Thanos Verdis is an Associate Professor of Educational Research and Evaluation at the School of Philosophy, University of Athen, and a founding member of the Hellenic Society for Educational Evaluation. He studied Pedagogy at the Department of Primary Education, University of Athens, and
He has worked as a primary school teacher and as an advisor in educational evaluation at the former Pedagogical Institute. His research interests focus on both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. In quantitative methods, he has worked on algorithms for the analysis of categorical data. In qualitative methodologies, he has studied alternative-narrative ethnographic forms.
In the field of education studies, he has researched the phenomenon of private tutoring(frontistiria) and the issue of geographical inequalities in access to higher education. In the field of theatre studies, he has been involved in the creation and analysis of digital narratives of performing arts professionals through two European Erasmus projects.
Selected Publications
Verdis, A. (2021). Scientific research as a suggestive text. In K. Fanouraki & G. Pefanis (Eds.), Applied Theatre: Qualitative Research Methods through the Performing Arts. Athens: Papazisis. Eudoxus Code: 102124831
Verdis, A., & Sotiriou, C. (2018). The psychometric characteristics of the Advanced Measures of Music Audiation in a region with strong non-Western music tradition. International Journal of Music Education, 36 (1), 69–84. https://doi.org/10.1177/0255761417689925
Verdis, A., Kalogeropoulos, K., & Chalkias, C. (2019). Regional disparities in access to higher education in Greece. Research in Comparative and International Education, 14(2), 318–335. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745499919846186
Garoni, N. & Verdis, A. (2015). When the body is wounded in order not to vanish. In M. Pourkos (Ed.), The body as a site of experiences, identities, and social meanings (pp. 341–351). Athens: Okto Publications.
Kassotakis, M. & Verdis, A. (2013). Shadow education in Greece: characteristics, consequences and eradication efforts. In Bray, M., Mazawi, A., & Sultana, R. (Eds.) Private tutoring across the Mediterranean: constructions, deconstructions and implications for learning and equity (pp. 93-113). Rotterdam: SENSE.
