Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos
PhD supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD projects that share one or more of my research interests.
Research interests
My research focuses on three broad areas:
- Varieties of welfare capitalism in relation to labour commodification and social (in)security in the EU and internationally.
- The political economy of familism in semi-peripheral capitalist countries.
- Governance and democratic institutional innovations in market societies.
Theoretical orientation
- Theory and analysis of power and governance in public policy making
- Labour decommodification
- Welfare statism and de-familisation
- Democratic post-neoliberal institutional innovations
Policy areas
- Social protection in and out of paid employment
- Unemployment compensation systems and labour market dynamics
- Familistic welfare regimes
- Intra-EU Migration and labour markets
- Governance of investments of pension funds
Regional and national foci
- European Union
- UK
- Southern Europe (especially Greece and Turkey)
- Eastern Europe
- China
- South America (especially Venezuela and Mexico)
Methodological approaches and techniques
- Comparative historical institutionalism
- Interpretive policy analysis and critical governance analysis
- Techniques of comparative public policy research (e.g. micro-data simulation and model families method, Fuzzy sets)
- Construction of social indicators
Teaching
Undergraduate
- SP20160: Quantitative data analysis
- SP20005: Power and policy - introduction to critical policy analysis
Postgraduate
Publications
Book/s
Carmel, E., Cerami, A. and Papadopoulos, T., eds., 2011. Migration and welfare in the new Europe: social protection and the challenges of integration. Bristol, U. K.: Policy Press.
Book Sections
Papadopoulos, T. and Roumpakis, A., 2012. The Greek welfare state in the age of austerity: anti-social policy and the politico-economic crisis. In: Kilkey, M., Ramia, G. and Farnsworth, K., eds. Social Policy Review 24: analysis and debate in social policy, 2012. Bristol, U. K.: Policy Press, pp. 205-230.
Carmel, E. K., Cerami, A. and Papadopoulos, T., 2011. Conclusion : what future for migration? In: Carmel, E. K., Cerami, A. and Papadopoulos, T., eds. Migration and Welfare in the 'New' Europe. Bristol, U. K.: Policy Press, pp. 245-258.
Papadopoulos, T., 2011. Immigration and the variety of migrant integration regimes in the European Union. In: Carmel, E., Cerami, A. and Papadopoulos, T., eds. Migration and welfare in the new Europe. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 23-48.
Papadopoulos, T. and Roumpakis, A., 2011. Nordic social risk management and the challenge of EU regulation: labour market parity at risk. In: Sorsa, V.-P., ed. Rethinking Social Risk in the Nordics. Brussels, Belgium: Foundation of European Progressive Studies, pp. 199-224.
Carmel, E. and Papadopoulos, T., 2009. Governing social security: From protection to markets. In: Millar, J., ed. Understanding Social Security: Issues for policy and practice. Bristol: The Policy Press. (Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice series)
Papadopoulos, T., 2008. Market. In: Gabriel, Y., ed. Organizing Words: A Critical Thesaurus for Social and Organization Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Papadopoulos, T., 2006. Support for the Unemployed in a Familistic Welfare Regime. In: Mossialos, E. and Petmesidou, M., eds. Social Policy Developments in Greece. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 219-238.
Carmel, E. and Papadopoulos, T., 2003. The new governance of social security in Britain. In: Millar, J., ed. Understanding Social Security: Issues for policy and practice. Bristol: The Policy Press, pp. 31-52.
Papadopoulos, T., 1998. Greek family policy from a comparative perspective. In: Drew, E., Emerek, R. and Mahon, E., eds. Reconciling Family and Working Life. London: Routledge.
Papadopoulos, T., 1997. Social insurance and the crisis of statism in Greece. In: Clasen, J., ed. Social Insurance in Europe. Bristol: The Policy Press, pp. 177-203.
Papadopoulos, T., 1996. 'Family', state and social policies for children in Greece. In: Brannen, J. and O' Brien, M., eds. Children in Families: Research and Policy. Routledge, pp. 171-188.
Papadopoulos, T., 1992. The role of social research in social planning. In: The Dimensions of Contemporary Social Policy. Athens: Karagiorgas Foundation Editions.
Articles
Papadopoulos, T. and Roumpakis, A., 2013. Forthcoming. The meta-regulation of European industrial relations: power shifts, institutional dynamics and the emergence of regulatory competition among member states. International Labour Review
Carmel, E., Hamblin, K. and Papadopoulos, T., 2007. Governing the activation of older workers in the EU. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 27 (9/10), 387 - 400.
Papadopoulos, T., 2002. Activation and Co-ordination: the case of Greece. L'Assistenza Sociale, special issue: La politiche di attivazione in Europa, 2, 215--229.
Papadopoulos, T., 1999. On media, culture and the prospects for a new liberatory project: An interview with Ken Loach. Democracy & Nature, The International Journal of Inclusive Democracy, 5 (1), pp. 27-32.
Fawcett, H. and Papadopoulos, T., 1997. Social exclusion, social citizenship and de-commodification: An evaluation of the adequacy of support for the unemployed in the European Union. West European Politics, 20 (3), pp. 1-30.
Papadopoulos, T., 1993. International conference on social security: 50 years after Beveridge. Greek Review of Social Sciences, 12.
Reports/Papers
Papadopoulos, T., 2005. The Recommodification of European Labour: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations. Working Paper. Bath, UK: European Research Institute, University of Bath.
Papadopoulos, T., 2000. Integrated approaches to active welfare and employment policies: Greece. Other. Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
Papadopoulos, T., 1999. Unemployment compensation and activation policies in Greece: An evaluation. Other. Florence: European University Institute.
