Chryssa Zachou

BA, Deree – The American College of Greece; Ptychion Panteion University (Sociology); MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science (Sociology); PhD, University of Essex

Chryssa Zachou holds a Ph.D. from the University of Essex, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Sociology from Deree and Panteion University. Before assuming her current role as Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, she served as Head of the Sociology Department (2017-2024). With extensive academic experience, she has taught graduate and undergraduate courses for several years at the University of Athens, the University of Piraeus, and the Hellenic Open University. Her research focuses on migration, gender, religion, collective memory, oral history, and qualitative research methods and has led research projects as a scientific coordinator and senior researcher at the Center for the Study of Gender Equality (KETHI) and the National Center for Social Research (EKKE). She is also a founding member of the Hellenic Sociological Society, where she has served multiple terms on the Executive Board, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Greek Sociological Review. 

Selected Publications

Books and Edited Volumes 

• Thanopoulou, M. Zachou, C. and Tsiganou I.  (2023) Research Trajectories in Collective Memory, Athens: Papazissis & National Center of Social Research (E.K.K.E) 
• Zachou, C. and Thanopoulou, M. eds (2021) The Qualitative Researcher in the Field: Reflexive Retrospections, Athens: Papazissis. (Introduction and the chapter “Collective Memory as the Raw Material of the Research Process: The Role of the Researcher”)
• Zachou, C. and Stafylas, D. (2009) Educational Level and Women’s Participation in the Labor Market, Athens: KETHI (Research Center on Gender Equality).  

Book Chapters 

• Zachou, C and Apostolaki, S (forthcoming) “Environmental Change, Migration and Sustainability” in Menegaki, A (ed) New Economics for Sustainability, Elsevier.
• Thanopoulou, M., Tsiganou, I., & Zachou, C. (2017). “Oral Narratives and Voices of the Crisis: The Latent Dimensions of Narrative”, in Constantopoulou, C. Narratives of The Crisis: Myths and Realities of The Contemporary Society, Athens: Papazissis. 
• Zachou, C. and Kalerante, E. (2010) “‘Becoming a Citizen’: Albanian Women’s Civic Education and Political Engagement in Greece” in M. Abraham, M. Chow, L. Alipranti-Maratou, L. & E. Tastsoglou (eds) Contours of Citizenship: Women in A Global –Local World, Ashgate, pp. 77-94. 
• Zachou, C (2010) “Women’s Activism in Greece: Exploring the Dialectic of Local Politics with Global Agendas through the Ecological Movement” in E. Chow and Tan Lin (eds) Gender and Social Transformation: Global, Transnational and Local Realities and Perspectives, Beijing: The Social Science Academic Press 
• Zachou, C. and Kalerante, E. (2009) “Intergenerational Representations of Female Albanian Immigrants: A Phenomenological Approach” in F. Tsimpiridou (ed) Minority and Migrant Experiences: Experiencing the ‘Culture of the State’, Athens: Kritiki. 
• Zachou, C. and Kalerante, E. (2009) “Albanian Civil Associations in Greece: Ethnic Identification and Cultural Transformations” in M. Pavlou & A. Skoulariki (eds) Migrants and Minorities: Politics and Discourse, Athens: Vibliorama. 
• Zachou, C (2009) “The Sociology of W.I. Thomas: Gender and Deviant Behavior” in Tatsis, N. and Thanopoulou. M (eds), The Chicago School of Sociology: Pioneering Stages Social Research, Athens: Papazissis.