Thanassis Karalis

Dr Thanassis Karalis is Professor of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education at the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education of the University of Patras and Director of the Laboratory of Pedagogical Research and Lifelong Education. He has collaborated with many educational institutions as a trainer, consultant, coordinator and evaluator of adult education programs (including National Accreditation Center of Greece, Labor Institute, Institute of Small Enterprises). He was the coordinator of the National Program for Education of Educators (General Secretariat of Lifelong Learning - 2014), where more than 4.200 adult educators of Greece were trained based on a hybrid program. He is a member of the Quality Assurance Unit of the University of Patras for more than fifteen years, a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Lifelong Education at the University of Patras, and coordinator of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). He is a member of the American Evaluation Association, Commission of Professors of Adult Education / American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Scientific Council of Center for the Development Educational Policy of Trade Union Confederation of Greece. He is founding member of the Hellenic Adult Education Association and member of Board of Directors, founding member of the Hellenic Network for University Pedagogy and member of the steering committee of the CTL of Democritus University of Thrace.  Since 1995 has participated in 48 national and European research and development projects, being scientific coordinator in 32 of them. He is author or co-author of more than 150 papers in English, French and Greek, including fifteen books. His research interests include adult and higher education, university pedagogy, planning and evaluation of non-formal education programs, crisis management in education, lifelong learning, participation of adults in educational programs.
Address: Patras, Achaia, Greece