Achilleas Papadimitriou

Position: Assistant Professor
Office: 216b Old Building of the Faculty of Philosophy
Telephone: 2310.99.7893
Email: achipap@edlit.auth.gr
Personal Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3424-8058
CV: Papadimitriou CV(.pdf)

Research Interests:

  • Adult participation in education
  • Factors of dropout
  • Continuing education
  • Adult education

Selected publications:

  1. Papadimitriou, A. (2025). Adult participation in education: Parameters influencing the educational paths of young adults (18-29). International Journal of Educational Innovation, 7 (1).
  2. Zelinka, J., Amorim, JP., Parreira do Amaral, M., Jablonczay, N., Kovacheva, S., Kyttälä, M., Papadimitriou, A., Rambla, X., Siri, A., and Tikkanen, J. (2025). A Synthesis Review of Education Research on Learning Outcomes. In J. Tikkanen, M. Parreira do Amaral, T. Järvinen and N. Alves (eds), Constructing Learning Outcomes: Problematising (under)achievement in Europe. Bloomsbury Academic London.
  3. Papadimitriou, A. (2025). Gender as a factor in the participation of young adults (18-29 years old) in SCSs. Neos Paidagogos (New Educator) online, 46, 201-216. https://neospaidagogos.online/files/46_Teyxos_Neou_Paidagogou_Ianouarios_2025.pdf
  4. Papadimitriou, A. E. (2024). Life trajectories and expected changes as factors for young adults’ participation in second chance education. Studies in the Education of Adults, 56(2), 209–245. https://doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2024.2423413
  5. Papadimitriou, A. (2024). Participation in vocational education and training and factors enhancing its attractiveness. Neos Paidagogos (New Educator) online, 42, 237-246. http://neospaidagogos.online/files/42_Teyxos_Neou_Paidagogou_Maios_2024.pdf
  6. Papadimitriou, A. (2023). Factor analysis of adult participation in education: the case of Evening General Lyceums of Island Greece. Adult Education Critical Issues, 3(1), 100–121. https://doi.org/10.12681/haea.33508
  7. Papadimitriou, A. (2023). A synthetic approach to adult participation in education: Revised chain of response. International journal of educational innovation, 5(1), 86–97. https://journal.eepek.gr/author/2035
  8. Papadimitriou, A. (2023). Factors in dropping out of higher education. Neos Paidagogos (New Educator) online, 38, 301-312. http://neospaidagogos.online/files/38_Teyxos_Neou_Paidagogou_Septemvrios_2023.pdf
  9. Zarifis, G. K., & Papadimitriou, A. (2020). Voicing the learners: a study of higher education students’ views on developing adult educators’ professional skills and competences. In M. Gravani, G. K. Zarifis & L. Jogi (eds), The Role of Higher Education in the Professionalisation of Adult Educators (pp 10-31). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  10. Papadimitriou, A. (2019). The participation of adults in education: the case of Evening General Lyceums (upper secondary school) in Greece. Thessaloniki: Graphima.
  11. Zarifis, G. K., & Papadimitriou, A. (2018). How much cultural diversity is embraced in European higher education. In Korhonen & P. Alenius (eds), Internationalisation and transnationalisation in higher education (pp 194-210). Peter Lang ‘Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education’. https://doi.org/10.3726/b11212
  12. Zarifis, G. K., & Papadimitriou, A. (2017). Current Challenges In Validation Of Informal Learning (Vinfl) In Europe. In E. Soare, & C. Langa (Eds.), Education Facing Contemporary World Issues, vol 23. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences (pp. 23-31). Future Academy. https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.05.02.4