ERASMUS + is the European Commission's new program for education, training, youth and sport, aimed at enhancing skills and employability, as well as modernising education, training and youth systems in all areas of lifelong learning (Higher Education, Vocational Education and Training, Adult Education, School Education, Youth Activities).
Foreign language courses are offered to incoming students with the ERASMUS + Program in English and French at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
There is also the possibility of practicing abroad in accordance with the conditions set out in the program.
- Responsible for ERASMUS+: Associate Professor Eleni Prokou
- Deputy: Assistant Professor Iraklis Mavridis
Detailed information on the Program is provided by the Department of International Relations and European Union of the Panteion University.
Undergraduate ERASMUS courses
Fall semester
This course aims to promote students' understanding of social policy and practice in other countries especially across EU countries. The differentiation of levels of social protection are described analytically within the meaning of the different…
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the conceptual tools for the analysis and interpretation of issues of education policy in international and comparative perspective. Comparative Education is presented as a field of study which deals with the study of societies and their education systems, beginning outside the education system…
The course introduces the students to the notion of gender and gendered power relations, so that they understand the gender dimensions of welfare state and social policy measures. The welfare state is analyzed from a gender point of view as well as the differentiated impact of policy measures to women’s…
The course aims at introducing students on the study of the impact of demographic changes (mainly those referring to the size, the growth and the age structure of the population) on the labour market and the social security schemes. The course implies the knowledge of the relationships between population changes, participation rates and labour…
The seminar aims to analyze contemporary rural restructuring by focusing on the main processes of spatial and socioeconomic transformation of rural areas in a changing and fluid world (globalization of markets, technologies, knowledge, and lifestyles; population mobilities; climate change), the local responses (rural…
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to the thematic unit of Social Change as a basic sociological concept and to its relationship with social policy. Emphasis is placed on understanding the processes of Social Change and the factors that cause it. Definition of the concept and phenomenon of Social…
The course examines social policy in the light of the state of law, the welfare state and social rights. The analysis focuses on specific fields of social policy (labour market, social security, equality of opportunities, migration, health and housing) at national, European and international level, in times of crisis.
The course is an introduction to the principles, methods and practicalities of the design and execution of sample surveys in social investigations and the statistical analysis of social data. Students are trained in the application of statistical techniques to real social science research questions using the SPSS computer package for analyzing…
The purpose of the seminar is to provide students with knowledge about the current transformations is social policy implementation and the corresponding theoretical perspectives. Working collectively we investigate the change and the alternatives of…
Spring semester
The seminar aims at introducing students on the study of trends and prospects of the world population. It emphasises the knowledge of the principles, the means and the efficiency of demographic and population policies which are implemented in a certain number of developed and developing countries.
This course examines some of the basic philosophical and conceptual foundations of all social policy through the reading of important contemporary thinkers (Rawls, Dworkin, Nozik, Sen etc.) and different theoretical approaches (liberalism, utilitarianism, Marxism, communitarianism etc.) in the area of contemporary Anglo –Saxon political…
The course examines the objectives and the measures of gender equality policies in Greece, the European Union and the United Nations, as they evolved from the 1970s to today. Basic official policy documents (Laws, Action Programmes, Reports on results etc) at the three levels of governance will be…
The course aims at introducing students on the basic principles of the study of population. Knowledge of the measurement and the analysis of factors affecting demographic phenomena (fertility, mortality, migration) and population trends are the main scope of the course.
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the fundamental questions placed by Gender Studies in research and teaching in different fields of social and political sciences. The course presents an analysis of social phenomena from a gender perspective, the way it was applied in modern research in…
The course aims to introduce students to the design and organization of qualitative social research. The point of view is about the complementary of survey methods and qualitative methods on depends the theoretical and empirical questions and the disposed sources.
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the conceptual framework of lifelong education / adult education and to the reasons for the promotion of lifelong learning during the last decades. The course aims to analyse the factors shaping lifelong learning at international and European level and to approach the basic models of lifelong…
This course examines the contribution of local administration bodies in social protection. Local governance contribute to the practice of social policy. When considering their specific operating framework, a number of important questions arise vis-…
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the concepts of national identity and social bond. The course suggests a sociological approach to the terms and conditions for the construction of national identities, collective identities in general, and the social bond as the most important factor for the formation of social cohesion.…
The course aims to study the processes of rural restructuring and the socio-economic transformations of the rural space in the light of globalization, the evolution of the urban-rural interface and the emergence of the “new rurality”; both as a social and institutional construction within the framework of rural development and…
Postgraduate ERASMUS courses
- Semester: Fall
The course is an intensive introduction to the principles, methods and practicalities of the design and execution of sample surveys in social investigations It covers the formulation of the research question, strategies and methods of survey data…
- Semester: Fall
The course aims at providing a comparative approach to issues of education policy in European countries, with emphasis in the influences from European Education Policy. To this direction, the basic principles of Comparative Education, as a field of study, are discussed, while policies in…
- Semester: Fall
The course aims to understand the principles of health policy making, to gain a deeper understanding of health care systems’ levels and types, to identify their functions and components, their interconnections, as…
- Semester: Fall
The course aims at highlighting how demographic trends are related to social policy issues. Topics covered include sources of information and use of demographic data; methods of description and analysis of demographic phenomena (fertility,…
- Semester: Fall
The course is an introduction to qualitative research methodology and to the idea that quantitative and qualitative research methods are supplementary, depending on the specific issue that is researched. The course presents pieces of fieldwork research which use qualitative methods, with emphasis on issues of employment.…
- Semester: Spring
This seminar is situated in the area of contemporary political philosophy and is concerned with some of the key foundational notions in social policy such as social justice and social welfare. We examine critically and in detail some of the different aspects, theories and thinkers in contemporary discussions of these terms and we seek to…
- Semester: Spring
The course is an overview of the principles, methods and practicalities of the design and execution of sample surveys in social research and the statistical analysis of social data (hypothesis testing, multiple regression, cluster analysis,…
- Semester: Spring
The aim of the course is to explore the complex relationship that exists between the working conditions, the organisation of work and the technological systems; to comprehend the ways that the New Technologies influence the actual systems of production and work in the variant sectors of the…