Reinventing Democracy in Europe: Youth Doing Politics in Times of Increasing Inequalities (EURYKA)
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Department of Sociology
EURYKA is a cross-national research project which provides systematic and practice-related knowledge about how inequalities mediate youth political participation. It suggests novel democratic models to help reimagine a more inclusive European politics. EURYKA brings together researchers and civil society practitioners from nine European countries: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
With the aim of strengthening European democratic life, the project intends to reach a better understanding of the conditions, processes, and mechanisms underpinning how young people do politics: how do they form opinions and take actions to bring about social and political change?
At the core of EURYKA’s conceptual framework lies the idea of youth political participation as forms of coping mechanism for dealing with inequalities. We thus investigate the norms, values, attitudes and behaviors underpinning such mechanisms and how these relates to issues of democracy, power, politics, policy-making, social and political participation (online and offline) and the organization of economic, social and private life.
Stefania Kalogeraki, Kostas Kafetsios, Maria Paschou, Angelos Loukakis, Eugenia Petropoulou, Christina Karakioulafi, Papadaki Marina, Nikos Kapelonis
ARTICLES IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
- Paschou M., M. Kousis, M. Cinalli and D. Chabanet (2019) “The Spatial Scope of Youth-Related Claims Making in Nine European Countries”, American Behavioral Scientist: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0002764219885438
- Loukakis, A., & Portos, M. (2019). Another Brick in the Wall? Young people, Protest and Nonprotest Claims Making in Nine European Countries. American Behavioral Scientist, 0002764219885435
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE VOLUMES/BOOKS
- Kalogeraki, S. 2020. Inequalities in young adults’ electoral and non-institutionalized modes of political participation in Greece: Similar or diverse patterns?. In M. Giugni & M. Grasso (Eds) Youth and Politics in Times of Increasing Inequalities. Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics (under press)
PH.D. DISSERTATIONS
Angelos Loukakis: “Solidarity Groups, Actions and Claims during the Economic Crisis in Greece: exploring dimensions of social change” (Τμήμα Κοινωνιολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης), 23-09-2015 - 27/5/2020
EDITING OF SPECIAL ISSUES OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS (GGCRISI, LIVEWHAT, TRANSSOL, EURYKA)
- Kalogeraki S. and M. Kousi (eds) (2015) Research Challenges and Practices on the Social Impacts of the Economic Crisis, Special Issue of Greek Sociological Review (in greek)
- Kousis, M. (guest editor) (2017) “Alternative Forms of Resilience Confronting Crisis in Southern Europe: A Social Movement Perspective” (PArtecipazione e COnflitto) [open access]
- Kousis, M., S. Kalogeraki, and C. Cristancho (Guest editors). 2018. Alternative Action Organizations during Hard Economic Times: A Comparative European Perspective. Special Issue in American Behavioral Scientist
- Kalogeraki S. (Guest Ed.) .2018. Socio-political Responses during Recessionary Times in Greece. Special Issue in PArtecipazione e COnflitto (PACO) [open access]
- Kousis, M. and M. Giugni (guest editors) (2019) Claiming and Framing Youth in the Public Domain during Times of Increasing Inequalities” special issue in American Behavioral Scientist, https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764219885423
- Kousis, M. and C. Lahusen (guest editors) (2020) (4/6 articles accepted, 2/6 under revisions) Transnational Solidarity Organizations in Times of Crises: Comparative European Perspectives, special issue of Sociological Research Online
