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Theodoros Iosifides

Collaborating Faculty Member

Brief Biography

Dr. Theodoros Iosifides is Professor of Social Science Methods at the University of the Aegean, Greece. He studied Sociology and Regional Development at Panteion University of Athens and holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Sussex, UK. He has written extensively journal papers, books and book chapters on migration and social science methodology, epistemology and qualitative methods. He participated in several international research projects and his areas of interests include migration studies, qualitative methods and social science epistemology/methodology.

Selected Publications

  1. Avagianou, A., Gourzis, K., Pissourios, I., Iosifides, T., & Gialis, S. (2022). Quite promising yet marginal? A comparative study of social economy in the EU South. Comparative European Politics, 20(4), 484–509.
  2. Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., Jones, N., Iosifides, T., Florokapi, I., Lasda, O., Paliouras, F., & Evangelinos, K. I. (2010). Local attitudes on protected areas: Evidence from three Natura 2000 wetland sites in Greece. Journal of Environmental Management, 91(9), 1847–1854. 
  3. Iosifides, T. (2016). Qualitative Methods in Migration Studies: A Critical Realist Perspective. In Qualitative Methods in Migration Studies: A Critical Realist Perspective. 
  4. Jones, N., Evangelinos, K., Halvadakis, C. P., Iosifides, T., & Sophoulis, C. M. (2010). Social factors influencing perceptions and willingness to pay for a market-based policy aiming on solid waste management. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 54(9), 533–540. 
  5. Jones, N., Roumeliotis, S., Iosifides, T., Hatziantoniou, M., Sfakianaki, E., Tsigianni, E., Thivaiou, K., Biliraki, A., & Evaggelinos, K. (2013). Students’ perceptions on environmental management of HEIs and the role of social capital: A case study in the University of the Aegean. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 14(3), 278–290. 
  6. Jones, N., Sophoulis, C. M., Iosifides, T., Botetzagias, I., & Evangelinos, K. (2009). The influence of social capital on environmental policy instruments. Environmental Politics, 18(4), 595–611. 
  7. Kizos, T., & Iosifides, T. (2007). The contradictions of agrotourism development in Greece: Evidence from three case studies. South European Society and Politics, 12(1), 59–77. 
  8. Kizos, T., Plieninger, T., Iosifides, T., Garca-Martn, M., Girod, G., Karro, K., Palang, H., Printsmann, A., Shaw, B., Nagy, J., Nagy, J., & Budniok, M.-A. (2018). Responding to landscape change: Stakeholder participation and social capital in five european landscapes. Land, 7(1).