Competitive Research Projects by Faculty Members

Principal Investigator: Prof. Argyris Archakis

Research Project Title:
Anti-racist Discourses and the Management of “Tolerable Otherness”: Constructing New Policies for the Surveillance of the Other

Funding Body: Andreas Mentzelopoulos Foundation & C. Carathéodory Programme

Duration: 2021–2024

Principal Investigator: Prof. Argyris Archakis

Research Project Title:
Tracing Racism in Anti-racist Discourse: A Critical Approach to European Public Discourse on the Migration and Refugee Crisis

Funding: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), Faculty Members Call – 1st Call

Duration: November 2019 – June 2023

Principal Investigator: Prof. Argyris Archakis

Research Project Title:
Conflict in Multicultural School Environments in Greece: A Critical Analysis of Students’ Texts on the Refugee Crisis

Funding Body: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), PhD Candidates Call – 2nd Call

Duration: November 2019 – May 2022

Research Project Title:
Narrative Discourse and Liquid Racism: A Critical Analysis of Migration Stories and Proposals for Critical Literacy

Funding Body: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), PhD Candidates Call – 5th Call

Duration: July 2024 – March 2027

PhD Candidate: Eirini Skoura

Principal Investigator: Assist. Prof. Theodoros Markopoulos

Research Project Title:
“As pa na piaino”: Multiple Grammaticalisation Processes in the History of a Motion Verb

Funding: C. Carathéodory 2017 Basic Research Support Programme, Research Committee of the University of Patras

Duration: 2018–2021

Principal Investigator: Assist. Prof. Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou

Research Project Title:
Codification and Transformations of Scientific Knowledge in Greek and Latin Encyclopaedic Writings of the Imperial Period (1st–3rd c. AD): Scientific Discourse, Reading Communities and Empire

Funding: C. Carathéodory 2017 Basic Research Support Programme, Research Committee of the University of Patras

Duration: 2019–2022

Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Papazachariou

Research Project Title:
Development of an Application for Converting Sign Language into Written and Spoken Language Using Smart Devices: Smart Tools for Effective Communication between Hearing and Deaf Interlocutors (EPIKOINONO)

Partners: MLS, EKETA & KENG

Funding: General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) & European Union, within the framework of the “Research – Create – Innovate” programme

Duration: May 2018 – November 2020

Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Papazachariou

Research Project Title:
Linguistic and Extralinguistic Mechanisms for Encoding and Establishing the Recognisability and Distinctiveness of Dialects as Separate Linguistic Entities: The Case of Patras Speakers

Funding Body: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), PhD Candidates Call – 2nd Call

Duration: November 2019 – May 2022

Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Anastasia Papachrysostomou

Research Project Title:
Agency through Contemporary Readings of Ancient Greek Drama: From Ancient Greek Tragedy to Contemporary Modern Greek Poetry

Funding: C. Carathéodory 2020 Basic Research Support Programme, Research Committee of the University of Patras

Duration: September 2020 – March 2023

 

Participation in Competitive Research Projects

Research Project Title: El Autor Bizantino III: Metafrasis, Reescritura y Recepción, Complutense University of Madrid, Faculty of Philology
Principal Investigator: Prof. Juan Signes-Codoñer
Funding: Spanish Ministry of Education
Duration: 2020–2024
Collaborator: Assist. Prof. Eirini-Sofia Kiapidou

Research Project Title: Open-Access Annotated Database of Humorous Discourse: Enhancing Critical Literacy in Modern Greek for Advanced Learners and High-School Students, University of Kent
Principal Investigator: Dr Eleni Kapogianni
Funding: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK
Duration: 2017–2020
Collaborator: Prof. Argyris Archakis

Research Project Title: Intonation and Diachrony: A Phonetic Investigation of the Effects of Language Contact on Intonational Patterns, University of Oxford
Principal Investigator: Dr Mary Baltazani
Funding: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK
Duration: October 2018 – September 2022
Collaborator: Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Papazachariou

Research Project Title: Kommentierung der Fragmente der griechischen Komödie (KomFrag)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Bernhard Zimmermann
Funding: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Duration: 2011–2026
Collaborator: Assoc. Prof. Anastasia Papachrysostomou

Research Project Title: Cultural Mediators between Greece, France and Other European Countries, 1830–1974 / Médiateurs culturels entre Grèce, France et autres pays européens, 1830–1974. Professeurs – Traducteurs – Éditeurs
Principal Investigator: Ourania Polycandrioti, in collaboration with the National Hellenic Research Foundation and the French School at Athens
Collaborators: Prof. Georgia Gotsi, member of the Steering Committee; Assoc. Prof. Stessi Athini

Research Project Title: Development of an Application for Converting Sign Language into Written and Spoken Language Using Smart Devices: Smart Tools for Effective Communication between Hearing and Deaf Interlocutors (EPIKOINONO)
Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Papazachariou, in collaboration with MLS, EKETA & KENG
Funding: General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) & European Union, under the “Research – Create – Innovate” call
Duration: May 2018 – November 2020
Collaborators: Prof. Emerita Angeliki Ralli, Prof. Argyris Archakis, Prof. Georgios I. Xydopoulos

Research Project Title: Preserving the Lexicons of Marginalised Social Groups: Creating an Electronic Lexicographic Database Using Customised Corpora
Principal Investigator: Dr Katerina Christopoulou
Funding: State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Postdoctoral Researchers Programme – 2nd Cycle
Duration: 2020–2022
Collaborator: Prof. Georgios I. Xydopoulos

Research Project Title: Selecting Partial-Information Questions: Integrating Theoretical, Experimental and Applied Linguistics
Principal Investigator: Dr Christos Vlachos
Funding: State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Postdoctoral Researchers Programme – 2nd Cycle; Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), Postdoctoral Researchers – 1st Call
Duration: October 2018 – September 2021
Collaborator: Prof. Anna Roussou

Research Project Title: Digitizing the Cappadocian Dialectal Landscape
Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dimitra Melissaropoulou
Funding: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), Postdoctoral Researchers – 1st Call
Duration: October 2018 – September 2021
Collaborators: Prof. Emerita Angeliki Ralli, Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Papazachariou