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Apostolos Linardis

Apostolos Linardis
GRADE:
A
SPECIALTY:
Mathematician-Statistician-Data Manager
OFFICE:
B.1 - B.16 & B17 (Surveys Hub)
TEL.:
210-7491699
EMAIL:
[email protected]
Curriculum Vitae

SHORT CV

Apostolos Linardis is Director of the Institute of Social Research (ISR) at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE), Vice-President of the EKKE Board of Directors, and Chair of the General Assembly of the national research infrastructure network SoDaNet. He is a Grade A Researcher at EKKE’s ISR, specialising in “Research infrastructures: documentation and management of social data”. He holds a degree in Mathematics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a postgraduate degree in Statistics from the Athens University of Economics and Business, and a PhD in Social Data Management Systems from the University of the Aegean. He has worked at EKKE since 2000.

His research interests focus on quantitative social survey methodology, data collection methods, statistical analysis, social data management and documentation, and the development of research infrastructures. He has participated in more than 70 national, European and international research projects as principal investigator, co-investigator or member of research teams.

He has undertaken scientific and methodological responsibilities in major international quantitative surveys, including the European Social Survey (ESS), as Sampling Manager; the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), as National Data Manager; and the World Bank survey “Social Protection Responses to Displacement and Integration”, as National Data Manager and Analyst. He has also participated in the World Values Survey (WVS), the World Internet Project (WIP), and Eurostat’s European survey on Gender-Based Violence (GBV). He is EKKE’s Principal Investigator for the second round of the Gender-Based Violence survey (GBV II, 2027–2028), for which the relevant Grant Agreement with the European Commission is expected to be signed in November 2026.

He is the scientific lead of EKKE’s primary survey infrastructure, Surveys Hub, which supports face-to-face, telephone and web surveys (CAPI, CATI and CAWI), as well as of the EKKE Data Repository. He is also Greece’s alternate representative to the European research infrastructure CESSDA ERIC. In addition, he conceived and proposed the EKKE Identity Survey, a new research initiative approved by the EKKE Board of Directors, aiming to systematically monitor social conditions, attitudes and change in Greek society over time.

He has taught research methodology on the postgraduate programme “Education Sciences” at the Hellenic Open University, as well as in a series of research methodology seminars at EKKE, the Department of Sociology of the University of the Aegean, and the Department of Social Policy of Democritus University of Thrace. He is the first author of the academic textbook “Methods of Data Collection Using Digital Questionnaires and Research Methodology”, published in 2023 by Kallipos University Publications. The book is currently undergoing translation into English and scholarly updating, with a view to making it available to the international academic and research community.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Research methodology (in particular: cross-national comparative and longitudinal quantitative research, online surveys).
  • Development and design of social science research infrastructures.
  • Development and design of data repositories.
  • Social data management.
  • Development, design and configuration of digital questionnaires and case management systems.
  • Advanced statistical methods for analyzing social data.
  • Using big data in social research.

ADMINISTRATIVE WORK

  • Director, Institute of Social Research, EKKE [2025–present].
  • Vice-President, EKKE Board of Directors [2025–present]
  • Chair of the General Assembly and member of the SoDaNet Steering Committee [2022 – present].
  • Head of the EKKE Data Repository [2021 - present]
  • Scientific Lead of EKKE’s primary survey infrastructure, Surveys Hub [2024–present].
  • Coordinator of the Institute of Social Research Observatory, “Dynamics Observatory for Research Methodology and Infrastructures” (DOReMI) [2025–present].
  • Deputy representative of EKKE in the Hellenic Open Science Initiative (EPAE) [2021-present].
  • Representative of researchers and applied researchers on the Board of EKKE [2019-2021].
  • Vice-President of the Board of EKKE [06/2019 – 04/2020].
  • Representative of EKKE in the Advisory Committee of the Hellenic Statistical System (SY.EP.EL.SS) (FEK: 426/ Issue Y.O.D.D/ 1-9-2017) [2017 – today].
  • Chair of the Institute Scientific Council (ESI) of ISP / EKKE [2016-2018].
  • Deputy national representative of EKKE at the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives - ERIC (CESSDA) [2015 – present].

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Scientific co-responsible of EKKE in the Horizon project "BeYond-COVID". Scientific responsible for EKKE: Dimitra Kondyli. Coordinator: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Germany) [2021-2024].
  • Scientific co-responsible of EKKE in the Horizon project "European Open Science Cloud-Future (EOSC - FUTURE)". Scientific responsible for EKKE: Dimitra Kondyli. Coordinator: ATHENA Research Center [2021-2023].
  • Scientific co-responsible of EKKE in the project: "Social Protection Responses to Displacement and Integration / World Bank" - Responsible for the quantitative research on refugees, asylum seekers and natives. Scientific responsible of EKKE: Angelos Tramountanis. Coordinator: ODI (UK) [2020-2021].
  • Scientific responsible of the EKKE project "Creation of EKKE Web Panels" [2020 – 2023].
  • Scientific responsible of EKKE in the project: "Euro Question Bank 2019". Coordinator: GESIS (Germany) [2019].
  • Scientific responsible of the "Sodanet in Action" project. Coordinator: EKKE [2018-2022].
  • Scientific co-responsible for the EKKE project: "Research, Education and Infrastructures: the triangulation of the axes of strategic development of EKKE (Research Education Infrastructures - REDI)". Scientific responsible: Nikos Demertzis [2017-2020].
  • Scientific responsible of EKKE in the project: "Collaborative data management module for comparative social science researchers". Coordinator: CESSDA MO (Norway) [2017].
  • Scientific co-responsible of the project: "CESSDA ATTIΚΗ – Support and development of Greek partners for the participation in the Consortiums of European Research Infrastructures within the framework of ESFRI/2006". Scientific responsible: Nikos Demertzis. Coordinator: EKKE [2012-2015].
  • Resilience, inclusiveness and development: Towards a just green and digital transition of Greek regions - JustReDI. Scientific Responsible: Nikos Demertzis / Scientific co-responsible: George Papadoudis. Role: participation in the organization and implementation of the national survey: "Public opinion in Greece on the green and digital transition" as well as in the preparation and collection of the Data Management Plans from all project partners [2023-2025].
  • EU Survey on Gender-Based violence against women and other forms of inter-personal violence (EU-GBV) in Greece - EUROSTAT. Scientific responsible: Apostolos Papadopoulos. Role: head of the "Pilot and main survey coordination group" (together with Apostolos Papadopoulos & Maxi Hadjiyanni) and head of the "Working group for the technical support (CAPI, Sampling, data management, microdata & metadata)", jointly with George Papadoudis [2021-2023].
  • PIAAC (Program on the International Assessment of Adult Abilities)" of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Scientific responsible for EKKE: Maxi Hadjiyanni. Role: National Data Manager [2012 – 2015].

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Linardis, A., Maravelakis, P., & Fragoulis, G. (f2023). Data collection methods using digital questionnaires and survey methodology. Management of online, in-person and telephone data and surveys with Limesurvey and SPSS. Kallipos, Open Academic Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-381
  • Kallas, J., Kondyli, D., Linardis, A., Nagopoulos, N., & Tsiolis, G. (Eds) (2022). Development of Infrastructures for data production and management in the Social Sciences. Edition of the Greek Research Infrastructure for Social Sciences (SoDaNet) & the Laboratory of Social Informatics, Statistics and Research Infrastructures of the Sociology Department of the Aegean University. ISBN 978-960-9753-06-7. https://sodanet.gr/publications/collective-volumes#book1
  • Demertzis, N., Poulakidakos, S., & Linardis, A. (forthcoming). Perceptions and attitudes towards fact-checking in Greece: A quantitative audience research. Science and Society: Journal of Political and Moral Theory.
  • Maragos, E. K., Maravelakis, P.E. & Linardis, A. (2020). A DEA evaluation of the successful implementation of HEALTH2020 policies. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.100968
  • Linardis, A., & Kondyli, D. (2017). The Dream Machine. The Greek Review of Social Research, 147(147), 3-39. https://doi.org/10.12681/grsr.11650
  • Papadopoulos, G., Vardavas, I., Limperi, M., Linardis, A., Georgoudis, G., & Behrakis, P. (2011). Smoking cessation can improve quality of life among COPD patients: translation and validation of the clinical COPD questionnaire in Greek. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2011, 11:13. http://bmcpulmmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2466-11-13
  • Linardis, A., & Ioannidis, A. (2022). Extending the life cycle of quantitative research and data. The role of data repositories. In J. Kallas, D. Kondyli, A. Linardis, N. Nagopoulos, & G. Tsiolis (Eds.), "Documentation and management of empirical research. Research infrastructures in the social sciences". Edition of the Greek Research Infrastructure for Social Sciences (SoDaNet) & the Laboratory of Social Informatics, Statistics and Research Infrastructures of the Sociology Department of the Aegean University. ISBN 978-960-9753-06-7. https://sodanet.gr/storage/publications/alexandreia_2022/2_Linardis_Ioannidis.pdf
  • Tramountanis, A., Linardis, A., Mouriki, A., Gerakopoulou, P., Kondyli, D., Papaliou, O., Varouxi, C. & Levine, S. (2022). Humanitarian assistance and social protection responses to the forcibly displaced in Greece. ODI Working Paper. https://odi.org/en/publications/humanitarian-assistance-and-social-protection-responses-to-the-forcibly-displaced-in-greece/
  • Linardis, A., Kousouli, M., & Stathogiannakou, Z. (2012). A bottom-up investigation of the dimensions of social capital. National Centre for Social Research, Working Paper, 2012/25. https://www.ekke.gr/services/publication/mia-bottom-up-diereunisi-ton-diastaseon-tou-kinonikou-kefalaiou
  • Linardis, A., Papagiannopoulos, K., & Kalisperati, E. (2011). Online surveys. Advantages, disadvantages and tools for conducting online surveys. National Centre for Social Research, Working Paper, 2011/23. https://www.ekke.gr/services/publication/i-diadiktiaki-ereuna-pleonektimata-mionektimata-kai-ergalia-diexagogis-diadiktiakon-ereunon

EDUCATIONAL WORK

  • SEP (Collaborating Educational Staff) at the Hellenic Open University and in the annual thematic unit EKP51: "Educational Research in Practice" of the postgraduate program "Educational Sciences" [2022-2023 and 2020-2021].
  • Lecturer in the Department of Social Administration of the Democritus University of THrace (DUTH) based on the Presidential Decree 407/1980 with the rank of assistant professor [2008].
  • Appointed teacher of mathematics in the ASEP 2002 competition (FEK No. 231, p: 1538, 31/08/2004, Issue Three). The position was abandoned due to recruitment at EKKE.
  • Substitute teacher of Informatics, 2nd TEE Drapetsonas , 27th Lyceum and 52nd Gymnasium of Kolonos, [2000 - 2002].
  • Key lecturer of the seminars on research methodology organized every semester by EKKE entitled: "Do your Survey, using quantitative methodologies and tools". The seminar website is available here: https://doyoursurvey.ekke.gr/ [2017 - present].
  • Keynote speaker of the seminars organized by SoDaNet on social data management and research methodology. [2010- present].
  • Scientific responsible of the educational platform HowToSurvey (HTS) which is available at the link https://www.howtosurvey.gr/. [2021 - today]
  • Scientific responsible of the educational platform of the SoDaNet network, which is available at the link: https://elearning.sodanet.gr/. [2021 - today]
  • Course "Digital documentation of quantitative data and research infrastructures. The case of the European Social Survey (ESS)" in the context of the e-learning "Empirical Social Research" (EMKE - http://el-emke.aegean.gr/ ), [2013-2017]
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