Profile Summary

Academic and researcher with more than 35 years of teaching experience in secondary and higher education. His research, teaching, and writing (12 books, 90+ scientific articles) move interdisciplinarily across the fields of Political Sociology, Sociology of Education, and Philosophy. He has extensive international presence, having taught as a visiting professor at universities in more than 10 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Higher Education & Academic Degrees

Doctoral Degree

Ph.D. (AUTH, 2011): “The centrality of the teacher’s role in the individual’s self-perception.”

Postdoctoral Research (6 Independent Projects)

• The European identity of teachers
• Political socialization of students
• Socialization of university students
• Political disobedience through school occupations
• Political education of adolescents
• Nazi propaganda and the music of Richard Wagner

University Degrees (6 BA Titles)

• BA in English Language and Literature – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
• BA in Economics – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
• BA in Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies – University of Macedonia (UoM)
• BA in International and European Studies – University of Macedonia (UoM)
• BA in Theology – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
• BA in Introductory Muslim Studies – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Postgraduate Degrees (6 MA / MSc Titles)

• MA in Education Studies – Hellenic Open University (HOU)
• MA in Political Theory and Philosophy – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
• MA in History of Philosophy – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
• MA in Systematic Philosophy – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
• MSc in Economics – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
• MA in Orthodox Theology and Christian Culture – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Teaching Experience & Academic Work

Teaching at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (since 2017)

• Introduction to Scientific Research (Core Course)
• Didactics of Civic Education
• Educational Practices and Politics
• Youth Political Action and School (Elective)

International Teaching Experience & Higher Education Institutions

He has taught or currently teaches as visiting professor and academic collaborator at the following institutions in Greece and abroad:

• Beihang University (China)
• Shanghai International Studies University (China)
• Chiba University (Japan)
• Cairo University (Egypt)
• Cadi Ayyad University (Morocco)
• Uninter (Mexico)
• Namangan State University (Uzbekistan)
• Adam University (Kyrgyzstan)
• Caucasus University (Georgia)
• University of Macedonia (Greece)
• Hellenic Open University (Greece)
• ASPAITE / EPPAIK (Greece)

Research Interests & Current Activity

• Educational Research & Sociology of Education
• Political Sociology & Youth Political Action
• Politics, Art, and Visual Propaganda: (Current focus on the political iconography of Sergei Eisenstein in “Battleship Potemkin” and “Ivan the Terrible”).

Research & Communication Languages (9)

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Persian (Farsi), Turkish.

Book Title	Publisher	Year
Platonism and Romantic Imagination	Barbounakis	2026
Plato and Shakespeare: Comparative Readings of Love and Politics	Ostracon Publishing PC	2026
Civic Education in the International Environment	Barbounakis	2024
Art as an Expression of Politics: Richard Wagner	University Studio Press	2023
Political Education as a Factor of Youth Politicization	Ammon	2022
Cinema and Political Propaganda	Zygos	2021
Dimensions of the Teacher’s Role	Kyriakidis	2021
Political Disobedience and Education	Zygos	2020
Aspects of Student Socialization at AUTH	Zygos	2020
School, Politics and Politicization	Kyriakidis	2016
A Sociological Perspective on the Teacher’s Role	Adelphoi Kyriakidi	2014
Adolescents’ Self-Perception and Its Formation	Zitros	2012