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A World Association of Academics and Researchers: Promoting Global Education & Research
1995-2025: 30 Years of Bringing Academics and Scholars together in Athens
The Arts & Culture Unit of the Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on “Cultural Expressions: Women, Femme, Queer, and Gender Non-Conforming Voices in Music the Arts” as part of the 16th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts, 9-12 June 2025, Athens, Greece, under the academic leadership of Dr. Rachel Yvonne Cruz, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA (more details)
The Architecture Division of the Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on “Living Off-Grid: Self-sufficiency towards A New Cultural Model” as part of the 15th Annual International Conference on Architecture, 7-10 July 2025, Athens, Greece, under the academic leadership of Dr. Susanna Pisciella, Assistant Professor, University IUAV of Venice, Italy (more details)
The Athens Institute is organizing its 18th Annual International Conference on Global Studies: Business, Economic, Political, Social, and Cultural Aspects, on 18 & 19 December 2024, in Athens, Greece. 50 academics and researchers from 17 different countries (Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Croatia, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Iraq, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Spain, UAE, and the USA) will present their work. The list of papers to be presented is available here: https://www.atiner.gr/2024/2024CBC.pdf. If you would like to attend the conference, either onsite or online, please send us an email at information@atiner.gr. Members in good standing can attend for free.
On November 13, 2024, Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos delivered an insightful lecture at MLC College, Ljubljana, on the theme of Ethics and Academic Integrity: Lessons from Plato’s Protagoras. The video of the lecture is available at: https://youtu.be/a36jzfDFhuo and the paper at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385641708_Ethics_and_Academic_Integrity_Lessons_from_Plato’s_Protagoras
The Arts & Culture Unit of the Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on “Historical Metamorphoses of the Mystery: From Delphi and Eleusis to the Modern Art of Europe” as part of the 16th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts, 9-12 June 2025, Athens, Greece, under the academic leadership of Dr. Elena Rovenko, Academic Member, Athens Institute & Researcher, Strasbourg University, France (more details)
The Languages and Linguistics Unit of the Athens Institute is organizing the 2nd edition of a Special Session on “TAM (Tense-Aspect-Modality) in and across Languages” as part of the 18th Annual International Conference on Languages & Linguistics, 7-10 July 2025, Athens, Greece, under the academic leadership of Dr. Krasimir Kabakciev, Deputy Director, Arts, Humanities and Education Division, Athens Institute (more details)
The Business, Economics and Law Division (BLRD) of the Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on “Productive Entrepreneurship for Economic Growth” as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Business, Law & Economics, 5-8 May 2025, Athens, Greece, under the academic leadership of Dr. Chux Gervase Iwu, Professor & SBDG Chair Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, University of the Western Cape, South Africa (more details)
The President of the Athens Institute, Gregory T. Papanikos, will speak by invitation at the Management and Law College in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 17:00 Greek time, on the topic “Ethics and Academic Integrity: Lessons from Plato’s Protagoras.” The speech will be delivered in English, without interpretation. Attendance is free and available online.
For more information and to receive the link, please email the Office of the President, Athens Institute, at president@atiner.gr.
The 23rd Conference of the Greek Regional Scientists Association took place on October 18-19, 2023, in Heraklion, Crete, and was hosted at the Hellenic Mediterranean University. Three of the conference sessions, organized by the Athens Institute, were conducted in English. In these English-language sessions, 15 presentations were given by professors and researchers from 10 countries (Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, UAE and USA). The conference program is available here: https://www.atiner.gr/2024drp-pro
The head of the Sociology Unit of the Athens Institute, Dr. Domenico Maddaloni, Professor at the University of Salerno in Italy, visited our offices from October 14 to 18, 2024, and met with the president of the Athens Institute, Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, to discuss future plans regarding the development of the unit, the 19th Annual International Conference on Sociology, as well as the academic journal Athens Journal of Social Sciences.
The Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on “Building Resilient Digital Marketing Strategies for 2025 and Beyond as part of the 18th Annual International Conference on Global Studies: Business, Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Aspects, 18-21 December 2024, Athens, Greece, under the academic leadership of Dr. Abdulelah Abed Althagafi, Assistant Professor, The University of Business and Technology, Saudi Arabia (more details)
The Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on Migration as part of the 18th Annual International Conference on Global Studies: Business, Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Aspects, 18-21 December 2024, Athens, Greece, under the academic leadership of Dr. Mehmet Cevat Yildirim, Lecturer, Gaziantep University, Turkey (more details)
The Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on “Integrating Oral Society Globally, Innovation and Contemporary Library Trends and Practice” as part of the 12th Annual International Conference on Library and Information Science, 28-31 July 2025, Athens, Greece, under the academic leadership of Dr. Nkhangweni Mahwasane, Information Librarian, University of Venda, South Africa (more details)
The Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on “The Mediterranean: Cradle of Civilization and World Economic Center” as part of the 18th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 14-18 April 2025, Athens, Greece under the academic leadership of Dr. Pedro Fernández Sánchez (Associate Professor, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Spain) and Dr. María del Carmen García Centeno (Associate Professor, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Spain) (more details)
The Athens Institute is organizing a Microsymposium on “AI in Business Analytics” as part of the 18th Annual International Conference on Global Studies: Business, Economic, Political, Social and Cultural Aspects, 18-21 December 2024, Athens, Greece under the academic leadership of Dr. Theodore Trafalis, Head, Industrial Engineering Unit, Athens Institute, Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Director, Optimization & Intelligent Systems Laboratory, The University of Oklahoma, USA (more details)
A new article by Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President of the Athens Institute, titled “Does Success in the Olympic Games Boost Public Participation in Sport?” published by the Economic Observatory (more details)
Dr. Haralambos Symeonidis (Professor, University of Kentucky, USA) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Head of the Languages & Linguistics Unit (more details)
Collaboration Agreement between the Athens Institute and “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania (more details)
Dr. Nikolaos Dimakis (Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Deputy Director of the Sciences Division (more details)
Meeting of the Participants of the 2nd Educational Justice Conference with the President of the Athens Institute Thursday 25 July 2024, at the Athens Institute’s Downtown Office (more details)
A Round-Table Discussion on The Future of Sciences and Engineering Education on Monday 22 July 2024, at The Athens Institute’s Downtown Office (more details)
Dr. Teodoro Georgiadis (Senior Research Associate, CNR – IBE, Italy) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Deputy Head of the Environment Unit. (more details)
A Round-Table Discussion on The Future of Legal Education, Research, and Practice on Monday 15 July 2024, at The Athens Institute’s Downtown Office (more details)
A Round-Table Discussion on The Future of Sciences and Engineering Education & Research on Monday 24 June 2024, at The Athens Institute’s Downtown Office (more details)
Dr. Haiduke Sarafian (Head, Natural Sciences Unit, The Athens Institute & Professor of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, USA) has published two new articles (more details)
Dr. Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak (Assistant Professor, University of the National Education Commission, Poland) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Deputy Head of the Urban & Regional Planning Unit (more details)
Dr. Radebe Nompumelelo (Senior Lecturer and Chair Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of South Africa) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Deputy Head (Section: Anthropology) of the Anthropology & Demography Unit (more details)
Dr. Andrew Ward (Honorary Life Fellow in Philosophy, University of York, UK) has been appointed Honorary Head of the Philosophy Unit (more details)
A Round-Table Discussion on Demographics and Politics organized by the Athens Institute on Monday 17 June 2024 (more details)
Dr. Aleksandra Tryniecka, Deputy Head of the Athens Institute’s Literature Unit, received a diploma for distinguished academic results for 2023/2024 at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (more details)
Dr. Eliza Gardiner (Professor, Vancouver Island University, Canada) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Deputy Head (Section: Theatre) of the Arts & Culture Unit (more details)
Dr. Parisa Gazerani (Department of Life Sciences and Health, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Head of the Pharmaceutical Unit (more details)
Dr. Jim Clark (University of Winnipeg, Canada) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Head of the Psychology Unit (more details)
Academic Discussions That Are Organized by The Athens Institute Take Place Everywhere in Athens (more details)
Dr. Oidinposha Imamkhodjaeva (Assistant Teaching Professor Pennsylvania State University USA) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as Deputy Head of the Philosophy Unit (more details)
The 6th Study Abroad Program on Sustainability & Infrastructure, organized in collaboration with the University of Maryland, has just been completed (more details)
Dr. Robert Bishop (Professor Wheaton College USA) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Head of the Philosophy Unit (more details)
Dr. Ori Soltes (Professor, Georgetown University, USA) has accepted the offer from the Athens Institute to serve as the next Head of the Arts and Culture Unit (more details)
The President of the Athens Institute Met in Athens on 23 May 2024 with Dr. Shiping Zhu, X.Q. Deng Presidential Chair Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shenzhen, China (more details)
Dr. Annie Wenhui Yang (Professor & Vice Dean, School of English for International Business, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China) visited Athens on 13-14 May 2024 (more details)
