Dr. Michalis Kontopodis
CV and List of Publications
Senior Lecturer/ HEA Fellow
Director of MSc Psychology & Education
School of Education, University of Sheffield
Web: http://mkontopodis.wordpress.com/
www.sheffield.ac.uk/education/kontopodism
Twitter: @m_kontopodis
A. Education
Supervising Postgraduate/ PhD Research Professional Development Course
Staff and Educational Development Association & University of Roehampton, March – August
2015.
Higher Education Academy Fellowship/ Professional Development Course
HEA Professional Certificate Course in Academic Practice. School of Education, University of
Roehampton, October 2014 – June 2015.
Ph.D. Dissertation (2007, Honour: Magna Cum Laude)
Fabricating Human Development: The Dynamics of ‘Ordering’ and ‘Othering’ in an
Experimental Secondary School. Faculty of Education & Psychology, Free University of Berlin,
Germany: April 01, 2004 – July 02, 2007.
Diploma in Psychology (4-year Degree)
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece:
1998–2002 (with an Erasmus exchange year at “Uniwersytet Jagiellonski” in Kraków, Poland
& the “Université Paul Valéry” in Montpellier, France). Final Grade: excellent/ scholarships by
the Hellenic Republic Scholarships Foundation.
Languages:
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English (Excellent written and spoken/ Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency)
German (Excellent written and spoken/ academic teaching experience)
Portuguese (Excellent spoken, very good written/ academic teaching experience)
French (Good written and spoken/ D.E.L.F. 1er degré, Grade: assez bien)
Greek (Excellent written and spoken/ mother tongue)
Spanish (basic proficiency: spoken)
New Media & Software Skills:
 IBM SPSS (version 24)
 Participatory Video Production, Film Editing (Final Cut Pro) & YouTube Broadcasting:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCow1jHEY3TgMb4QdrD1h_RA
 Webpage Design & Blogging, e.g. http://mkontopodis.wordpress.com
B. Current & Previous Appointments
Since September 2016
Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology, School of Education, University of Sheffield (no
probation, permanent/ open-ended contract)
Administration: Director of MSc Psychology & Education, Director of Internationalisation.
September 2014 – August 2016
Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education, University of Roehampton, London, UK.
Administration: International Champion for the School of Education; Head of Year 1; Ethics
Committee Core Member
December 2012–April 2014
Assistant Professor in Developmental Education (Cultural-Historical Activity Theory), Faculty
of Psychology and Education, Department of Research and Theory in Education, Free
University Amsterdam (VU), Netherlands
September 2011–November 2012
Post-Doc Research Associate, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research, University of
Amsterdam, Netherlands (full-time). [Research project by A. Mol/ European Research
Council, total budget: € 1.848.701]
January 2007–April 2010
Post-Doc Research Associate, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt University Berlin,
Germany (full-time). [Research project by S. Beck financed by the German Federal Ministry of
Education & Research with € 1.095.400 & related teaching and administration]
C. Grants & Consultancies
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Makerspaces in the Early Years: Enhancing Digital Literacy & Creativity. EU Marie Curie
RISE (by Prof. Jackie Marsh/ research & 2 month-long scholarships at FabLab Berlin &
Brock University, Canada, 2017-2019).
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Principal Coordinator: Global Perspectives on Learning & Development with Digital
Video-Editing Media (EU Marie Curie IRSES/ RISE: establishing & coordinating a Research
and Innovation Staff Exchange Scheme between Free University Berlin, Germany; University
of Crete, Greece; UCL Institute of Education, UK; Pontíficia Universidade Católica de São
Paulo, Brazil; Jawaharlal Nehru University, India & Moscow State University of Psychology
and Education, Russia; total budget €220.000, 2012–2014).
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External Consultant: BA Education Studies Programme, Edge Hill University (2015/2016)
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Expert Evaluator of the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program of the European
Union (since June 2014)
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Evaluator of Research Proposals (budget of 1 million) for The Danish Council for
Independent Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Science (since June 2014).
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External Advisor of Research Group “Imagens, Tecnologias e Infâncias” Universidade
Federal do Espírito Santo & Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e
Tecnológico (National Council of Scientific and Technological Development, since
September 2015)
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External Expert: New Module Scrutiny, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
MA Programme, Institute of Education, University College London (February, 2016).
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External Advisor of “Centro Interdisciplinar de Semiótica da Cultura e da Mídia”, Pontifícia
Universidade Católica de São Paulo & Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e
Tecnológico (National Council of Scientific and Technological Development, since
September 2014)
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External Investigator/ Consultant: Countryside Education and Sustainable Development in
Espírito Santo, Brazil by the Secretary of Continuous Education, Alphabetization, Diversity
and Inclusion & Faculty of Education, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil: February
2010 – June 2013 (travel expenses/ visiting fellowships).
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International Symposium Grant: Practice: Life: Multiplicity. Socio-material Orderings &
Body Politics across the 20th and 21st Century. Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany:
July 9-11, 2009 (total budget €15000 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research & German Research Foundation, in collaboration with Prof. S. Beck.).
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Grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for participation in the Congress
of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, December 2-11, 2009 (€1320).
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International Symposium Grant: Child Development and Everyday Action in Changing
Educational Institutions II. Siegen, Germany: December 6–8, 2007 (total budget €7500 by the
German Research Foundation in collaboration with Prof. B. Fichtner).
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International Symposium Grant: Child Development and Everyday Action in Changing
Educational Institutions. Free University Berlin, Germany: December 1–2, 2006 (total budget
€7500 by the German Research Foundation, in collaboration with Prof. M. HildebrandNilshon).
D. Organisation of Symposia & Conferences (selection):
1. Chair: Symposium: Socio-materiality in learning and development (in collaboration with
Fabienne Gfeller). International Society for Cultural-historical Activity Research Congress,
Université Laval, Quebec: 28th August - 1st September 2017.
2. Convener of Special Event: “Socio-Material & Posthuman Configurations in Child & Youth
Studies: Moving In-Between the Personal & the Collective”. British Sociological Association
Annual Conference, Manchester: 4-6 April 2017.
3. Organiser: Virtual Pedagogy Lectures, University of Roehampton, September 2015 – April
2016 (with invited speakers J. Potter, J. Marsh, S. Banaji).
4. Chair: Interdisciplinary International Symposium Learning and Development with Digital
Technologies: Cross-cultural Perspectives. Moscow State University of Psychology and
Education, Moscow, Russia: June 30–July 1, 2012 (in collaboration with N. Ulanova).
5. Core Member of the Scientific Committee & Co-Coordinator of PhD Day. 2011 Congress of
the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research. Rome, Italy: September 4-10,
2011.
6. Chair: International Symposium: Situating Childhood & Child Development: Socio-cultural
Approaches and Educational Interventions. University of Potsdam, April, 9-10, 2010 (in
collaboration with Hartmut Giest & Georg Rückriem).
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7. Chair: International Symposium: Digital Technologies & Emerging Youth Cultures, Moscow
State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia: April 27-28, 2012 (total
budget approx. €4000 by the Ministry of Education of Russia, in cooperation with Dr. N.
Ulanova).
8. Chair: Symposium: Challenging the Concept of Development in Developmental Psychology:
Symbolic, Discursive & Material Aspects. Conference of International Society for Theoretical
Psychology, Toronto, Canada: June 18–22, 2007.
9. Chair: Interdisciplinary Symposium: Materializations of Time: from Memory to Performance.
Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany: January 25, 2007.
E. Marks of Esteem
Honorary Positions & Awards:
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Peer Reviewer Global Challenges Research Fund - Research Councils UK (since October
2016)
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International Champion - University of Roehampton 2015/16
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Medal of the Moscow State University for Psychology and Education for founding the
International Cultural and Activity Research Summer University for PhD Students in Moscow
& Visiting Professorship (travel expenses approx. €1000 per year). Moscow State University
of Psychology and Education, Russia: June 20-24, 2010, August 26-September 2, 2011 &
June 26-July 19, 2012.
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Secretary of the International Society for Cultural & Activity Research (September 2008 –
September 2011)
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Core member of RISE/ Research in Inequalities, Societies and Education Advisory Board,
University of Roehampton (since September 2014)
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Nomination for the Distinguished Dissertation Award of the Division G “Social Context of
Education” of the American Educational Research Association (by Prof. B. Fichtner,
Universität Siegen, December 14, 2007)
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Scholarship for Ph.D. Studies at the Free University Berlin (Hellenic Republic Scholarships
Foundation, €23000). Athens, Greece: September 01, 2004–December 30, 2006.
Visiting Fellowships/ Professorships:
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Visiting Professorship at Escuela Normal del Estado, Division de Estudios de Posgrado, San
Luis Potosi, Mexico: September 2014.
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Visiting Professorship at Pontíficia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil:
March, 2010; March, 2011, June 2013, May – June 2014 (funded by FAPESP & Marie
Curie).
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Marie Curie Visiting Fellowship at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi, India: December 2012 – January 2013.
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Marie Curie Visiting Fellowship at Moscow State University of Psychology and Education,
Russia: June 2010, August – September 2011 & June-July 2012.
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Visiting Fellowship at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil:
March, 2010.
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Visiting Fellowship at New York University & The Graduate Center, City University of New
York, USA: March 01 – June 30, 2009 (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research
and Education).
Memberships & Editorial Activities:
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Higher Education Academy Fellow (since 2015)
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Member of the Editorial Board of European Journal of Psychology of Education
Co-editor of Outlines: Critical Practice Studies
Member of the Editorial Board of Educação em Foco (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora,
Brazil)
Peter Lang Principal International Book Series Editor: (Post-)Critical Social Studies: Global
Perspectives
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Corresponding Editor of Current Anthropology
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Reader/Reviewer of the Springer Series International Studies in Early Childhood Education
Reader/Reviewer of the Routledge Research in Education Series
Reviewer: British Journal of Sociology; London Review of Education, European Journal of
Psychology & Education; Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology;
Outlines: Critical Practice Studies; Environment and Planning A, Mind, Culture & Activity;
Ethnography; Memory Studies; Culture Theory and Critique etc.
Editor of the Newsletter and of the Webpage of the International Society for Cultural &
Activity Research (September 2008 – September 2010)
Member: British Educational Research Association (2015-); Gender and Education
Association (2015-); German Society for Educational Science/ Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Erziehungswissenschaft (2012-); American Educational Research Association (2010-2013);
International Society for Theoretical Psychology (2007-2010), International Society for
Cultural-Historical Activity Research (2005-)
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Invited Lectures & Keynotes:*
(*All other papers presented at conferences are listed in the final section of the CV)
26. Invited Lecture: “Transforming Countryside Education in Brazil: Exploring the Landless
Workers Movement”. ISCAR Preconference Workshop “Research with Transformative
Agendas: Increasing Equality in Education and Beyond”, Quebec: August 28, 2017.
25. Invited Lecture: “Hyperconnecting Youth in Critical Times”. Centre for Education Studies,
University of Warwick, Coventry: February 1, 2017.
24. Invited Lecture: “Experiencing developmental crises in critical times: From realising
potential futures to actualising virtual possibilities?” School of Education, University of
Oxford: June 08, 2016.
23. Invited Lectures: “Youth Development in Critical Periods: Realising Potential Futures or
Actualising Virtual Possibilities?” & “Biopedagogies, Materialities & Sensuous Media
in Learning & Development”. University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland: May 26-27, 2016.
22. Keynote: “El Proceso de la Enseñanza Aprendizaje: Los Nuevos Medios y Los Viejos
Problemas // Teaching & Learning Processes: New Media and Old Problems”. Escuela
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Normal del Estado, Division de Estudios de Posgrado, San Luis Potosi, Mexico: September
08, 2014.
21. Invited Lecture: “Is a Virtual Pedagogy a Pedagogy of Virtue? Old Problems and New
Media”. Departamento de Investigationes Educativas, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico:
August 25, 2014.
20. Invited Lecture: “New Media and Old Problems: Quo Vadit Education?” MA Childhood
Studies and Children’s Rights. Faculty of Psychology & Education, Free University Berlin,
Berlin, Germany: 12 June 12, 2014.
19. Invited Round Table Discussion: “Coming of Age in a Hyperconnected World”. International
Conference: Hyperconnecting Schools/ Forum: Digital Literacies in Brazil. Pontifícia
Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil: May 17, 2014 (in Portuguese).
18. Invited Lecture: “Pedagogy of the Opressed in a Hyperconnected World: New Media and Old
Problems”. Centro de Artes e Comunicação, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE),
Recife, Brazil: May 27, 2014 (in Portuguese).
17. Invited Lecture: “Hiperconectando Jovens de Todo o Mundo: Um Dialogo entre o Passado e
o Futuro // Hyperconnecting Youth from all over the Globe: A Dialogue Between the Past and
the Future”. Faculdade Paulus de Tecnologia e Comunicação, São Paulo, Brazil: May 15,
2014 (in Portuguese).
16. Invited Lecture: Coming of Age in a Hyperconnected World // Crescendo em um Mundo
Hiperconectado. Faculty of Education, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil: May 6, 2014 (in Portuguese).
15. Keynote: “Transnational, Intermediary, Cross-Level, Multi-disciplinary, Meta-reflective:
Exploring the Future of Education with Digital Media”. International Symposium “Global
Perspectives on Learning and Development with Digit@l Media”. Pontifícia Universidade
Católica de São Paulo, Brazil: June 08, 2013.
14. Invited Lecture: “The Body as Network: Relational Approaches to the Body and Implications
in Childhood Studies, Psychology and Education”. Transdisciplinary Symposium “The
Absent Presence of the Body in Social Sciences, Art, Education and Health Sciences:
Methodological Issues and New Perspectives”. University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece: June
22–24, 2012 (in Greek).
13. Invited Lecture: “What Comes After Cognition? Food-eating as a Point of Departure in
Psychology and Education”. Workshop “The Rise of Child Science and Psy-expertise”. The
Center for Research in International Medical Anthropology, Brunel University & Royal
Anthropological Institute. London, UK: May 29-30, 2012.
12. Invited Lecture: “Cultura Juvenil e Ensino Profissional (Youth Culture and Vocational
Education)”. Web-Conference at Centro de Artes, Faculdade da Educação, Universidade
Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil: February, 28, 2012 (in Portuguese).
11. Keynote: “Digital Media, Material-Semiotics and Identity Making: Critical Reflections in
Critical Times”. Conference “Discurso, Identidade e Sociedade”, Departamento de
Linguística Aplicada, Universidade de Campinas & Departamento de Letras Modernas,
Universidade São Paulo. Campinas, Brazil: February 14-16, 2012 (in Portuguese).
10. Invited Lecture: “Innovative Educational Practices in the Countryside: University Research in
Dialogue with Countryside Movements in Brazil, Espírito Santo” (with E. Foerste). Faculty of
Education, University of Crete, Greece: October 11, 2011 (in Greek).
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09. Invited Lecture: “Analyzing Material-Semiotic Orderings in Everyday Life: Towards a New
Methodology of Research in Social Sciences”. Department of Sociology, University of Crete,
Rethymno, Greece: May 24, 2011 (in Greek).
08. Invited Lecture: “The Landless Rural Workers’ Movement in Brazil Celebrates Its 25 Years:
Contradictions and Open Questions”. Department of Anthropology, Panteion University of
Athens, Athens, Greece: April 5, 2011 (in Greek).
07. Invited Lecture: “Educação dos Sujeitos Periféricos: Da Reflexão Sobre Sui-mesmo e Sucesso
Individual à Reflexão Critica & Desenvolvimento Coletivo”. Department of Education,
Federal University of Porto Alegre, Brazil: March 18, 2010 (in Portuguese).
06. Invited Lecture: “Children, Culture & Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches and
International Perspectives”. Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil: March 10,
2010.
05. Invited Lecture: “Cotidiano Escolar e Reflexão Critica em Berlin e Califórnia/USA”.
Department of Education, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil: February 22,
2010 (in Portuguese).
04. Keynote: “Cups, Plates, CVs and other Material-Semiotic Orderings in Child and Youth
Development”. International Conference “Psychologie du Développement, Sémiotique et
Culture”, University of Lausanne, Switzerland: December 10-12, 2009.
03. “Matter matters: Doing Ethnography at School”. Conference “Ethnographische Forschung in
der Erziehungswissenschaft: Felder, Theorien und Methodologien”, Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt, Germany: November 26–28, 2009 (invited closing remarks in German).
02. Invited Lecture: “What is Healthy Food in the Kindergarten? A Relational-processual
Analysis of Eating & Health-related Practices in Two Kindergartens in Berlin, Germany”.
Department of Anthropology, New York University, USA: April 24, 2009.
01. Invited Lecture: “Time, Mediation and Human Development: An Ethnographic Microanalysis of Two Urban Educational Projects”. Graduate School of Developmental
Psychology, City University of New York, USA: April 21, 2009.
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F. Teaching Experience
PhD Supervision & Awarded PhD Studentships:
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External Examiner: PhD Dissertation Learning through enactment in techno-human
ecosystems: Implications for the adoption of technologies drawn from agricultural and ICT
interventions in the Philippines by Gilbert Importante, Faculty of Education and Social Work,
University of Sydney, Australia (2016)
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PhD Supervisor: HyperConnecting Youth: Vice Chancellor PhD Scholarship, University of
Roehampton, 2015-ongoing) – PhD student: Myrto Nikolopoulou (£60.000)
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PhD Supervisor: Social Networks: Integrating New Technologies to Secondary Education
Classrooms: São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) PhD Scholarship for F. Cunha Junior,
VU University Amsterdam, 2013-ongoing (€40.000)
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Co-supervisor: Spatial Representations in Virtual Games: Ministry of Education in Brazil/
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel – PhD Scholarship for
Katherine Cilae Benedict (€5000, May-July 2015, successfully completed)
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External Examiner: PhD Dissertation Novas Technologias na Educação do Campo (New
Technologies in Countryside Education) by M. M. Poleto Oliveira, Universidade Federal do
Espírito Santo (successfully completed in 2012)
PhD Seminars:
Experiencing Developmental Crises in Critical Times (since July 2016)
EdD Seminar, School of Education, University of Roehampton & School of Education,
University of Sheffield
Introduction to Ethnography (October 2015 - April 2016)
PhD Seminar Graduate School, University of Roehampton (developed “from scratch”)
Implicaciones para la ensenanza de un mundo hiperconectado // Implications for Teaching in a
Hyperconnected World (August-September 2014)
Intensive Seminar for PhD Students, Escuela Normal del Estado, Division de Estudios de
Posgrado, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (developed “from scratch”)
Moving With and Beyond Vygotsky (June 2010, August-September 2011 & July 2012)
International Cultural and Activity Research Summer University for PhD Students. Moscow
State University of Education and Psychology, Moscow, Russia (developed “from scratch”)
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MA Teaching:
Psychology & Education (sicne September 2016)
Director of MSc Programme. Main Modules/ Courses: Difference, Disability and Diversity in
Psychology and Education & Research Methods in Psychology and Education (2 hours per
week, convener).
Leading Learning & Teaching (February 2014–February 2016)
MA Seminar, School of Education, University of Roehampton (2 hours per week, convener).
Social Research Methods (February 2014–June 2016)
MA Seminar, School of Education, University of Roehampton (2 hours per week, lecturer).
Education & Socio-cultural Differences (April–May 2013)
MA Seminar, Department of Research & Theory in Education, VU University Amsterdam (2
hours per week, convener). Evaluation: 4,18/5 (high)
Research Methodology in Education & Upbringing (February–May & September-November 2013)
MA Seminar, Department of Research & Theory in Education, VU University Amsterdam (4
hours per week). Evaluation: 3,79/5 (reasonably to fairly high)
Teaching, Learning & Human Development (November-January 2013)
MA Seminar, Department of Research & Theory in Education, VU University Amsterdam (4
hours per week, module convener)
Drawings and Moving Pictures (Videos, Films) in Qualitative Research (January–April 2011)
Invited lectures/ methodology seminar at the Department of Philosophy, Education and
Psychology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece (6 hours in total, in Greek).
Vygotsky and Education: Cultural and Societal Aspects of Learning and Development (February–
March 2010)
Programa de Pós Graduação em Linguística Aplicada e Estudos da Linguagem, Pontíficia
Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil (intensive seminar, 20 hours, module convener).
New Methodologies (October 2008–February 2009)
Neue Methodologien: ein Wechselspiel von Stringenz und Kreativität, Institute of European
Ethnology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (seminar, 2 hours per week, module
convener, developed “from scratch”)
Research Course: Transformations of the Self (April 2007–July 2008)
Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (Research course for
MAs lasting three semesters, 4 hours per week, module convener, developed “from scratch”)
Culture, Development & Psychology (April 2004–July 2006)
Colloquium (Graduate Seminar), Department of Psychology, Free University Berlin, Germany
(in cooperation with Prof. Martin Hildebrand-Nilshon, 2 hours per week)
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BA Teaching:
Psychology and Learning Communities (since September 2016)
Module Leader: BA Year 2 Course, School of Education, University of Sheffield (2 per week).
Researching Education (September 2014–June 2016)
Module Leader: BA Year 2 Qualitative & Quantitative Methodology Course, School of
Education, University of Roehampton (2-4 hours per week). Evaluation: 3,9/5 (reasonably to
fairly high)
Child Development (September 2014–June 2016)
BA Year 1 Course, School of Education, University of Roehampton (2-4 hours per week,
Module Convener). Evaluation: 3,7/5 (reasonably to fairly high)
Introduction to Educational Science (February–March 2014)
BA course, Department of Research & Theory in Education, VU University Amsterdam (4
hours per week).
Educating for the Good Life (September–December 2013)
Honors course for BA & MA students, Department of Research & Theory in Education, VU
University Amsterdam (3 hours per week)
Qualitative and Participatory Research Methodology (April 2005–July 2006)
Supervision of undergraduate level research internships (“Forschungspraktika”), and teaching
of the following subjects: Field Research and Participatory Observation/ Ethnography, MixedMethods Qualitative Research (Videos, Fieldnotes, Expert Interviews, etc.), Documentary
Method of Data Interpretation. Department of Psychology, Free University Berlin, Germany (3
hours per week)
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G. List of Publications & Papers Presented at Conferences
Monographs
1.
Kontopodis, Michalis (forthcoming). Indebted Youth: Crisis, Globalisation and Education.
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Kontopodis, Michalis (hardcover: 2012, paperback: 2014). Neoliberalism, Pedagogy and
Human Development: Exploring Time, Mediation and Collectivity in Contemporary Schools.
London and New York: Routledge – Taylor & Francis. (138 pages, ISBN13: 978-0-41551676-1)
Reviewed in:
Connolly, M. (2015). Book review: Michalis Kontopodis: Neoliberalism, pedagogy and
human development: Exploring time, mediation and collectivity in contemporary schools.
Power & Education, 7(3), 370-371.
Klitmøller, J. (2014). Review of Kontopodis, Michalis (2012): Neoliberalism, pedagogy and
human development. Outlines: Critical Practice Studies, 15(3), 97-101.
Gfeller, F. (2014). Terrain au sein du mouvement des sans-terre au Brésil: quelles visions du
développement, de l’éducation et de l’engagement? Notes de lecture de Kontopodis, M.
(2012). Cahiers de psychologie et éducation (Université de Neuchâtel), 50, 15-20.
Reply:
Kontopodis, M. (2016). Vygotsky, Neoliberalism and Post- structuralism: A Response to
Jacob Klitmøller and Two Further Reviews of my Book “Neoliberalism, Pedagogy and
Human Development”. Outlines: Critical Practice Studies, 17, 1 129-134, open access:
http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines/article/view/24209
Edited Volumes (10)
1. Kontopodis, M.; Varvantakis, C. & Wulf, C. (Eds) (2017). Global Youth in Digital
Trajectories. London: Routledge.
2. Kontopodis, M.; Magalhães, M.C. & Coracini, M.J. (Eds) (2016). Facing Poverty and
Marginalization: 50 Years of Critical Research in Brazil. Bern, Oxford & New York: Peter
Lang.
3. Kontopodis, Michalis & Perret-Clermont, Anne-Nelly (Guest Eds) (2016). Educational
Settings as Interwoven Socio-Material Orderings. European Journal of Psychology of
Education, Vol. 31, Issue 1 (Impact Factor: 0.790).
4. Kontopodis, Michalis; Wulf, Christoph & Fichtner, Bernd (Eds) (2011). Children,
Development and Education: Cultural, Historical, Anthropological Perspectives. New York:
Springer. (261 pages, ISBN: 978-94-007-0242-4)
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Kontopodis, Michalis & Newnham, Denise (Guest Eds) (2011). Expanding CulturalHistorical and Critical Perspectives on Child and Youth Development, Ethos, 39(1) (Impact
Factor: 0.955).
6. Kontopodis Michalis; Niewöhner, Jörg & Beck, Stefan (Guest Eds) (2011). Investigating
Emerging Biomedical Practices: Zones of Awkward Engagement on Different Scales.
Science, Technology & Human Values, 36(5) (Impact Factor: 2.333).
7. Kontopodis, Michalis & Niewöhner, Jörg (Eds) (2010). Das Selbst als Netzwerk: Zum
Einsatz von Körpern und Dingen im Alltag (The Self as Network: On the Employment of
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Bodies and Things in the Everyday). Bielefeld: transcript (226 pages, ISBN: 978-3-83761599-9)
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Kontopodis, Michalis & Matera Vincenzo (Guest Eds) (2010). Doing Memory, Doing
Identity: Politics of the Everyday in Contemporary Global Communities. Outlines: Critical
Practice Studies, 16(1), Open Access: http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines
9. Kontopodis, Michalis & Kozin, Alex (Guest Eds) (2009). Materializing Times: From
Memory to Imagination. Memory Studies, 2(1) (Impact Factor: 0.509).
10. Kontopodis, Michalis (Ed) (2009). Children, Culture & Emerging Educational Challenges:
A Dialogue with Brazil. Berlin: Lehmanns Media (199 pages, ISBN: 978-3-86541-355-0).
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals (19 in total)
1. Kontopodis, Michalis. (2016). Eating in the Nursery School: Pedagogy, Performativity &
Biopolitics. Horizontes. Open access: https://revistahorizontes.usf.edu.br/horizontes/index
2. Rezende F. da Cunha Júnior, van Oers B. & Kontopodis M. (2016). Collaborating on
Facebook: Teachers Exchanging Experiences Through Social Networking Sites. Culturalhistorical psychology, 12(3), 290-309, http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/chp.2016120318
3. Kontopodis, Michalis & Perret-Clermont, Anne-Nelly (2016). Educational Settings as
Interwoven Socio-Material Orderings: An Introduction. European Journal of Psychology of
Education, 31(1), 1-12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10212-015-0269-2 (Impact Factor: 0.790).
4. Kontopodis, Michalis (2015). How and Why Should Children Eat Fruit and Vegetables?
Ethnographic Insights into Diverse Body Pedagogies. Social Science & Medicine, 143, 297303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.062 (Impact Factor: 2.558)
5. Kontopodis, Michalis (2013). Eating Christmas Cookies, Whole-wheat Bread and Frozen
Chicken in the Kindergarten: Doing Pedagogy by Other Means. Zeitschrift für
Erziehungswissenschaft (German Journal of Educational Research), 16(2), 123-138.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11618-013-0412-2 (Impact Factor: 0.434)
6. Kontopodis, Michalis (2013). Biomedicine, Psychology and the Kindergarten: Children at
Risk and Emerging Knowledge Practices. Sport, Education and Society, 18(4), 475-493,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.605115 (Impact Factor: 1.172).
7. Kontopodis, Michalis (2013). Trinta Anos de Construção Identitária Sem Terra no Espírito
Santo: Explorando um Projeto Político-Pedagógico de Vanguarda Contra o Neoliberalismo
(30 years of Landless Identity Politics in Espírito Santo, Brazil: Exploring an Avant-garde
Political-pedagogical Project). Perspectiva, 31(3), 919-938. [In Portuguese]. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2013v31n3p919 (open access).
8. Kontopodis, Michalis (2013). Von einer Geteilten Vergangenheit zu einer Gemeinsamen
Zukunft und Vice Versa: Pädagogik, Agrarökologie und Solidarität in der
Landlosenbewegung in Espírito Santo, Brasilien (From Shared Pasts to Common Futures and
Back: Agroecology, Solidarity and Pedagogy in the Landless Movement in Espírito Santo,
Brazil). Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften (German Journal of Cultural Sciences), 2, 53-64.
9. Foerste, Erineu & Kontopodis, Michalis (2012). Die Pädagogik der Erde (Pedagogia da
Terra) als Herausforderung für die Erziehungswissenschaften: Eine Bewertung der
Partnerschaft zwischen der Bewegung der Landlosen („Movimento Sem Terra“) und der
Bundesuniversität von Espírito Santo in Brasilien. Journal für tätigkeitstheoretische
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Forschung in Deutschland, 9, 87-106. Open Access: http://www.ichsciences.de/fileadmin/pdf/Ausgabe_9/vol_9_2012-5-foerste-kontopodis.pdf [in German]
10. Kontopodis, Michalis (2012). How Things Matter in Everyday Lives of Preschool Age
Children: Material-Semiotic Investigations in Psychology and Education. Journal für
Psychologie, 20(1), 1-14. Open Access: http://www.journal-fuerpsychologie.de/index.php/jfp/article/view/116/29
11. Kontopodis Michalis, Niewöhner Jörg, & Beck Stefan (2011). Investigating Emerging
Biomedical Practices: Zones of Awkward Engagement on Different Scales. Science,
Technology & Human Values, 36(5), 599-615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0162243910392798
(Impact Factor: 2.333).
12. Niewöhner, J., Döring, M., Kontopodis, M., Madarász, J., & Heintze, C. (2011).
Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity Prevention in Germany: An Investigation into a
Heterogeneous Engineering Project. Science, Technology & Human Values, 36(5), 723-751,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0162243910392797 (Impact Factor: 2.333).
13. Kontopodis, Michalis (2011). Transforming the Power of Education for Young Minority
Women: Narrations, Meta-Reflection, and Societal Change. Ethos, 39 (1), 76-97,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1352.2010.01172.x (Impact Factor: 0.955).
14. Kontopodis, Michalis & Matera, Vincenzo (2010). Doing Memory, Doing Identity: Politics
of the Everyday in Contemporary Global Communities. Outlines. Critical Practice Studies, 2,
1-14, http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines (open access).
15. Kontopodis, Michalis (2009). Documents’ Memories. Enacting Pasts and Futures in the
School for Individual Learning-in-Practice. Memory Studies. 2(1): 11-26.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750698008097392 (Impact Factor: 0.509).
16. Kontopodis, Michalis (2007). Fabrication of Times and Micro-formation of Discourse at a
Secondary School [88 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative
Social Research, 8(1). http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-07/07-1-11-e.htm (open
access)
17. Kontopodis, Michalis (2007). Human Development as Semiotic-Material Ordering:
Sketching a Relational Developmental Psychology. Outlines: Critical Social Studies. 9(1), 521, http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines/article/view/2082 (open access).
18. Pourkos, Marios & Kontopodis, Michalis (2006). The Perception (Understanding) of Time
in the Linguistic and Pictorial Metaphors of Adolescents. Educational Sciences (Επιστήμες
της Αγωγής) 3, 83-98, http://ediamme.edc.uoc.gr/index.php?id=82,0,0,1,0,0 [in Greek]
19. Pourkos, Marios & Kontopodis, Michalis (2005). How 16-years old Students Experience
Time in School. Psychology, (The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society), 12: 2, 249275, 2005, http://www.elpse.gr/index.php/el/katalogos-teyxwn/category/27-teyxos-02.html [in
Greek]
Original Chapters in Edited Books (9)
1. Ferrin, Nino & Kontopodis, Michalis (2017). Technography of Gaming Cultures in Berlin:
Exploring Sensuous Media, Imagination, and the Body. In: M. Kontopodis, C. Varvantakis, &
C. (eds). Global Youth in Digital Trajectories. London: Routledge.
2. De Bruin-Wassinkmaat, A.-R., & Kontopodis, M. (2016). How should an ideal innovation
process take place? A dialogue with teachers from innovative Dutch secondary schools. In B.
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Althans & J. Engel (eds.), Responsive Organisationsforschung: Methodologien und
institutionelle Rahmungen von Übergängen (pp. 255-283). Wiesbaden: Springer VS-Verlag.
3. Kontopodis, Michalis & Trouli, Sofia & Graeser, Stefanie (2016). Analyzing Children and
Young People’s Drawings: History, Interpretation and Open Questions. In: M. Pourkos (ed.)
Possibilities and Limits of Arts-Based Qualitative Research Methodologies. Athens: Ion. [in
Greek]
4. Kontopodis, Michalis (2011). Enacting Human Developments: from Representation to
Virtuality. In: M. Kontopodis, C. Wulf & B. Fichtner (eds.) Children, Development and
Education: Cultural, Historical, Anthropological Perspectives (pp. 185-206). Dordrecht,
London, New Delhi and New York: Springer (ISBN: 978-94-007-0242-4).
5. Kontopodis, Michalis; Wulf, Christoph & Fichtner, Bernd (2011). Children, Culture and
Education: A Dialogue between Cultural Psychology and Historical Anthropology. In: M.
Kontopodis, C. Wulf and B. Fichtner (eds.) (2011) Children, Development and Education:
Cultural, Historical, Anthropological Perspectives (pp. 1-24). Dordrecht, London, New Delhi
and New York: Springer (ISBN: 978-94-007-0242-4).
6. Margit-Schütz-Foerste, Gerda; Kontopodis, Michalis & Ramos de Vasconcellos, Vera
(2011). Semiotic Mediation and Images of Childhood: A Study of the Aesthetic-visual
Education with Children. In: U. Buchmann, E. Diezemann, R. Huisinga, S. Koehler & T.
Zielke (eds.) Internationale Perspektiven der Subjektentwicklungs- und Inklusionsforschung
(pp. 188-202). Frankfurt am Main: Verlag der Gesellschaft zur Förderung arbeitsorientierter
Forschung und Bildung (ISBN 978-3-925070-87-7). [in English]
7.
Niewöhner, Jörg & Kontopodis, Michalis (2011). Kardiovaskuläre Prävention als Technik
zur Bildung von Leben selbst. Eine ethnographische Untersuchung (Cardiovascular
Prevention as Technique of Life-Itself). In: J. Kehr, J. Vailly & J. Niewöhner (eds.) Leben
Und Gesellschaft. Biomedizin, Politik, Sozialwissenschaften (Life in Societies: Biomedicine,
Politics and Social Sciences) (pp. 271-298). Bielefeld: transcript (ISBN 978-3-8376-1744-3).
[in German]
8. Kontopodis, Michalis (2008). The “Transitory” Moment: On Time & Subjectivity in
Contemporary Art and Art and Dance Therapy. In: R. Hampe, D. & P. Stalder (eds.)
Grenzüberschreitungen - Bewusstseinswandel und Gesundheitshandeln (pp. 459-467). Berlin:
Frank & Timme (ISBN-10: 3865961126).
9. Kontopodis, Michalis (2006). Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Time: Time as a
Socio-historical and Cultural phenomenon and its Implication. In: M. Pourkos (ed.) SocioHistorical and Cultural Approaches in Psychology and Education (pp. 227- 244). Athens:
Atrapos. [in Greek]
Translations & Reprints (12)
1. Kontopodis, Michalis; Margit Schütz-Foerste, Gerda & Foerste, Erineu (2016). „Wir Leben
Nicht Nur Vom Essen“: Einschränkungen Der Agrarökologie, Die Gefahr Des Konsumismus
Und Die Pädagogik der Erde In Der Landlosenbewegung In Brasilien (“We Do Not Live
Only On food”: Limitations of Agroecology, the Danger of Consumerism and Pedagogics of
the Land in Brazil). In: Birgit Althans & Johannes Bilstein (eds.) Essen, Bildung, Konsum:
Pädagogisch-anthropologische Perspektiven (Food, Education, Consumption: Pedagogicalanthropological Perspectives) (pp. 267-288). Wiesbaden: Springer VS-Verlag. [in German]
2. Kontopodis, Michalis & Ferrin, Nino (2016). Technography of Digital Games: New Media,
Imagination and the Body. In: Pyrgiotakis, I. (ed.). Research Methodology in Social Sciences
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and Education: Contributing to Epistemological Theory and Research Practice (pp. 318341). Athens: Pedio. [in Greek]
3. Schütz-Foerste, G. M., de Vasconcellos Ramos, V., Kontopodis, M., & Foerste, E. (2015).
“Sem Terrinha”: Mediações na formação identitária da criança do Movimento Sem Terra. In
E. Foerste, V. Côco, G. M. Schütz-Foerste, B. Fichtner, & I. Behnken (Eds.), Educação do
campo e infâncias (pp. 63-80). Curitiba: Editora CRV [in Portuguese]
4. Ferrin, Nino & Kontopodis, Michalis (2015). Video Games Interativos e Novas
Possibilidades Para a Ação Corporal e a Imaginação (Interactive Video Games & New
Possibilities for Embodied Action and Imagination). Nuances: Estudos sobre Educação,
26(1), 132-147. Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14572/nuances.v26i1.3823
5. Kontopodis, Michalis (2015). A Juventude em Movimento no Brasil Contemporâneo, ou:
Compartilhando Alguns Momentos Intensos com José, Carlos, Raquel e Werá Mirim (Youth
in Movement in Contemporary Brazil, or: Sharing a Few Intense Moments with José, Carlos,
Raquel, and Werá Mirim). In: R. Ribes, A. E. Lopes & N. Santos (eds.) Infância, Juventude e
Educação: Práticas e Pesquisas em Diálogo (Childhood, Youth and Education: Practices and
Research Projects in Dialogue) (pp. 171-185). Rio de Janeiro: NAU. [in Portuguese]
6. Kontopodis, Michalis (2014). De l’Importance des Choses dans la Vie Quotidienne des
Enfants d’âge Pré-scolaire. Enquêtes Ethnographiques en Psychologie du Développement et
en Education. In C. Moro & N. Muller-Mirza (eds.), Sémiotique, Culture e Développement
Psychologique (pp. 195-204). Paris: Editions du Septentrion. [in French]
7. Kontopodis, Michalis (2014). Analyzing Material-Semiotic Orderings in Everyday Life at
School: Towards a New Methodology of Research in Educational Psychology and in Social
Sciences. In Marios Pourkos (ed.) Possibilities and Limitations of Qualitative Methodologies
in Social Scientific and Educational Research: Expanding Perspectives in Research Design
(pp. 517-529). Athens: Ion. [in Greek]
8. Niewöhner, Jörg & Kontopodis, Michalis (2011). La prévention cardiovasculaire comme
technique de formation à la vie elle-même. Une étude ethnographique. In: Janina Kehr, Joelle
Vailly, and Jörg Niewöhner (eds.) De la vie biologique à la vie sociale: Approches
sociologiques et anthropologiques (pp. 242-267). Paris: La Decouverte (ISBN:
9782707168979). [in French]
9. Контоподис, Михалис (2010 and 2011): Сочинения молодых женщин из меньшинств и
мета рефлексия в школе: диалог между Выготским и Фуко.Часть 1-2 (Young Minority
Women's Narrations and Meta-Reflection at School: A Dialogue between Vygotsky and
Foucault, Published in Part I and II). Культурно историческая психология – Russian
Journal of Cultural-Historical Рsychology, 4, 99-110, 2010 and 1, 72-79, 2011,
http://psyjournals.ru/en/authors/a33223.shtml [in Russian]
10. Kontopodis, Michalis & Graeser, Stefanie (2010). „Die Leiter Hochgehen“ oder „Wie sich
ein marginalisierter Schüler zu seiner Entwicklung in der Schule äußert“: Eine exemplarische
Zeichnungsinterpretation auf der Basis der dokumentarischen Methode (On the Way Up the
Ladder: How a Marginalized Student Expresses Himself about His Development at School.
Exemplary Drawing Interpretation on the Basis of the Documentary Method). Cadernos de
Pesquisa em Educação, 16 (32), 184-208 [in German]
11. Kontopodis, Michalis (2010) Reflexão, Educação e Mudança da Sociedade através de
Narrativas de Alunas Jovens de Grupos Minoritários: Um Diálogo entre Vigotski e Foucault
(Reflection, Education and Societal Change through Young Minority Female Students’
Narratives: Α Dialogue Between Vygotsky and Foucault) ZETETIKÉ – Faculdade de
Educação – Unicamp, 18, 448-483. Open Access:
http://www.fe.unicamp.br/revistas/ged/zetetike/article/view/2835 [in Portuguese].
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12. Kontopodis, Michalis & Pourkos, Marios (2006). Das Alltagswissen von Jugendlichen über
Zeit in der Schule: von Stillstehenden Uhren, Aufeinander Folgenden Blocks u. a. Bildlichen
Metaphern (The Everyday Knowledge of Young People about their Time in School: Still
Clocks, Following Each Other Blocks and Other Pictorial Metaphors). In: Maria Benites & B.
Fichtner (eds) Vom Umgang mit Differenz: Globalisierung und Regionalisierung im
interkulturellen Diskurs (Dealing with Difference: Globalization and Regionalization in
Intercultural Discourse) (pp. 221-241). Oberhausen: Athena (ISBN: 9783898962452). [in
German]
Editorials, Visual Works & Other Publications
1. Kontopodis, Michalis (2014). Time. In T. Teo (ed.) Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology (pp.
1969-1971). Dordrecht and New York: Springer. Online Springer Ref:
http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/306938.html.
2. Triliva, Sofia; Kontopodis, Michalis; Dafermakis, Manolis & Varvantakis, Christos (2013).
Cross-cultural/ Trans-national Field Research Ethics Guide for Social Sciences. Athens,
Greece: DIGIT-M-ED (open access online publication, 30 pages:
http://digitmed.wordpress.com/outcomesresults/ethical-guide/).
3. Kontopodis, Michalis (2012). The „Political“ in Science & Technology Studies. Review
Essay/ A Reply To: Niklas Alexander Chimirri (2012). Review: M. Kontopodis & J.
Niewöhner (eds.) (2010). Das Selbst als Netzwerk. Zum Einsatz von Körpern und Dingen im
Alltag [The Self as Network: On Everyday Uses of Bodies and Things [16 paragraphs].
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 13(3). Open
Access: URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1202242
4. Kontopodis, Michalis & Jörg Niewöhner (2011). Technologien des Selbst im Alltag: Eine
Einführung (Technologies of the Self in the Everyday: An Introduction). In: M. Kontopodis
and J. Niewöhner, (eds) Das Selbst als Netzwerk: Zum Einsatz von Körpern und Dingen im
Alltag (The Self as Network: On the Employment of Bodies and Things in the Everyday) (pp.
9-24). Bielefeld: transcript (ISBN: 978-3-8376-1599-9).
5. Kontopodis, Michalis & Newnham, Denise Shelley (2011). Building Bridges in Dialogue
with the Future: An Introduction to Dialogue 2011. Ethos, 39(1), 71-75,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1352.2010.01171.x
6. Kontopodis, Michalis (2010). Childrearing in China, Japan and US: Videos, Narrations and
Diachronic Comparison. Book and DVD Review of: Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited:
China, Japan and the United States. By Joseph Tobin, Yeh Hsueh, and Mayumi Karasawa.
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2009. Current Anthropology, 51(5):
717-719, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655887
7. Kontopodis, Michalis (2009). Culture, Dialogue and Emerging Educational Challenges: An
Introduction. In: Kontopodis, Michalis (ed). Children, Culture & Emerging Educational
Challenges: A Dialogue with Brazil (pp. 9- 23). Berlin: Lehmanns Media (ISBN: 978-386541-355-0).
8. Kontopodis, Michalis (2009). Editorial: Time: Matter: Multiplicity. Memory Studies. 2(1):
5-10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750698008097391
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Papers Presented at Conferences (*invited presentations/ keynotes are listed above)
44. “Youth in Movement in Contemporary Brazil: Moving Stories of José, Carlos, Raquel, and
Werá Mirim”. BERA 2016 Conference, University of Leeds, September 13-15, 2016.
43. “Youth Development in Critical Times: Doing Collective Pasts & Futures”. Conference of
the South and Central Europe and Middle East Section of the International Society for
Cultural-Historical and Activity Research “Cultural-Historical, Activity and Sociocultural
Research at Times of Crisis: Implications for Education and Human Development”,
University of Crete, June 18-19, 2016.
42. “How to Teach Critically Developmental Psychology?” International Society for Theoretical
Psychology Conference “Resistance & Renewal”, University of Coventry, Coventry, UK:
June 26–30, 2015.
41. “Widening Participation in BA Developmental Psychology Courses: A Theory-Based
Intervention”. 10th Biennial Conference of the Gender and Education Association
“Feminisms, Power and Pedagogy”. University of Roehampton, London: June 24–26, 2015
(with Marta Jackowska & Christine Becker-Hardt).
40.“Confronting the Challenges of Digital Media and Learning: Advancing the Debate to
Education, Youth and Citizenship”. 4th International Congress of the International Society for
Cultural and Activity Research, Sydney, Australia, 29 September–3 October, 2014 (with
Wellington Oliveira).
39. “Transnational, Multimodal, Meta-reflective, Participatory: Exploring the Future of
Education with Hypermedia and Social Networks”. 24. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft
für Erziehungswissenschaft: „Traditionen und Zukünfte“. Humboldt University Berlin,
Germany: March 9–12, 2014 (with Christos Varvantakis).
38. „We Do Not Live Just on the Basis of Food“: Exploring the Landless Childhood &
Countryside Education in Espírito Santo, Brazil. 2012 Inter-Congress of the International
Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) “Children and Youth in a
Changing World”. Bhubaneswar, India: November 26–30, 2012.
37. “Dealing with Presences and Absences in Landless Workers’ Agro-ecological Communities
in Espírito Santo, Brazil”. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science jointly
with European Association for the Study of Science and Technology. Copenhagen Business
School, Frederiksberg, Denmark: October 17–20, 2012.
36. “Are NEW Media Indeed NEW?“ Interdisciplinary International Symposium “Learning and
Development with Digital Technologies: Cross-cultural Perspectives”, Moscow State
University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia: June 30–July 1, 2012.
35. “Digital Technologies & Emerging Youth Cultures: Multimodal, cultural psychological and
anthropological perspectives”. International Symposium “Digital Technologies & Emerging
Youth Cultures”, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia:
April 27–28, 2012.
34. “Education, Marginalization and In-between Spaces in Contemporary Brazil. Interdisciplinary
Perspectives and Methodological Issues”. Workshop “In-between Spaces & In-famous Voices
in Contemporary Brazil: Challenging Education, Psychology and Society. Pontificia
Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil: March 3, 2011.
33. “Pure Reflection: From Velasquez to Postwar Cinema and From Foucault to Contemporary
Multimedia Participatory Youth Research”. Interdisciplinary Symposium: Possibilities and
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Limits of Arts-Based Qualitative Research Methodologies. University of Crete, Rethymnon:
November 25–26, 2011 (in Greek).
32. “Landlose Kinder (Sem Terrinha). Postkoloniale Kleinlandwirtschaft und „Pädagogik des
Landes“ in Espírito Santo, Brasilien” (with E. Foerste & G. Margit Schuetz-Foerste).
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft, Kommission Pädagogische Anthropologie
Jahrestagung 2011. Trier, Germany: October 6–8, 2011.
31. Discussant, Regional Invited Symposium: “Saudi Arabian Cultural Heritage: A Fertile Terrain
for Cultural Historical Psychology” (Chair: Mohamed Elhammoumi, Presenters: Mohamed
Elhammoumi, Saad Al-Zahrani, Abdulrahman Al-Namlah, Ahmed Aljubaili). Congress of the
International Society for Cultural and Activity Research. Rome, Italy: 05–10 September,
2011.
30. “Material-Semiotic Analysis, Cultural-historical Approaches and Open Methodological
Questions on the Landless Workers’ Movement in Espírito Santo, Brazil” (with E. Foerste).
Congress of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research. Rome, Italy:
September 5–10, 2011.
29. “Critical Approaches to Socio-cultural-historical Research in Greece – General Introduction”
(with M. Dafermakis and M. Pourkos). Invited Symposium: “What happens when sociocultural-historical theory travels? Critical perspectives from Greece & general
epistemological issues”. Congress of the International Society for Cultural and Activity
Research. Rome, Italy: September 5–10, 2011.
28. “Analyzing Material-Semiotic Orderings in Everyday Life at School: Towards a New
Methodology of Research in Educational Psychology”. Interdisciplinary Symposium
“Possibilities and Limitations of Qualitative Methodologies in Psychology and Education”.
Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece: October 15–16,
2010 (in Greek).
27. “The Concept of ‘Relation’ and its Importance for the Dialogue Between Psychological and
Anthropological Approaches and Educational Research”. International Symposium:
“Anthropology and Psychology: Contemporary Challenges, Meeting Points and
Perspectives”. Department of Philosophy and Social Studies & Department of Psychology,
University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece: December 5–6, 2010 (in Greek).
26. “Studying Children & Childhood: In Dialogue with Other Fields & Approaches”.
International Symposium “Situating Childhood & Child Development: Sociocultural
Approaches and Educational Interventions”, University of Potsdam/ ISCAR, April, 9–10,
2010.
25. “Obesity Politics & Eating Matters in Berlin Kindergartens”. Congress of the American
Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, USA: December 2–6, 2009.
24. “Beyond the Preventive Self: Fieldnotes & Footnotes from an Interdisciplinary Project” (with
Martin Döring, Christoph Heintze, Jeanette Madarasz, Jörg Niewöhner). International
Symposium: Practice: Life: Multiplicity. Socio-material Orderings & Body Politics across the
20th and 21st Century. Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany: July 9–11, 2009.
23.“The Lived Experience of Time in School in Drawings and Language of Greek Students: A
Multimodal Methodological Approach”. International Interdisciplinary Conference “Lived
Experience, Metaphor and Multimodality”, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool
Education, University of Crete, Rethymno: October 10–12, 2008 (Poster, in Greek).
22.“Greek Adolescents’ Perception and Metaphorical Representation of Time in Their Drawings
and Speech”. International Interdisciplinary Conference “Lived Experience, Metaphor and
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Multimodality”, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education, University of
Crete, Rethymno: October 10–12, 2008 (Poster, in Greek).
21.“Prevention of Early Childhood Obesity and Politics of Life.” Journée d’étude “Health
policies, politics of life”, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Enjeux Sociaux,
EHESS-UP13, Paris, France: October 6–7, 2008.
20.“Fabricating Time and Youngsters’ Development in an Experimental School for Vocational
Education”. Conference of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research, San
Diego, California: September 8–13, 2008.
19. “Semiotic-Material Aspects of Memory Practices at school”. Conference of the European
Society of Social Anthropologists, Lublijana, Slovenia: August 26–30, 2008.
18. “Child Obesity Prevention: a Symmetrical Approach to the Everyday Life of People and
Bodies in a Healthy Kindergarten“. Conference of the European Association for the Study of
Science and Technology & the Society for Social Studies of Science, Erasmus University
Rotterdam: August 20–23, 2008.
17. “Time and Development in School. Socio-cultural Analysis of Individual Learning”.
Conference of the Hellenic Society for Developmental Psychology, Athens, Greece: May 28–
31, 2008 (in Greek).
16. “Obesity: Politics of Prevention through Semiotic-material Practices”. Conference: Politics of
Life: Anthropological Perspectives on Health and Biosociality, Panteion University of
Athens, Greece: May 16–17, 2008.
15. “Identity, Otherness and Alternative Educational Approaches”. Invited lecture for postgraduate students, Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete, Rethymno,
Greece: September 21, 2007.
14. ‘‘Towards a Relational-processual Approach to Development & Education“. 2nd
International Symposium of Cultural-Historical Anthropology and Cultural-Historical
Psychology, University of Siegen, Germany: December 6–8, 2007.
13. “Processing Time & Unlimiting Human Development”. Conference of the International
Society for the Study of Time, Monderey, California: July 28–August 3, 2007.
12. “Development as Involution”. Conference of the International Society of Theoretical
Psychology “Beyond Borders: Transdisciplinarity and Internationalization”, Toronto, Canada:
June 18–22, 2007.
11. “Post-methodological Considerations: Towards a Non-modern Approach to Social Sciences”.
Interdisciplinary Symposium: “Theory and Qualitative Research Methods. Perspectives and
limitations,” University of Crete, Greece: March 16–17, 2007 (in Greek).
10. “Unlimiting Human Development: Back to Vygotsky and Forward.” First International
Symposium of Cultural-Historical Anthropology and Cultural-Historical Psychology, Free
University of Berlin, Germany: December 01–02, 2006.
09. Invited Presentation: “Technologies of Time and Free Learning”. Symposium: “Learning as a
Dialogue with the Future,” University of Siegen, Germany: December 14–15, 2006 (in
German).
08. “The ‘Natural’ Development of Young Students: Organized School Discourse and
Institutionalized Temporality.” International Workshop “Event and Process in Organized
Discourse”, Free University Berlin, Germany: March 10–11, 2006.
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07. “The Temporal Understanding of Students at the School-for-Individual-Learning-in-Practice
and the Myth of Abstract Time.” 24. Workshop-Kongress Politische Psychologie, University
of Crete, Greece: May 22–23, 2005 (in Greek).
06. “Time at School & Students’ Temporal Perception”. Colloquium “Time, Discourse &
Materiality”, Free University Berlin, Germany: May 12, 2005.
05. “The Temporal Perception (Understanding) of Adolescent Students in a Changing
Educational Situation”. 1st ISCAR Congress, Seville: September 20–24, 2005.
04. “How do Adolescents Experience Time and Body in School?” Interdisciplinary Symposium
“Body, Education and experiential Knowledge: Socio-cultural practices and aspects of nonverbal communication and narration. University of Crete, Greece: November 5–6, 2004 (with
M. Pourkos, in Greek).
03. Invited Presentation: “The Temporal Experience of Adolescents in School as a Pictorial
Metaphor.” International Symposium “Place and identity during learning and developmental
processes”. University of Siegen & Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (Brazil). Siegen,
Germany: November 26–28, 2003 (with M. Pourkos, in German).
02. “An Ethnographic Study of the Temporal Perception (Understanding) of Students in the Cityas-School Berlin“ Colloquium of Developmental Psychology. Free University Berlin,
Germany: January 24, 2005 (in German).
01. “How do Students Experience their Time in School?” 9th Greek Conference for
Psychological Research, Greek Society of Psychology, Rhodos, Greece: May 21–24, 2003
(with M. Pourkos, in Greek).
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