Farsedakis Iakovos

Professor Emeritus   Address: Department of Sociology Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, 136, Syngrou Avenue, 176 71, Athens Building: Lagoumitzi 22 Floor: 4th Office: 7 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel./fax.: +30 210 9201797

STUDIES :

Graduate: Law (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

Post-graduate:

                       1. D.E.S. Higher European Studies (University of Strasbourg)

                       2. D.E.S. Comparative Law (University of Strasbourg)

                       3. D.E.S. History of Law and of Social Facts (University of Strasbourg)

Ph.D.:  Doctorat d’État en Droit (LL.D) (Faculty of Law, University of Strasbourg)

PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES (Past* and Present):

-          Emeritus Professor of Criminology,  Panteion University of Athens

-          Chair, Law Department, European University of Cyprus

-          Professor of Criminology, Greek Police Academy, Cyprus Police Academy

-          Director of the Section of Criminology, Panteion University of Athens (1987-2007)*

-          President of the Department of Sociology (1994-1998),  Panteion University of Athens*

-          Member of the Senate (1989-1998),  Panteion University of Athens*

-          Director of the Greek Center of Criminology

-          Director of the Post-graduate Studies in Criminology(1984-2008), Panteion University*

-          President of the Society of Greek Sociologists (2008-2010)*.

-          President, Hellenic Society of Criminology

-          Vice-President, A.I.C.L.F., International Association of French Speaking Criminologists (Geneva)

-          Vice-President, Foundation for the Development of Social Work (Athens)*

-          Secretary General, Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (1984-2012)*

-          Secretary, Scientific Commission, International Society of Criminology* (Paris)

-          Member of the Board:                                            

                                              • International Society of Criminology

                                              • Society for the Study of Greek Philosophy*

                                              • Centre for the Study of Ancient Greek Law*

                                              • Greek Kant Society*

                                              • Scientific Commission of the European Forum for Urban Safety*

                                              • Centre for Security Studies*

                                              • Centre for the Study of Problems of Hellenism*

-          Editor:

            • “Criminal Justice” Review (monthly)

            • “Criminology” Review (bi-annual)

            • “Hellenic Review of Criminology”(bi-annual)*

-          Editor of the series of books:

                                                  • “Criminological Library”

                                                         • “Criminal Justice Library”

                                                         • “Copybooks of Criminology”

-          Member of the Editorial Committee of  seven Greek and Foreign Journals

-     Visiting Professor and/or Researcher*:

      • School of Criminology and International Centre of Comparative

        Criminology, University of Montreal, Canada 

      • Max-Planck Institut.,Freiburg i.Br., Germany      

      • Faculty of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

      • Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

      • School of Criminology and Department of Criminal law and

        Criminology, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

      • Faculty of Law, Free University of Brussels

      • Faculty of Law, University of Porto

      • Faculty of Sociology, University of Bologna

      • Faculty of Law, University of Liege

-          Consultant:

                    • United Nations

                    • Council of Europe

                    • European Union

                    • Greek Parliament and

                    •  Greek Governments (Member of  Law Reform Commissions)

       -      National Representative of Greece to the E.U. Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN)

       -      Author or Co-author of twenty-three (23) Books and of a great number of Articles. See: Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Essays in Honour of   Professor James Farsedakis, Vol. I and II, Nomiki Bibliothiki, Athens, 2011, Vol.I, pp. LXVII-LXXIV. Since then: three more Books and four Articles.