Thanasis Alexiou holds a Ph.D from the University of Münster. He is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Aegean. He is specializing on Social Inequalities and Social Reproduction. He has been the scientific coordinator of the Summer School, Social Class, School and Social Reproduction organised by the Department of Sociology of the University of the Aegean and the Pedagogical Department of the Aristotle University (2013, 2014, 2015). His most recent publications include Work, education and social classes. The historical-theoretical framework, Athens 2006: Papazissis Publications (2nd Edition) and Social classes, social inequalities and living conditions, Athens 2016: Papazissis Publications (2nd edition). He was also the coordinator of the research on the class structure of the Cypriot society (2018-2021): Alexiou, Th. (ed.), The class structure of the Cypriot Society, Nicosia 2021: Prometheus Research Institute. His research interests focus on questions of class analysis theory and social research.