Alexandros Afouxenidis is a Political Sociologist and Principal Researcher at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) in Athens. In 1990 he received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Durham, UK. He has taught at the Universities of the Peloponnese and the Aegean, as well as at the Hellenic Open University, the Open University of Cyprus, in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. He has served as a member of a scientific team or scientific supervisor in many domestic and international research projects. His work includes books & textbooks, as well as articles in scientific journals in Greece and abroad. He is a member of the Editorial Board and Chief Editor of the "Greek Review of Social Research". He was Vice President of the General Assembly of the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation.