Dimokritos Kavadias

Dimokritos Kavadias held teaching positions in political science, sociology, comparative politics and different methodology courses at the Sociology and Political science departments at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and in the educational science and social science departments of the Universiteit Antwerpen.

In 2005 he was involved, with his colleagues Jo Buelens (VUB), Pierre Verjans (UlG) and Bob Kabamba (UlG) in drafting a new electoral law for the Democratic Republic of Congo. In subsequent years he was involved in preparing a new financing model for flemish schools (Flemish Ministry of Education) and evaluating civic education projects (King Baudouin Foundation).

His current research activities focus on political socialization, political psychology, civic education, educational & social effectiveness and educational policy.