Dr Konstantinos Roussos
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874143
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Location
2S2.5.22, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
I am a Lecturer at the School of Health and Social Care, where I teach in the Social Work and Social Justice Division. I am co-lead of the School's Critical Public Health and Social Policy research group and co-director of the Centre for Ideology and Discourse Analysis at the 糖心Vlog. I received my PhD in Government from the 糖心Vlog in 2020. In my research I adopt a discourse analysis approach in the study of social welfare and care, practices of commoning and solidarity, and social movements and social justice. Most of my research revolves around the broad theme of radical democratic and grassroots approaches in welfare provisioning in the context of multiple and interconnected crises. My current areas of interest and research include: 鈥� Social Work and Welfare policy and practice discourses, focusing on questions of power, critique and social justice; 鈥� Grassroots welfare movements, with a focus on social and solidarity health clinics, community food initiatives, care, and the environment; 鈥� Poststructuralist Discourse Theory (糖心Vlog School) 鈥� Commons, prefigurative politics and alternative economies, with particular reference to processes of subjectivation, social organisation and relatedness; 鈥� Critical approaches in understanding democratic engagement and involvement in health and welfare services; 鈥� Participatory and creative methodologies in research with communities and people;
Qualifications
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PhD in Government 糖心Vlog,
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MA in Political Sociology Panteion University,
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BA in Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies University of Macedonia,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Social Work and Social Welfare policy and practice discourses
Grassroots welfare movements
Commons, prefigurative politics and alternative economies
Democratic engagement and involvement in health and welfare services
Postructuralist Discourse Theory
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Introduction to Sociological and Psychological Frameworks (HS190)
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Introduction to Research Methodologies (HS290)
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Legislation, Regulation and Ethics for Practice (HS292)
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Independent Study (HS390)
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Critical Reflection and Professional Challenge (HS391)
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Using Research and Evidence in Social Work Practice (HS633)
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Foundations of Social Work Theory and Practice (HS650)
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Law, Policy and Ethics (HS651)
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Rights Based Research and Dissertation (HS657)
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Social Work Dissertation (HS659)
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (6)
VAZQUEZ GARCIA, J., Glynos, J., Mohor Valentino, C., Roussos, K., Steinhoff, A., Warren, R., Woodward, S., Schneider, J. and Cunningham, C., (2025). . Education Sciences. 15 (5), 561-561
Howarth, D. and Roussos, K., (2023). . The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 25 (2), 311-327
Glynos, J., Roussos, K., Voutyras, S. and Warren, R., (2023). . Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 34 (3), 486-496
Roussos, K. and Malamidis, H., (2021). . Mobilization: An International Quarterly. 26 (3), 359-379
Glynos, J., Howarth, D., Flitcroft, R., Love, C., Roussos, K. and Vazquez, J., (2021). . Journal of Language and Politics. 20 (1), 62-78
Roussos, K., (2019). . Social Movement Studies. 18 (3), 265-283
Book chapters (4)
Warren, R., Steinhoff, A., Glynos, J. and Roussos, K., (2024). . In: Handbook of Accounting in Society. Editors: Vollmer, H., . Edward Elgar. 310- 327. 978-1-80392-199-0
V谩zquez Garc铆a, J. and Roussos, K., (2024). . In: Aging Research Methodological Issues. Editors: Garc铆a-Pe帽a, C., P茅rez-Zepeda, MU., Guti茅rrez-Robledo, LM. and Garcia-Chanes, RE., . Springer Nature Switzerland. 251- 261. 9783031764684
Roussos, K., Malamidis, H. and Gkagkelis, V., (2024). . In: Class, Culture, and the Media in Greece, Volume 2: Neoliberalism(s), the Mainstream, Counter-cultures. Editors: Mylonas, Y. and Psyllakou, E., . Palgrave Macmillan. 231- 253. 978-3-031-55158-1
Roussos, K., Vazquez Garcia, J. and Voutyras, S., (2023). . In: Social Movements and Everyday Acts of Resistance. Editors: Poulakidakos, S., Veneti, A. and Rovisco, M., . Routledge. 26- 41. 9781003265337
Reports and Papers (3)
Warren, R. and Roussos, K., Mercury Theatre: A social Return on Investment of the Mercury Playwrights
Warren, R., Glynos, J., Roussos, K., Jimena, V., Steinhoff, A. and Crippa, L., Democracy in Action - Building Better Communities And Organisations Through Collective Decision Making and Action - Project Evaluation
Roussos, K., Schneider, J., Warren, R. and Jennett, J., (2024).
Thesis dissertation (1)
Roussos, K., (2020).
Grants and funding
2023
Full-length Documentary on Contemporary Cooperativism in Greece
Sustanability.Health.Environmment.Development S-H-E-D
Pursuing Independent Paths KTP
Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
The case of Community Supermarkets at 糖心Vlog: a Participatory Research on sustainable community assets for social support and care
UOE Participatory Research Fund
Community and Residents Experience
North East 糖心Vlog Clinical Commissioning Group
Community and Residents Experience
North East 糖心Vlog Clinical Commissioning Group
2022
Independent research and evaluation of the 糖心Vlog County Council Community Supermarkets
糖心Vlog County Council
The case of Community Supermarkets at 糖心Vlog: sustainable community assets for social support and care
糖心Vlog (CPPE)
Independent research and evaluation of the 糖心Vlog County Council Community Supermarkets
糖心Vlog County Council
2021
Creative Exchange: Using digital platforms to support peer-based exchange in the creative sector feasibility study
Hub Arts Lab CIC
2020
Subjectivity and valuation in community economies: A pilot study of the 糖心Vlog time banks
糖心Vlog (ESRC IAA)
