Prof. Michalis Kontopodis
- Position: Professor
- Areas of expertise: children’s psychological development & well-being; global youth futures; (post-) digital and virtual education
- Website: Global Childhood & Youth Futures | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
“Τί γάρ ὠφελήσει ἄνθρωπον ἐάν κερδήση τόν κόσμον ὄλον, καί ζημιωθῆ τήν ψυχήν αὐτοῦ;” – “For what good will it be for the human, to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” (Matthew 16:26)• 2016-2018: Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK
• 2014-2016: Senior Lecturer, Roehampton University London, UK
• 2013-2014: Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2011-2012: Post-Doc Researcher, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2007-2010: Post-Doc Researcher, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Professor Kontopodis has served as an expert advisor for the UNESCO Chairs programme, of the Global Challenges Research Fund (UK), and of Horizon Europe. He has held visiting positions in Escuela Normal del Estado in Mexico, at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India and at Pontíficia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and has been an external advisor for research projects funded by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (National Council of Scientific and Technological Development) in Brazil. Furthermore, he is a former Secretary of the International Society for Cultural-historical and Activity Research. For further details please visit https://mkontopodis.wordpress.com.
Responsibilities
- Member of Editorial Board of Current Anthropology
- Founding Editor: Peter Lang Book Series: (Post-)Critical Global Childhood & Youth Studies
- Member of Editorial Board of the European Journal of Psychology & Education
Research interests
Professor Michalis Kontopodis is internationally recognised for his multidisciplinary research on co-designing children’s and young people’s global futures, with emphasis on participatory methods, psychological development and well-being, (post-) digital education, children’s health and eco-pedagogies.
Professor Kontopodis established and led for three years the ICY: Inclusion, Childhood & Youth Research Centre in the School of Education as an interdisciplinary network bringing together colleagues from multiple Schools and Faculties. He has played a key role in promoting close collaboration between ICY and other research centres in Leeds and from the Yorkshire and Northern region, such as the Centre for Disability Studies, the Centre for Applied Education Research in Bradford and the N8 Research Partnership.
Book publications include:
新自由主義教育からの脱出ー子ども・若者の発達をみんなでつくる (2023), ミカリス・コントポディス (Tokyo: Shinyosha/ 新曜社).
Kontopodis, M.; Varvantakis, C. & Wulf, C. (Eds) (2019). Global Youth in Digital Trajectories. London: Routledge.
Kontopodis, M.; Magalhães, M.C. & Coracini, M.J. (Eds) (2016). Facing Poverty and Marginalization: 50 Years of Critical Research in Brazil. Bern: Peter Lang.
Kontopodis, M. (2014). Neoliberalism, Pedagogy and Human Development: London and New York: Routledge.
Kontopodis, M.; Wulf, C. & Fichtner, B. (Eds) (2011). Children, Development and Education: Cultural, Historical, Anthropological Perspectives. Dordrecht & New York: Springer.
Open access & overview of publications in English, German, Portuguese, French, Greek & Russian: https://mkontopodis.wordpress.com/
Professional memberships
- Advance HE/ Higher Education Academy
- British Psychological Society (recognised as Chartered Member in 2023)
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Digital Learning
- ICY: Inclusion, Childhood & Youth Research Centre
- Centre for Global Development
- Leeds Social Science Institute