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KOUKOUNARAS-LIAGKIS MARIOS

MARIOS KOUKOUNARAS-LIAGKIS

Associate Professor

Pedagogy • Religious Education • Experiential Learning • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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Marios Koukounaras-Liagkis is Associate Professor at the Department of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Director of its Pedagogical Laboratory for Religious Education.

He also teaches at UCL Institute of Education, the Department of Primary Education and the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

His professional and academic activity brings together pedagogy, religious education, teacher education, theatre in education and experiential learning.

Experiential LearningReligious EducationDemocratic CultureTeacher EducationDrama in EducationIntercultural Education
Professional Background
  • He taught in secondary education from 2003 to 2012.
  • From 1989 to 2007, he worked continuously in print and electronic media as a journalist and radio producer.
  • He served as an adviser to the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs from 2007 to 2009.
Theatre and Education
He has attended seminar programmes on Theatre and Drama in Education and has worked professionally with theatre-in-education programmes for secondary schools.

He also collaborates with public and private organisations as a producer of educational programmes.

Research Interests
  • Experiential learning
  • Development of Competences for Democratic Culture in Education
  • Pedagogy and teaching methodology of Religious Education
  • Transformative education
  • Drama / Theatre in Education
  • Curriculum studies
  • Intercultural education
  • Teacher education and professional development
  • Mentoring
Teacher Education

His work focuses particularly on teacher education, mentoring and the continuous professional development of teachers.

He has extensive experience as a trainer in a wide range of teacher professional-development programmes organised by educational, university and ecclesiastical institutions.

Academic Activity
He has participated in international conferences in Greece and elsewhere in Europe and has published articles in academic journals and conference proceedings in Greece and abroad.

He has also published ten books on education.

University Teaching
He teaches at:
  • Department of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • UCL Institute of Education
  • Department of Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Department of Theatre Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Pedagogical Laboratory for Religious Education
He is Director of the Pedagogical Laboratory for Religious Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Research and Educational Projects
He currently coordinates four projects funded by the Special Account for Research Funds of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and by Erasmus+ (KA2).
Learn Inn NKUA and E-learning
He is Academic and Scientific Coordinator of e-learning programmes offered by the Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Centre of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens under the name Learn Inn NKUA, as well as of university programmes for schools.
Teacher Training
He has served as a trainer in programmes organised by institutions including:
  • Pedagogical Institute
  • Ministry of Education
  • Organisation for the Training of Teachers
  • Panteion University
  • Inter-Orthodox Centre of the Church of Greece
Selected Books and Publications
  1. Koukounaras Liagkis, M. (2020). Teachers in Action – New Multimodal Teaching (rev. ed.). Athens: Grigoris.
  2. Koukounaras Liagkis, M. & Potamousi, H. (2015). Methodology for the Design and Implementation of an Educational Programme: “In His World” – A Theatre-in-Education Programme. Adolescence, Identity, School Bullying, Diversity . Athens: Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation.
  3. Koukounaras Liagkis, M. (2022). “Peace Education and Refugees and Asylum Seekers: The Case of Greece”. In M. Hermansen, E. Aslan & E. Erşan Akkılıç (Eds.), Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies. Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung , pp. 415-431. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. DOI
  4. Koukounaras Liagkis, M. (2021). “Education, Theatre and Change: Research and Evaluation”. In G. Pefanis & K. Fanouraki (Eds.), Applied Theatre: Qualitative Methods of Research and Learning through the Performing Arts , pp. 353-371. Athens: Papazisis.
  5. Koukounaras Liagkis, M., Skordoulis, M. & Geronikou, V. (2022). “Measuring competences for democratic culture: teaching human rights through religious education”. Human Rights Education Review, 5(1), 112-135. DOI
  6. Koukounaras Liagkis, M. & Papaioannou, M. (2023). “The Use of Narratives in the Evaluation of Pre-service Teacher Education Outcomes – The ‘Most Significant Change’ Technique”. Research in Education, 12(1), 98-117. DOI