CHARALAMBOS KASIMIS Professor Agricultural University of Athens, Greece CURRICULUM VITAE December 2014 PERSONAL DATA Name: Surname: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Nationality: Family Status: Address: Telephone Fax: Ε-mail: Charalambos KASIMIS 10 - 2- 54 Paleokastro Gortynias, Greece Greek Married, one child 21 Posidonias Str., 20 100 Corinth, Greece +302105294718 +302105294020 kasimis@aua.gr, kasimisc@gmail.com EDUCATION 1983 Philosophy Doctorate (Ph.D), School of Social Analysis, University of Bradford, (U.K.) Title: “ Socio - economic Change in two Greek Peasant Communities: 1949-1981” 1980 Master of Philosophy (M.Phil), School of Industrial Technology, University of Bradford, (U.K.) Title: “Industrial Decline in the Context of Scientific Technological Change: Bradford” 1977 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics, School of Social Sciences, University of Bradford, (U.K.) LANGUAGES Greek: English: Mother tongue Excellent PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE September 2014 – today Agricultural University of Athens Deputy Rector of Economic Planning, Research and Development 2003-today Agricultural University of Athens Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Professor of Rural Sociology 2 1999 – 2003 University of Patras, Greece, Department of Economics Professor of Rural Sociology 1995 – 2000 National Centre for Social Research, Greece Director of the Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology 1995 – 1999 University of Patras, Greece, Department of Economics Associate Professor of Rural Sociology 1990 – 1994 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece Teaching “Rural Sociology” to Ροstgraduate students 1989 – 1994 University of Patras, Greece Department of Economics Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology 1986 – 1989 University of Patras, Greece Department of Economics Lecturer of Rural Sociology 1985 – 1986 Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Athens, Greece Researcher 1983 – 1985 C.A.S.E - Centre of Higher Studies, Athens, Greece Teacher of Sociology, GCE Α' Level 1980 – 1981 University of Bradford, UK School of Social Analysis, Tutor in “Mediterranean Studies” 1977 – 1978 University of Bradford, UK School of lndustrial Technology Tutor in “The Social Context of Production” and “Man in Industry” 3 RESEARCH WORK 2012-2013 Project financed by the European Fund for Third Country Nationals: Establishment of a cooperation network bringing together representatives of EU Mediterranean Member States, confronting similar with Greece, integration challenges of Third Country Nationals (Project 4.1a/11) Researcher Coordinator: A.G. Papadopoulos, Associate professor, Harokopio University, Athens [project site: http://www.immnet.eu] 2011-2013 Project financed by the Greek Ministry of Education: Researching Opportunities for the Social and Economic Integration of African Migrants in the Greek Receiving Society Researcher Coordinator: A. G. Papadopoulos, Associate professor, Harokopio University, Athens 2010-2013 Project financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (R+D project CSO2009-13909): Immigrant’s integration and the role of a diversity of organisations in achieving sustainable small towns and rural areas Coordinator: Ricard Moren Alegret, Autonomous University of Barcelona 2010-2012 Project financed by the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (contract No: VC/2010/001): Social Impact of Emigration and Rural-Urban Migration in Central and Eastern Europe Researcher Project coordinator: Gesellschaft fur Versicherungswissenschaft und -gestaltung E.V (GVG), Germany 2009 Project financed by the European Fund for Third Country Nationals: Data Collection for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) and Immigrant Associations which are active in Greece Project consultant Coordinator: A. G. Papadopoulos, Associate professor, Harokopio University, Athens 2006-2008 Project financed by INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED 2000-2006 (Code A.1.112): Human Resources and Development Planning on both sides of Ionian Sea (HuReDePIS) Coordinator of the Agricultural University of Athens team 2007 2004-2006 2004-2006 Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Agricultural University of Athens: Study for the Reconstruction of the Fires Hit Regions of Greece Coordinator of the team of the Socio-demographic and Economic Analysis International Project financed by MacArthur Foundation (USA): The Multifunctional Role of Migrants in Rural Greece and Rural Southern Europe Coordinator with A.G. Papadopoulos University of Dublin, Trinity College (Republic of Ireland), of Athens (Greece) et al. 4 Agricultural University EU Financed Project: A Cognitive Approach to Rural Sustainable Development: The Dynamics of Expert and Lay Knowledges Coordinator of Greek Team 2000-2002 Universities of Patras and Ioannina, Greece Ministry of Agriculture Financed Project: The Implications of the Settlement and Employment of Migrant Labour in Rural Greece Project Coordinator 2001 ETC Ecoculture (The Netherlands), Department of Economics, University of Patras (Greece) et al. 2002 EU Financed Network: Rural Survival Strategies in Central-Eastern Europe as a Design Base for Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator of Greek Team 2000 Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology (National Centre for Social Research), Greece Ministry of Agriculture Financed Project: Farm Family Farms and Employment in Rural Space Project Coordinator 2000 Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology (National Centre for Social Research), Greece Ministry of Agriculture Financed Project: A Study of Equal Opportunities Between Men and Women and Rural Development in Greece Project Coordinator 2000 Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology (National Centre for Social Research), Greece Ministry of Agriculture Financed Project: The Profile of Modern Farmer: Identification of Education and Training Needs Project Coordinator 1999 - 2001 1999 - 2000 NTNU University (Norway), National Centre for Social Research (Greece) et al. EU Financed FAIR Project: Α European Data Base of Indicator Coastal Communities Coordinator of Greek Team Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology (National Centre for Social Research) (Greece), University of Βabes Bolyai, Cluj - Napoca (Romania) Bilateral Cooperation Agreement Financed Project: Rural Restructuring and the Sustainability of Family Farming: Α Comparative Presentation of Romania and Greece Project Coordinator 1998 - 2000 Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology (National Centre for Social Research), Kapodistrias University of Athens. Ministry of Education Financed Project: Labour Market Integration of Youth: The Case of Social Science Graduates 5 Project Coordinator 1996 - 1999: University of Hull (UK), Aarhus University (Denmark), Roskilde University Centre (Denmark), Oikos Environnement-Ressources (France), University of Patras (Greece), SESAM (Norway), University of Tromso (Norway), University of Seville (Spain) EU Financed FAIR Project: Α Social Science Network for Fisheries Management Coordinator of Greek Team 1995 - 1996: University of Liverpool (UK), University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria), Babes-Bolyai University (Romania), University of Patras (Greece) EU Financed RHARE-ACE Project: Agricultural Restructuring and Rural Employment in Bulgaria and Romania Coordinator of Greek Team 1994 - 1996: University of Lancaster (UK), University of Patras (Greece) et al. EU Financed AIR Project: Improving the Economic Impact of Public Institutions on Lagging Rural and Coastal Regions Researcher 1994 - 1995: University of Patras, Greece University of Patras Financed Project: The Wider Dimensions of the Demographic Problem in Νorthern Epirus (Albania) Project Coordinator 1993 - 1994: Attica Regional Office, Greece EC Financed Project: Regional Labour Markets: the Labour Market in Attica Region Researcher 1992 - 1993: Agricultural University of Athens (Greece), University College (Dublin, EIRE), Queen's University, Belfast (UK). EU Financed CAMAR Project: Constraints on Competitiveness in EC Agriculture: Α Comparative Analysis Researcher 1988 - 1990: Institute for Μediterranean Studies, Greece EU Integrated Μediterranean Programmes Financed Project: Multiple Job - holding in the Agricultural Sector and the Development Policy in Greece Researcher 1988: University of Patras, Greece Prefecture of Aetoloakarnania Financed Project: Access of the Prefecture of Aetoloakarnania in the Greek IMPs Researcher 6 1986 - 1988: C.N.R.S. (France), National Centre for Social Research (Greece) Bilateral Cooperation Agreement Financed Project: Analyses Localisees du Changement Social Researcher 1986 - 1987: Cultural Institute of the Agricultural Bank of Greece (ABG) ABG Financed Project: The Two Forms of Rural Exodus in the post World War II Period Project Coordinator and Researcher 1985 - 1986: Institute for Μediterranean Studies (IMS), Greece IMS Financed Project: Forms of Farmers' Employment and Farm Structures Project Coordinator 1979 - 1983: Member of the Research Team in the Archaeological, Geographical and Anthropological Expedition in Greece of the Universities of Cambridge and Bradford, (UK). Sponsored by the British Academy of Sciences under the Direction of Prof. Α.Μ. Snodgrass and Prof. J. C. Bintliff Numerous presentations of papers and organisation of seminars, meetings, symposiums and international conferences since 1981. PUBLICATIONS Research and Study Reports 1. Kasimis, C. Papadopoulos, A.G, Pappas, C. (2008), Qualitative empirical study of migrants’ impact in the Regions of Western Greece and Ionian Islands, INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED 2000-2006 (Code A.1.112), Human Resources and Development Planning on both sides of Ionian Sea (HuReDePIS), Agricultural University of Athens 2. Kasimis, C. Papadopoulos, A.G, (2008), Policy Paper on Migrants’ Integration in the Local Societies and Economies, INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED 2000-2006 (Code A.1.112), Human Resources and Development Planning on both sides of Ionian Sea (HuReDePIS), Agricultural University of Athens 3. Kasimis, C. Papadopoulos, A.G, Pappas, C. (2007), Diagnostic study of the immigration movements and their impact in the Regions of Western Greece and Ionian Islands, INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED 2000-2006 (Code A.1.112), Human Resources and Development Planning on both sides of Ionian Sea (HuReDePIS), Agricultural University of Athens 7 4. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G (2006), The Multifunctional Role of Migrants in Rural Greece and Rural Southern Europe, Final Report, The MacArthur Foundation (USΑ) 5. Kasimis, C. (coordinator), Nitsiakos, V., Zacopoulou, E., Papadopoulos, A.G. (2002), The Implications of the Settlement and Employment of Migrant Labour in Rural Greece, Universities of Patras and Ioannina, (in Greek) 6. Kasimis, C., Papadopoulos, A.G., Sousounis, G., Stravoravdis, S. (1998), Study for the Development of the Prefecture of Corinthia, Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology, (National Centre for Social Research), Athens, (in Greek) 7. Damianos, D., Kasimis, C., Demoussis, M., Skouras, D. (1997), Policy Report for the Agricultural Sector in View of the New Planning Period 2000-2006, Ministry of the National Economy-University of Patras, (in Greek) 8. Seremetis, D., Kasimis, C., Papadopoulos, A.G. (1994), Regional Labour Markets: The Labour Market in Attica Region, Athens, (in Greek) 9. Kasimis, C. and Zacopoulou, E. (1993), Constraints on Competitiveness of EC Agriculture: Α Comparative Analysis (The Greek Ethnography Team Report), Agricultural University of Athens 10. Damianos, D., Demoussis, M., Daouli, A., Fissamber, V., Kabanas, P., Kasimis, C. (1989), Access of the Prefecture of Aetoloakarnania in the Greek IMPs, University of Patras, (in Greek) 11. Kasimis, C. (1988), Forms of Farmers' Employment and Farm Structures, Institute for Μediterranean Studies, Athens, (in Greek) Books 1. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (eds) (2012), Migrants in Greece: Employment and Integration in Local Societies, Alexandria, Athens (in Greek) 2. Zacopoulou, E., Kasimis, C. and Louloudis, L. (eds) (2008), Rurality, Society and Space, Plethron, Athens (in Greek) 3. Kasimis, C. and Stathakis, G. (eds) (2003), The Reform of the CAP and Rural Development in Southern Europe, Ashgate, Aldershot 4. Nitsiakos, V. and Kasimis, C. (eds) (2000), The Mountain Space of the Balkans: Formations and Transformations, Plethron/Municipality of Konitsa (in Greek) 5. Kasimis, C. and Louloudis, L. (eds) (1999), Countryside in Greece: Late 20th Century Greek Rural Society, Athens, Ekke/Plethron (in Greek) 8 6. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (eds) (1999), Local Responses to Global Integration, Ashgate, Aldershot 7. Kasimis, C. and Louloudis, L. (eds) (1997), Rural Greece: Fragile Structures and New Realities, Sociologia Ruralis (Special Issue), Vοl 37, Νumber 2 8. De Haan, H., Kasimis, C., Redclift, M. (eds) (1997), Sustainable Rural Development, Ashgate, Aldershot 9. Damianakos, S., Zacopoulou, E., Kasimis, C., Nitsiakos, V. (1997), Power, Work and Memory in three Villages of Epirus, Plethron, Athens (in Greek) 10. Damianos, D., Demoussis, M., Kasimis, C., Moissidis, A. (1994), Multiple Job-holding in the Agricultural Sector and the Development Policy in Greece, Institute for Μediterranean Studies, Athens (in Greek) Papers in Various Journals 1. Fatoric, S., Morén-Alegret, R., Kasimis, C. (2014), Exploring climate change effects in EuroMediterranean protected coastal wetlands: the cases of Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, Spain and Kotychi-Strofylia, Greece, International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2014.888377, pp. 1-15 2. Kasimis, C. (2013), From growth to crisis: the ‘suspended step’ of immigrants in Greece, Migration Citizenship Education (Network Migration in Europe), Published in: http://www.migrationeducation.org/23.0.html 3. Kasimis, C., Zografakis, S. (2013), The Countryside, Agriculture and the Crisis, International and European Policy, Vol. 27, November-December 2012, January-February 2013, pp. 17-31, Papazisis, Athens (in Greek) 4. Kasimis, C. (2012), Greece: Illegal Immigration in the Midst of Crisis, Migration Information Source (http://www.migrationinformation.org/), Migration Policy Institute (USA) (March: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=884) 5. Kasimis, C. (2010), Socio-demographic imbalances in rural Europe and international mobility to rural areas: the case of Greece, Przeglad Socjologizny, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 57-77 6. Kasimis, C., Papadopoulos, A.G., Pappas, C. (2010), Gaining from Rural Migrants: Migrant Employment Strategies and Socioeconomic Implications for Rural Labour Markets, Sociologia Ruralis, Vol. 50, Number 3, pp. 258-276 7. Kasimis, C. (2010), Demographic trends in rural Europe and international migration to rural areas, Agriregionieuropa, Year 6, Number 21, June 2010 (http://www.agriregionieuropa.univpm.it), pp. 1-6 8. Kasimis C. (2008), Survival and Expansion: Migrants in Greek Rural Regions, Population, Space and Place, Vol.14, 511-524 9 9. Kasimis C. (2005), Migrants in the Rural Economies of Greece and Southern Europe, Migration Information Source, October, (http://www.migrationinformation.org). 10. Kasimis, C., Papadopoulos, A.G. (2005), The Multifunctional Role of Migrants in the Greek Countryside: Implications for the Rural Economy and Society, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 31, Number 1, January, pp.99-129 11. Kasimis, C. and Kassimi, C. (2004), Greece: A History of Migration, Migration Information Source, June, (http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=228) 12. Kasimis, C., Zacopoulou, E. Papadopoulos, A.G. (2003), The Contribution of Migrants to the Modern Family Farm: a Study of three Paradigmatic Regions, The Greek Review of Social Research, Vol. B – C, Numbers 111-112, pp. 9-38 (in Greek) 13. Kasimis, C., Papadopoulos, A.G., Zacopoulou, E. (2003), Migrants in Rural Greece, Sociologia Ruralis, Vol. 43, Number 2, pp.167-184 14. Barlas, Y., Damianos, D., Dimara, E., Kasimis, C., Skouras, D. (2001), Factors Influencing the Integration of Alternative Farm Enterprises into the Agro-Food System, Rural Sociology, Vol.66, No.3, September, pp. 342-358 15. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (1997), Family Farming and Capitalist Development in Greek Agriculture: Α Critical Review of the Literature, Sociologia Ruralis (Special Issue: Rural Greece: Fragile Structures and New Realities) Vol. 37, Number 2, pp. 209-227 16. Kasimis, C. and Nitsiakos, V. (1997), The Greek minority of Albania: transition or catastrophe?, Epirotic Chronicles, Vol. 32, pp. 353-371 (ίn Greek) 17. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (1996), The Development of the Agro-food Complex and the Political Economy of Rural Transformation, The Greek Review of Social Research, Numbers 89/90, pp.19-52 (ίn Greek) 18. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (1994), The Heterogeneity of Greek Family Farming: Emerging Policy Principles, Sociologia Ruralis, Vol. ΧΧΧΙΥ, Νο 2-3, pp. 206-229 19. Damianos, D., Demoussis, M., Kasimis, C. (1991), The Empirical Dimension of Multiple Jod-holding Agriculture in Greece, Sociologia Ruralis, Vol. ΧΧΧΙ-Ι, pp.37-57 20. Damianakos, S., Kasimis, C., Maropoulou, M., Zacopoulou, E. (1990), Trois villages D’ Epίre - Elements d' Analyse Sociodemographique, The Greek Review of Social Research, Number 74 Α, pp.125-229 (in French) 21. Slaughter, C. and Kasimis, C. (1986), Some Social-Anthropological Aspects of Boeotian Rural Society. Α Field Report, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Vol.10, pp. 103-159 10 Papers in Collected Volumes 1. Zografakis S. and Kasimis C. (2014), Greek Economy and Migrants. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow’ in M. Masourakis and Ch. Gortsos (eds) Competitiveness for Development: Policy Proposals (Athens: Greek Union Of Banks: Athens) ( in Greek), pp. 381-396. 2. Kasimis, C. and Zografakis S. (2014), Crisis and Return to Agriculture, in Zabarloukou S. and Koussis M. (eds), Social Aspects of Crisis in Greece, Athens, Pedio, pp. 135-170 3. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (2013), Rural Transformations and Family Farming In Contemporary Greece, in Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda, Ana Moragues-Faus, Eladio Arnalte-Alegre (eds) Agriculture in Mediterranean Europe: Between Old and New Paradigms (Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Volume 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 263 – 293 4. Kasimis, C. (2013), Greece, migration 1830s to present, in Immanuel Ness (ed), The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, Wiley-Blackwell, Volume III, pp. 1602-1609 5. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (2012), Employment and occupational mobility of migrants in two local labour markets, in Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (eds) (2012), Migrants in Greece: Employment and Integration in Local Societies, Alexandria, Athens (in Greek), pp. 289-327 6. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (2010), Fluxos migratorios e mercados de trabalho locais em espacos insulares: O caso de Zakynthos, nas ilhas Jonicas (Grecia), in Fonseca L. M. (ed) Approximando Mundos: Emigracao, Imigracao e Desenvolvimento em Espacos Insulares, Lisboa, Fundacao Luso-Americana, pp. 247-277 7. Kasimis, C. (2009), From enthusiasm to perplexity and scepticism: migrants in the rural regions of Greece, in: Jentsch B and Simard M (eds.) International migration and rural areas – cross national comparative perspectives, London: Ashgate, Chapter 4, pp.75-98 8. Kasimis, C., A. Koutsouris, C. Liarikos and A.G. Papadopoulos (2009), Greece: Knowledge Forms and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Lake Plastiras, in Bruckmeier K. and Tovey H. (eds), Rural Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society, Ashgate, pp. 223-243 9. Kasimis, C. (2009), The role of international migration in the sustainability of South European rural regions and the threats of the recent economic crisis, in Ferruni, L. (ed), Sustainable Rural Policies: Mechanisms to Combat Global Crises in South-East Europe, Organic Agricultural Association, Tirana, pp.111-126 11 10. Kasimis, C. (2008), Stathis Damianakos: Life, work, ethos, in Zacopoulou, E., Kasimis, C. and Louloudis, L. (eds) (2008), Rurality, Society and Space, Plethron, Athens (in Greek), pp. 17-26 11. Zografakis, S., Kasimis, C., Papadopoulos, A.G., Chalkias, C., Kyriazi-Alisson, E., Pappas, C. and Dimopoulou, M. (2008), Human Capital and Development Problems in Fires Hit Regions, in Agricultural University of Athens (ed), Study for the Reconstruction of the Fires Hit Regions of Greece, Armos, Athens (in Greek), pp. 235-244 12. Kasimis, C. (2008), Locals and foreigners in contemporary rural Greece, in Cavounidis J., Kontis A., Lianos T. and Fakiolas R. (eds), Migration to Greece: Experiences-PoliciesProspectives, IMEPO, Athens, Vol. A (in Greek) 13. Kasimis, C. (2008), O novo papel dos imigrantes nas economias rurais da Europa do sul, in Papademetriou, D. (ed.), A Europa e os seus imigrantes no seculo XXI, Migration Policy Institute-Fundacao Luso-Americana, Lisboa (in Portuguese) 14. Kasimis, C. (2008), The Economic and Social Dimensions of the Migratory Phenomenon in the Greek Countryside, in Kribas C. and Louloudis L. (eds), Greek Agriculture and Rural Policy, Academy of Athens, Athens (in Greek) (ISBN: 978-960-404-126-8) 15. Kasimis, C. (2007), The Dimensions of the Migratory Phenomenon in Europe and the Contradictions of Migration Policy, in Contiades X. and Papatheodorou T. (eds), The Reform of Migration Policy, Papazisis, Athens (in Greek) 16. Kasimis, C. (2006), The New Role of Migrants in the Rural Economies of Southern Europe, in Papademetriou, D. (ed.), Europe and its Immigrants in 21st Century: a new deal or a continuing dialogue of the deaf?, Migration Policy Institute-Luso-American Foundation (USA) 17. Kasimis, C. (2006), Il ruolo multifunzionale dei migranti nell'economia e nella società rurale greca in Cavazzani A., Gaudio G. (eds), Politiche, Governance e Innovazione per le Aree Rurali, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli (in Italian) 18. Kasimis, C. (2004), Migrants: an Unknown Factor of Development in the Greek Countryside, in Papadopoulos, A. G.(ed.), Development in a Multifunctional Countryside, Gutenberg, Athens (in Greek) 19. Kasimis, C. (2002), From Agricultural to Rural Society in I. Labiri-Dimaki (ed), Sociology in Greece Today: The Completion of a Trilogy, Papazisis, Athens, pp.185-198, (in Greek) 20. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (2002), Agriculture, Rural Development and Equality of Opportunities Between Men and Women in Greece in the Proceedings of the International Conference The New Challenge of Women’s Role in Rural Europe, Agricultural Research Institute (Cyprus) and European Commission, Nicosia, pp. 367-377 21. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (2001), The De-Agriculturalisation of the Greek Countryside: The Changing Characteristics of an Ongoing Socio-economic Transformation 12 in H. Tovey, I. Kovacs and L. Granberg (eds), Europe’s «Green Ring», Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 197-219 22. Kasimis, C. and Petrou, A. (2000), Identifying Fisheries Dependent Regions in Greece in D. Symes (ed), Fisheries Dependent Regions, Fishing News Books, Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 2938 23. Kasimis, C., Papadopoulos, A.G. and Stravoravdis S. (2000), Family Farming and Pluriactivity: the Rural Labour Markets and the New Physiognomy of Greek Family Farming, in ETAGRO (ed) The reconstruction of Rural Space, Proceedings of the 5th National Congress of Agricultural Economics, A. Stamoulis, Athens, pp. 261-275 (in Greek) 24. Kasimis, C. (2000), From Farm Family to Globalisation, in To Vima (ed) Greece is changing: Farewell to the Twentieth Century, Ermis, Athens (in Greek) 25. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (1999), Survivalist and Productivist Farm Family Strategies in Greece in A. Nemenyi (ed), Rurality in Europe at the Threshold of Centuries, Editura Alsand, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 5-17 26. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (1999), The preservation of family farming and the capitalist development of agriculture in Greece: Α Critical Review of the Literature, in Kasimis, C. and Louloudis, L. (eds) (1999), Countryside in Greece: Late 20th Century Greek Rural Society, Athens, Ekke/Plethron. (Revised and extended publication in Greek of Kasimis, C. and Louloudis, L. (eds) (1997), Rural Greece: Fragile Structures and New Realities, Sociologia Ruralis (Special Issue), Vοl 37, Νumber 2) 27. Kasimis, C. and Nitsiakos, V. (1996), The Greek minority of Albania: transition or catastrophe? Proceedings of the International Conference Actes de deux journees de travail sur la transition: ‘Les mecanismes de la transition dans Ι' Europe des transformations’, Α.Ν. Sakkoulas, Athens, pp. 71-83 (French-English edition) 28. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (1996), The Agro-food Complex and the Internationalisation of Agriculture, in Modinos M. (ed) Energy and Environment in the Industrial and Post-industrial Society, «New Ecology» - General Secretariat of Youth, Athens, pp. 103-108 (in Greek), (republished in «New Ecology», Vol. 145, 1996, pp. 16-20) 29. Kasimis, C. and Papadopoulos, A.G. (1996), Marx and Capitalist Development in Agriculture: Family Farm and the Labour Process in Ν. Theotokas, D. Milonakis, G. Stathakis (eds), Marx Revisited, Delfini, Athens, pp. 247-267 (ίn Greek) 30. Kasimis, C., Louloudis, L., Martinos, N. (1992), Family Farming in Modem Greece: Towards a Synthetic Presentation of two Empirical Research Examples in Η. De Haan and Van der Ploeg J.D. (eds), Endogenous Regional Development in Europe: Theory Method and Practice, in European Commission DG VI, Brussels, pp. 305-323 31. Kasimis, C. (1992), ‘Nothing has Changed and Nothing has Remained the Same’: Multiple Job-holding and Family Farming in the Modem Rural Society, in University of Ioannina (ed), The Greek Community, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, pp. 35-48 (in Greek) 13 32. Kasimis, C. (1986), Modernisation of Agriculture and Industrial Employment in a Village of Boeotia, Proceedings of the Conference Pluriactivity and Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Athens, pp. 65-79 (in Greek) 33. Kasimis, C. And Stathakis G. (1986), Mavromati: Industrial Development and Socioeconomic Differentiation of a Rural Community, International Economic Congress: Economy and Agricultural Sector, Congress Proceedings, AGB, Athens, Vol. A, pp. 279304 (in Greek) 34. Kasimis, C. (1984), Notes on a Study of Socio-economic Change in two Greek Peasant Communities, in Lacher M. and Ruf W. (eds), Transnational Mobility of Labour and Regional Developments in the Mediterranean, Gesamthocschule, Kassel, pp.163-185 OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2013-1014 Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens 2013 - 2015 President of the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) 2011 - 2014 Editorial Board member for Sociologia Ruralis 2010 - 2014 Director of the Postgraduate Studies MSc. course entitled: “Integrated Rural Development & Management of Rural Space”, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens 2009 Member of the international evaluation committee for the “ Hestia” Onassis International Prize in Immigrant Integration and Human Development in the Civil Society days of the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development, Athens 2009 Rapporteur of the Roundtable on migrant integration, reintegration and circulation for development in the Civil Society days of the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development, Athens 2008 - 2014 Member of the Council of the International Rural Sociology Association (IRSA) 2008 - today Editorial Board member for The Open Demography Journal 2007 - 2011 Councilor of the City of Corinth 2009 - 2011 Vice President of the European Society for Rural Sociology and member of its Scientific Committee 2007 - 2009 Vice President of the European Society for Rural Sociology and member of its Scientific Committee 2006 - 2008 Director of the Laboratory of Extension, Rural Systems and Rural Social Studies, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece 14 2005 - 2009 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute of Migration Greece (IMEPO) 2003 - today Editorial Review Board member of the Journal Migration Letters 2003 Taskforce Member of The Athens Migration Policy Initiative (AMPI), a Collaborative Project of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI-USA) for The Greek Presidency of the EU 2001- today Editorial Advisor of the Journal Geographies (in Greek) 2000 - 2010 Editorial Advisor of the Journal Sociologia Ruralis 1996 - 2010 Editorial Advisor of the Journal The Greek Review of Social Research 1996 - 2003 Editorial Advisor of the Journal Eastern European Countryside 1995 - 2000: Member of the Executive Committee of the Greek National Centre for Social Research 1995 - 1997: Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Rural Sociology 1993 - 1997: Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the European Society for Rural Sociology 1989 - 1990: Member of the Executive Committee of the Greek Centre for European Studies (EKEM) 1989 - today: Μediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece. Supervisor of Postgraduate Dissertations 1987 - 1992: Foundation of State Scholarships, Greece (IKY) Examiner and Supervisor of Social Anthropology and Rural Sociology postgraduate students 1990 - today Paper reviewer of the: Journal of Rural Studies, Rural Sociology, Population, Space and Place, Sociologia Ruralis, Environment & Planning, Sustainability, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Migration Letters, South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics et al. 15 Policy of