Georgios Kouzas is Assistant Professor at the University of Athens and Adjunct Lecturer at the Hellenic Open University. He elaborated his thesis on the sectors of Urban Folklore and Urban Ethnography, and in particular on beggary in Athens. He has worked on research programs at the University of Athens and the Panteion University, in relation to work, immigration, and the social marginalization. Also, he has taught Folklore at the University of Peloponnese, at Democritus University of Thrace and others universities.