Maria Kousis
Maria Kousis (PhD, The University of Michigan, 1984) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Crete and former Director (9/2014-11/2021) of the University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences. She was coordinator or partner in European Commission research projects including “Grassroots Environmental Action”, TEA, PAGANINI and MEDVOICES. Publications consist of 11 edited volumes, books and special issues as well as 68 articles or book chapters, including the two-volume Special Issue of American Behavioral Scientist on Mediterranean Political Processes in Historical-Comparative Perspective (Tilly, C., R. Franzosi and M. Kousis, eds. 2008) and the special section Alternative Forms of Resilience Confronting Crisis in Southern Europe: A Social Movement Perspective, in PArtecipazione e COnflitto (guest editor, 2017). Her research centers on Social Change, Contentious Politics, Environmental Politics, Bioethics, Social Movements in times of Crises and Southern Europe. Her current research focuses on the socio-economic and political dimensions of crises, especially in the context of the GGCRISI (Greek-German Ministries Cooperation), LIVEWHAT (FP7), TransSOL (H2020) and EURYKA (H2020) projects.
Address: Department of Sociology
University of Crete
Rethymno 74100
Greece
Address: Department of Sociology
University of Crete
Rethymno 74100
Greece
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The book analyses existing informal groups at the grassroots, furthering transnational solidarity in three thematic areas: disability, unemployment and immigration. Contributions assess how civic groups respond to the various crises affecting Europe, especially the economic and refugee crises, presenting new findings from a systematic comparative study conducted in eight European countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, and the UK). The research will be of interest to scholars, students, journalists, policy-makers and activists interested in civil society, social movements, charitable actions, altruism and solidarity, as well as European studies and the socio-economic challenges of current European crises.
The research project The Greeks, the Germans, and the Crisis (GGCRISI) focuses on the media reporting in two countries prominently involved in the Eurozone crisis: Greece and Germany. The core question of the project is: Who is made responsible by whom on what issues and on what grounds in the debate on the Eurozone crisis?
Contact the project coordinators at:
Prof. Dr. Jochen Roose
Department of Sociology
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany
[email protected]
or
Willy Brandt Center (WBZ) for German and European Studies
University of Wroclaw
ul. Strażnicza 1-3
PL-50-206 Wroclaw
Poland
Prof. Maria Κousis, PhD
Department of Sociology
University of Crete
Greece
[email protected]