation of Resilient Communities, is to share, compare, debate and disseminate research and thought that is open to all disciplines that involve responsibility to cultural approach, analysis, study, evaluation, project, design, color, of the “Human environment”. Papers on the theme of Representation and the scientific implications of all those disciplinary sectors that involve the environment we live, look at, imagine, design could include the following topics: Survey and Representation of Architecture and the Environment; Drawing for the Landscape, De-signs for Project traces – visions and pre-visions; signs of memory and the city in progress; Visual culture and communication: from idea to project; Architectural emergencies; Color and the environment; Perception and territorial identity; Landscape cultural iconographic heritage: art, literature and design implications; Signs and Drawings for Design; Advanced Representation. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| 29-31 May & 1 June 2023 | Stylistics as part of the 16thAnnual International Conference on Literature Academic Responsible: Dr. Stavroula Varella, Research Fellow, ATINER. We welcome presentations concentrating on the style of literary texts, including poetry, prose, and drama, in any language or historical period. Topics may include but are not limited to the following: • Stylistic analyses of individual works or authors, or authors comparatively • The role of poetics / literary stylistics in literary criticism • Affective stylistics and reader response theory • The reading process, text comprehension and cognitive poetics • Computational stylistics and stylometry • Real-world applications, e.g., pedagogical stylistics | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| 29-31 May & 1 June 2023 | Contemporary Drama as part of the 16thAnnual International Conference on Literature Academic Responsible: Dr. Stavroula Varella, Research Fellow, ATINER. We welcome presentations concentrating on contemporary drama presented in any form (stage, radio, and TV) written in any language, and performed in any country. Topics may include but are not limited to the following: • Contemporary plays and playwrights • Drama as literature: critical approaches • Drama as performance: critical approaches • Contexts of drama, social and political • Current forms, e.g., improvisation theatre • Current movements, e.g., transnational theatre | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| 29-31 May & 1 June 2023 | Traffic Congestion as part of the 9th Annual International Conference on Transportation Academic Responsible: Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku, Head, Transportation Engineering Unit, ATINER, & Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA The aim of the session is to (a) explore economic, health, and social impacts of traffic congestion and (b) discuss traffic management, technology, planning, and policy interventions to address them. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| The Transmission and Maintenance of Diaspora Identity Through time and Generation as part of the 14th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts Academic Responsible: Dr. Maria-Irini Avgoulas, Academic Member & Cultural Counselling and Consultancy, Australia. Diaspora communities with their specific cultural identity are found throughout the world and exist on a continuum of redevelopment as they evolve. The experience of diaspora identity and the transmission of memory culture that supports identity maintenance may vary by generation, the original migrants and their descendants born in diaspora. Diaspora community members of all generations may maintain a sense of nostalgia but also negative emotions of not belonging to either their original homeland or the host community. This may be expressed as having two homelands and, in a sense, belonging to both. While potentially enriching, diaspora identity may in fact be more like belonging nowhere and being a stranger in both cultures. This may represent a negative emotion associated with the experience of migration and acculturation despite the generation of membership. This session will explore the transmission and maintenance of diaspora identity through time and generation and consider how associated psychosocial factors and the recreated social environment of the culture of origin may influence wellbeing and the experience of illness that are significant factors in overall health as well as the promotion of health and wellbeing in diaspora. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Cinema as part of the 14th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts Academic Responsible: Dr. Daniel Binns, Academic Member, ATINER & Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia. The aim of the stream is to bring together academics and researchers of all areas of cinema studies: film analysis, studies of film-economics and film-philosophy, film technology and history, and other attendant areas of inquiry. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Sustainable Tourism as part of the 19th Annual International Conference on Tourism Academic Member Responsible: Dr. Michalis Toanoglou, Director, Center for Sustainable Tourism and Crisis Management (CSTCM), ATINER & Professor, Jeonju University School of Tourism & Culture, South Korea. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Israeli-Turkish Relationship: The Regional Dimension as part of the 21st Annual International Conference on Politics & International Studies Academic Responsible: Dr. Orna Almog, Deputy Head, Politics & International Affairs Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer (Retired), Kingston University, UK. The aim of this symposium is to analyse and discuss the nature of Turkish-Israeli relations since 2019 against the wider background of regional and national developments. Ever since the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident, the relations between the two parties were identified by suspicion, mistrust and ‘bad blood’. While Turkey’s quest for growing leadership role in the region failed, Israel’s regional position has improved dramatically. It further solidified relations with Greece and Cyprus and increased cooperation with Egypt and Jordan. Furthermore, thanks to US’s initiative, Israel signed the ‘Abrahams accords ‘; the peace agreements with the UAR and Bahrain in the summer of 2020 followed by the peace treaties with Sudan and Morocco in autumn- winter 2020. Some of the maim questions to be addressed are – what the main reasons behind Erdogan’s policy change towards Israel and neighbouring countries? How central is the Iranian question to the improvement of the relations? What are the main obstacles to rebuilding an open trustworthy relation between Israel and Turkey? What, if at all, are the implications of closer relations with Ankara on Israel’s relations with Cyprus and Greece? Do we witness a new dawn in Turkish-Israeli relations? And could the war in Ukraine and the countries’ similar dilemmas vis- a-vis Russia contribute to a better future understanding. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Latin America Democracy and Politics as part of the 21st Annual International Conference on Politics & International Studies Academic Responsible: Dr. Raquel de Caria Patrício, Academic Member, ATINER & Associate Professor, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Considering the transformations Latin American countries have been living since the beginning of the XXI century, according to which elections follows one to another as well as subversive processes, it is of extreme importance and relevance to reflect on the Latin American democratic and political processes throughout a symposium dedicated to the issue. Indeed, if in 2011 the left turn was in full swing, during 2010 and 2018 the number of democracies with left wing presidents could be counted in one hand. Moreover, from 2018/2019 onwards it has been witnessed to a different phenomenon in Latin America. The right-wing governments that appeared so powerful seem now to be giving their places to left-wing governments. Or, in other words, it seems that exists both right-wing and left-wing governments with a predominance of these last ones. This means that from 2018/2019 onwards there is a cohabitation in the region with right-wing and left-wing governments, with a possible new turn to the left. In this sense, another possibility is that the region is experiencing a less ideologically coherent anti-incumbent turn (Loxton, 2021, p. xi), whose one of the characteristics if the populism. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Comparative Federalism and Regional Integration as part of the 21st Annual International Conference on Politics & International Studies Academic Responsible: Dr. Athanasios Mihalakas, Director, Center for Federalism and Regional Integration & Global Professor of Law, University of Arizona USA Considering the transformations Latin American countries have been living since the beginning of the XXI century, according to which elections follows one to another as well as subversive processes, it is of extreme importance and relevance to reflect on the Latin American democratic and political processes throughout a symposium dedicated to the issue. Indeed, if in 2011 the left turn was in full swing, during 2010 and 2018 the number of democracies with left wing presidents could be counted in one hand. Moreover, from 2018/2019 onwards it has been witnessed to a different phenomenon in Latin America. The right-wing governments that appeared so powerful seem now to be giving their places to left-wing governments. Or, in other words, it seems that exists both right-wing and left-wing governments with a predominance of these last ones. This means that from 2018/2019 onwards there is a cohabitation in the region with right-wing and left-wing governments, with a possible new turn to the left. In this sense, another possibility is that the region is experiencing a less ideologically coherent anti-incumbent turn (Loxton, 2021, p. xi), whose one of the characteristics if the populism. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Russian-Belarus-Ukrainian War as part of the 21st Annual International Conference on Politics & International Studies Academic Responsible: Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President of ATINER. The aim of the symposium is to discuss the international repercussions of the war, including the political and military involvement of China, Europe, USA and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Countries in the Russian-Belarus-Ukrainian War. Also the role of national and international mass media will be discussed. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| India’s Demographics and Related Issues as part of the 10th Annual International Conference on Demography and Population Studies Academic Responsible: Dr. Suryakant Yadav, Assistant Professor, International Institute for Population Sciences, India | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Human Resource Accounting as part of the 21st International Conference on Accounting Academic Responsible: Dr. Joseph VanVo, Adjunct Professor, College of Business Administration, California State University, Sacramento, USA. Human Resource Accounting (HRA) is a proposed cost accounting system which quantifies the worth and expense of human resources in terms of employees’ overall soft skills namely knowledge, experience, expertise, motivation, creativity, followership, leadership, etc. along with organizational recruitment, training, development, promotion, transfer, relocation, termination, etc. It is therefore the value and cost of human resource characteristics and activities within an organization. HRA had been initiated in the 1960’s and became somewhat vibrantly worldwide through the 1970’s, 1980’s…up to 1990’s…then has since been in impasse. In its place is the Workforce Analytics (Valamis, 2021) which is the process of using data-based intelligence to improve and enhance human resource decision making, like managing and hiring top talent, aligning compensation with performance etc. It leverages “big data” to make informed workplace decisions and predictions. Perhaps, nowadays, HRA can be realized through Workforce Analytics? At least that is the thought of two well-known authors of the HRA models – Dr. Flamholtz (UCLA) and Dr. Ogan (U of Florida) – whom I had the honor of meeting virtually and f2f during the Summer 2018 and Fall 2019, respectively. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Architectural Form in Relation to its Purposes as part of the 13th Annual International Conference on Architecture Academic Responsible: Dr. Llazar Kumaraku, Academic Member, ATINER & Head of Scientific Research Department, Polis University of Tirana, Albania. In the discipline of architecture, as pointed out by many intellectuals, in the current global panorama there is clearly a disconnection between theoretical research and the practice of making architecture. Often the goals of architecture are confused with research in architecture. While we all agree that the goals of architecture are all positive, the problem is exposed at the methodological level as to how these goals are achieved from the formal point of view. This special session within the Architecture Conference in Athens aims to collect scientific articles related to methodological research and the composition of architectural form in the current global panorama, which can focus on different purposes. If nowadays the keywords that can be interpreted as the goals of architecture are for example sustainability or resilience, the research question on how the form of architecture could be sustainable, relational, or resilient, is almost never raised. This session is open to papers that focus their research on the composition of form at the urban and/or architectural level in order to achieve the above goals. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| 3rd Hyálinos International Conference on Inter and Transdisciplinarity in Architecture Academics Responsible: Dr. Alberto Reaes Pinto, Coordinator / Professor, ULL – CITAD (Research Centre, ULL) / Lusíada University of Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Clara Germana Gonçalves, Head, Architecture Unit, ATINER & Researcher, CITAD (Centro de Investigação em Território, Arquitectura e Design), Lusíada University and Invited Assistant Professor, Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Maria João Dos Reis Moreira Soares, Academic Member, ATINER & Associate Professor, Lusiada University – Lisbon, and Research Fellow, CITAD – Research Centre on Territory, Architecture & Design, Portugal. The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and researchers from all areas of Inter and/or Transdisciplinary Relationships in Architecture. The presentations may reflect on, but are not limited to, Architecture and Music, Architecture and Dance, Architecture and Mathematics, Architecture and the Arts, Architecture and Cinema, Architecture and Cosmology, Architecture and Science, Architecture and Philosophy, Harmony in Architecture, Harmonic Proportion, and Architectural Concepts such us: Space, Time, Harmony, Proportion, Notation, Representation, Presentation, Perception, Rhythm, Design, and Composition, etc. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Artificial Intelligence Generated Text (AIGPT): Threat or Opportunity as part of the 7th Annual International Symposium on “Higher Education in a Global World” Academics Responsible: Dr. Ali Abusalem, Director, Center for Higher Education Futures (CHEF), ATINER and Course Coordinator, Kent Institute Australia & External Member of Academic Board, Elite Education Institute, Australia Dr. Lorraine Bennett, Deputy Director, Center for Higher Education Futures (CHEF), ATINER and Managing Director, Lorraine Bennett Learning and Teaching Consultancy, Australia. The purpose of this session is to examine the implications of AIChatGPT and similar programs on the academic integrity of higher education qualifications and to introduce some tools and strategies that may help convert the ‘threat’ into learning opportunities. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| Comparative Federalism and Regional Integration as part of the 20th Annual International Conference on Law Academic Responsible: Dr. Athanasios Mihalakas, Director, Center for Federalism and Regional Integration & Global Professor of Law, University of Arizona USA Considering the transformations Latin American countries have been living since the beginning of the XXI century, according to which elections follows one to another as well as subversive processes, it is of extreme importance and relevance to reflect on the Latin American democratic and political processes throughout a symposium dedicated to the issue. Indeed, if in 2011 the left turn was in full swing, during 2010 and 2018 the number of democracies with left wing presidents could be counted in one hand. Moreover, from 2018/2019 onwards it has been witnessed to a different phenomenon in Latin America. The right-wing governments that appeared so powerful seem now to be giving their places to left-wing governments. Or, in other words, it seems that exists both right-wing and left-wing governments with a predominance of these last ones. This means that from 2018/2019 onwards there is a cohabitation in the region with right-wing and left-wing governments, with a possible new turn to the left. In this sense, another possibility is that the region is experiencing a less ideologically coherent anti-incumbent turn (Loxton, 2021, p. xi), whose one of the characteristics if the populism. | Abstract Submitting Form |
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| HEART: Health, Exercise, Art as part of the 19th Annual International Conference on Sport & Exercise Science Academic Responsible: Dr. Maria Kosma Head, Sports Unit, ATINER & Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, USA In this special session, we welcome scholarly papers and presentations related to current trends in the field of Kinesiology, including different types of movement (e.g., physical activity, exercise, sports, dance and physical theater) and their relation to health, embodiment, and wisdom in decision making (e.g., phronesis) regarding how to live the good life. Embodied, holistic and expressive action will be explored within different exercise settings, including sports, recreation, rehabilitation, skill acquisition and learning, dance, and physical theater. Interdisciplinary, scholarly work (e.g., data-based research, concept-based papers, reviews, and commentaries) that can be applicable to a variety of populations, such as children and adolescents, adults, and older adults of different cultural backgrounds and ability levels is highly encouraged. | Abstract Submitting Form |
