Giorgos Bithymitris

 


Summary Profile

Giorgos Bithymitris holds a PhD, from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Social Policy Department. He is a Researcher (Grade C) at the National Centre for Social Research (www.ekke.gr), with expertise in social stratification. His current research interest focuses upon working-class identities and nationalism in a crisis and post-crisis context. Drawing on cultural approaches of social class, he explores the emotional and cultural components of class identifications along with their political implications. He has published a book on trade union movement, and several academic articles and book chapters on collective identities, nationalist discourses, Greek trade unionism, industrial relations. Giorgos is member of the Board of the Hellenic Political Science Association (www.eepe.gr) and co-founder of the EEPE’s research network “Methodology in Political Science” (www.methodosnet.gr).