C.V. Koukouris


CURRICULUM VITAE

SURNAME:     Koukouris
NAME:           Konstantinos.
ADDRESS:     Plagiari, PO Box 80Γ, Mikra Authorities, Perfecture of                                   Thessaloniki, Gr-57500, Greece
                             Tel: 23920-21755. E-mail: compass7@forthnet.gr,
                             Personal Internet site: www.orienteering.org.gr
DAY OF BIRTH: 6 August 1960.


FORMAL EDUCATION


1986 - 1989   Ph. D. in Sociology of Sport, Victoria University of Manchester. Title of Doctoral Dissertation: Disengagement of Elite Greek Male Athletes from Competitive Sport.
1984 - 1986   M. Ed. in Sociology and Psychology of Sport, Victoria University of Manchester. Title of Masters Dissertation: Attitudes and participation of athletes from selected sports clubs in Salonica.
1982 - 1984   Intensive Study of English language.
1978 - 1982   Undergraduate Studies in Physical Education, Department of Physical Education, University of Thessaloniki leading to a degree in Physical Education.
1978             General University Entry Examinations: Points: 247/320, 6th in the list.

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS AND BOOKS OUTSIDE  OF GREECE.


1) Disengagement of advanced and elite Greek male athletes from organized competitive sport. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 1991, 26, 4, 289-310. 
2) Quantitative aspects of the disengagement process of advanced and elite male athletes form competitive sport. Journal of Sport Behaviour, 1991. 14, 4, 227-246
3) Possible adjustment problems and attitudes towards disengagement from sport of advanced and elite male athlete. Physical Education Review, Spring 1991, 14, 1, 56-69.
4) Constructed case studies: Athletes’ perspectives of disengaging from organized competitive sport. Sociology of Sport Journal, 1994, 11, 114-139.
5) Coaches’ responsibilities for top gymnastics’ disengagement from competitive gymnastics in Greece (2000).  In Mc Namee, M.; Jennings, C. and Reeves, M. (eds). "Just Leisure; ethics policy and professional development", 211-226. LSA Publications, England. This paper was presented at the 5th International Conference of the Leisure Studies Association in Cheltenham and Gloucester, England, July 1999.
6) Traumas in sport gymnastics. Sport and Sciences (published in Bulgaria), 2000, 3, 139-142.
7) Reasons for taking part in orienteering in Greece.  Scientific Journal of Orienteering, 2005, 17, 1,  www.orienteering.org/SciJO/SciJhome.htm 
8) Premature athletic disengagement of elite Greek gymnasts. European Journal of sport and society, 2005, 2, 1, 35-56.
9) Violent incidents in Greek basketball. Referees’ perspective on the theoretical models of violence. Physical culture and sport. Studies and research, Vol. 46. Dec. 2009, pp. 177-193. Koukouris Konstantinos  and Taxildaridis, Stavros. Also available from http://versita.metapress.com/content 
10) Applying Goffman’s theory in the rowing communes. Oarsmen’s views about the effects of training on their lives. Konstantinos, Koukouris, Gounaropoulos  Panagiotis and Veinoglou Nikos.  Physical culture and sport. Studies and research, Vol. 46. Dec. 2009, pp. 194-207. Also available from http://versita.metapress.com/content
11) Outdoor activities and environmental education. Accepted for publication in Sport Tourism but not printed for unknown reasons.
12). Recreational sport participation among women in Greece. Alexandris Konstantinos and Koukouris Konstantinos. Accepted for publication in Journal of Sport and Social Issues but not printed for unknown reasons.

PUBLICATIONS IN GREEK JOURNALS


1) Settling into a job, a problem as a factor leading to disengagement  from sport.. “Physical Education and Sport” Νο 29, 1990,  49-63.
2) Former athletes’ intentions to return to their specialty sport. “Physical Education and Sport” Νο 31, 1991, 10-20.
3) Administrators’ responsibility for ending the career of many athletes. “The science of Physical Education and sport”. 1992, 2, pp 46-59.
4) Voluntary or unwilling disengagement from organized competitive sport? Sport sciences 1992, 3, pp 10-13.
5) Is athletic failure the main reason for ending the athletic career? Sport and Society 1992, 5, pp 14-25.
6) Disengagement of advanced and elite Greek male athletes form organized competitive sport. Sport Science, Theory and Practice. 1992, 7, 1, 19-39. Originally published in International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 1991, 26, 4, 289-310.
7) Time consuming training as a factor leading to disengagement from sport. “Physical Education and sport”, 1993, Νο 33, pp. 47-58.
8) Possible adjustment problems and attitudes towards disengagement from sport of advanced and elite male athlete. Sport Science, Theory and Practice. 1993, 8,  2, 43-61.
9) Top male athletes’ perceptions about the effects of intensive training on education “Physical Education and sport” 1995, Νο 37, pp. 24-35.
10) Former athletes’ suggestions on how the phenomenon of premature disengagement from sport could be checked. Sport and Society Vol 16, pp. 64-78.
11) Reasons for ending the athletic career in track and field. Tambouratzis Stavros Koukouris Konstantinos, Papaionnnou Athanasios and Mihalopoulou Maria. Sport Science, Theory and Practice. 1999, 14, 1, 35-42.
12) Elite gymnasts’ possible adjustment problems after their disengagement from gymnastis. “Sport Performance and Health” Journal, 2000, 1.
13) Former athletes’ suggestions for changes in track and field. Tambouratzis Stavros and Konstantinos Koukouris. “Sport Performance and Health” Journal, 2000, 2, 117-124.
14) Training overload as a reason for disengagement from gymnastics. Sport Psychology, 2000.
15) Reasons for taking part in orienteering. Sport Psychology. 2001. pp73-93.
16) How much are coaches responsible for the premature athletic disengagement of elite Greek gymnasts. Sport Science, Theory and practice, 2001, 16,3, pp 95-114
17) Oarsmen’s views about their relationship with their coaches in rowing communes. Disengagement of advanced and elite Greek male athletes from organized competitive sport. Koukouris Konstantinos and Gounaropoulos Panagiotis. Sport Science, Theory and practice. 2001, 16, 1, 45-64.
18) Incidents of violence in basketball. Koukouris Konstantinos and Taxildaridis Stavros. Sport Psychology, 2003, 14, 73-105.
19) Types of violence in amateur soccer in the areas of Macedonia and Fthiotida. Physical Education-Sport and Health Journal, Koukouris Konstantinos and Relias Taxiarhis 2004, 16-17, 127-138.
20) Outdoor activities and Sport. Investigations in Physical Education and sport. 2005, 3,3, 264-276.
21) Soccer and Politics in Cyprus (1959-1994). Hadjiharalambous Marios and Koukouris Konstantinos. Physical Education, Sport and Health, pp. 91-102.
22)  The effects of sex, age and career length on the job satisfaction of tennis coaches. Salonikidis, K., Drakou, Am. and Koukouris , K. (2008). Sport and Recreation Management, 4, 1, 18-45.
23) Top referees’ perspective about the effects of Mass Media on violence in basketball. Koukouris, K., Spiliopoulos, P., Salonikidis, K. and Taxildaridis S. (in press) Structure and management of sport.

PUBLICATIONS IN PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES.    

1) Disengagement of experienced Greek male athletes from competitive sport as a result of the deep crisis of human relationships in the athletic milieu. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Sports Law. Ancient Olympia 1993. Published in the book Ethics in Sport (ed. Panagiotopoulos Dim.)  “Έλλην”. Publications, pp 267-285.
2) Premature athletic disengagement of elite Greek gymnasts. 1st International Conference on Sport Psychology which was organized by the Department of Physical Education in Komotini, Greece. 1-3 November 1996, 116-121.
3) Cognitive mapping: a tool for the analysis of interview data in sports social psychology. 1st International Conference on Sport Psychology, which was organized by the Department of Physical Education in Komotini, Greece. 1-3 November 1996, 188-194. Bob Carroll & Konstantinos Koukouris (1996).
4) How much are coaches responsible for the premature athletic disengagement of elite Greek gymnasts. 2nd International Conference on Sport Psychology which was organized by the Department of Physical Education in Trikala, Greece 1998.
5) Outdoor activities in Greece for people with physical impairments. International Conference on Adapted Physical Education of Children and Youth: Every Individual Is a Challenge. C. Evaggelinou, K. Koukouris & S. Deligianni (abstract only). Czechoslovakia, Olomowc, 30 Ιουνίου -2 Ιουλίου 1996.

BOOK
The social aspects of sport. (2009). 337 pages covering all sociology of sport.

PUBLICATIONS IN BOOKS

1) Are coaches responsible for athletes’ disengagement from sport? The article has been published exclusively in the book of Stamiris Giannis (1995) “Sociology of Sport”.
2) Disengagement of advanced Greek male athletes form organized competitive sport as a result of the deep crisis of human relationships in the athletic milieau. Proceedings of the 2nd International congress on sports law. Ancient Olympia. It was published in the book Ethics in sport. Panagiotopoulos, Editor Έλλην Publication pp.267-285.
3)  Agression against referees in Greek basketball. Proceedings of 10th IASL Congress on sports law, pp. 258-266. Implementation and the Olympic Games. Ant. Sakkoulas, Athens, Greece.

 

EMPLOYMENT

1982 – 1984:  Part time employment in three private gym-centres.
1992: Part time employment in Llandrillo College, School of Leisure and Recreation, Colwyn Bay, in North Wales, Britain.
1993 – 2001:  Full-time employment as lecturer and subsequently as assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education, Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki. Teaching of the course “Sociology of Sport” (1993-2001). Teaching of the course “specialty course Tae-kwon-do” 1994-95. Teaching of the selection  course Tae-kwon-do” in Serres 1993-95 and Thessaloniki 1993-94, 1996-97 και 1997-1998. Teaching of the specialty course “outdoor sporting activities”.
2002-2010: Full-time employment as a Secondary school teacher in three secondary schools. Employment as a temporary member of staff in the Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science in Serres, Aristotle's University (2005-2010) teaching sociology of sport, outdoor activities, information technology, tae-kwon-do.

SPORTING BACKGROUND 


Track and Field       
1974-1979: Intensive training and competing in athletics in National and local championships in the events of 200m. 400m. and 400m. with hurdles.

Tae-kwon-do and other martial arts

1980-2010: Intensive training in Tae-kwon-do from 1980 until recently. Participation and distinction in the 1st British Open Championship of Hung Kuen of Shaolin Kung-Fu (1989). Participation in many contests in Tae-kwon-do and Kung-fu. 5th dan black belt in tae-kwon-do and 1st dan black belt in Hapkido. The black belt 1st dan (W.T.F.) was awarded in 1989 in Manchester,
1987-1992: Working experience as an associate teacher at Manchester Polytechnic Taekwondo Club and head teacher at Rhyl Tae-kwon-do Club.

Orienteering

1986- 2010: Participation in many contests in Britain, Sweden, Bulgaria, Serbia and FYROM. Leading role in the promotion of the sport in Greece. Organizing the first ever International Orienteering race in Greece and the first ever International Conference on orienteering. Conducting many seminars throughout the country.
1988: Certificate as orienteering instructor from the British National Centre of Mountain Activities at Plas y Brenin, Capel Curing, Gwynedd, Wales, U.K.
1996: Organizing he first ever properly conducted orienteering race in Greece.

1997 and 2000: Taking part in a 10 day orienteering seminars in Umeo Sweden and
1998: Organizing he first ever scientific conference about orienteering in Greece. The General Secretary of the International Orienteering Federation Mrs. Barbra Ronnberg gave a speech.
2000: Organizing he first ever international event in Thessaloniki. Except Greeks 85 Scandinavians participated!
2001: First ever participation of a Greek team in the Balkan championship in Strumnitsa, FYROM.

Hiking            
Participation in many trekkings in Greece and abroad.    
Canoe-Kayak
2002: Attending a five-day seminar of sea kayaking in the National Centre of Water sports in Wales, Britain.

 

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES


Documentaries on T.V.
Participation in TV documentaries produced by ET-3. The mountains of Grammos, Varnountas, Triklario and Falakro were described in these documentaries. They were presented many times on television.

Study for the development of outdoor activities in Chania

He was invited by the mayor of Chania in Crete to study an area of interest and present an alternative proposal for the development of the area of Agioi Apostoloi, Chania.
Public speeches about recreation and outdoor activities.
Invited main speaker in numerous public speeches about recreation and orienteering in the cities of Athens, Rodes, Chania, Ptolemaida, Kozani, Edessa, Serres, Makrinitsa Volos, Imeros Komotini etc. Published articles in many magazines and periodicals.



SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE

Koukouris Konstantinos studied Physical Education in the Department of Physical Education, University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He spent seven years in Britain and worked part-time in Llandrillo College, School of Leisure and Recreation, Colwyn Bay, in North Wales, Britain. He was awarded his M. Ed. in Social Sciences and his Ph. D. in Sociology of  Sport  from the Victoria University of Manchester in 1989. The title of his Doctoral Dissertation was “Disengagement of Elite Greek Male Athletes from Competitive Sport”. He worked as full-time senior lecturer in the Department of Physical Education, University of Thessaloniki from 1993-2001. He has eight years teaching experience in the course “Sociology of Sport”. He also taught Tae-kwon-do and outdoor activities at University level. He has published ten articles in international journals (including the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, the Sociology of Sport Journal, the Journal of Sport Behaviour, the Physical Education Review etc.) and 23 papers within Greece. He played a leading role in the promotion of orienteering in Greece. He is a 5th dan black belt in Tae-kwon-do and 1st dan in Hapkido. He is a keen outdoor activities enthusiast.


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