Committees - Partners

Host organisation:
Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)

In partnership with:

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Greece
International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA)

Collaborating partners

Athens University – Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
Athens University – Department of Theatre Studies, Greece
Athens University - Department of Theatre Studies, MA programm "Greek and World Theatre: Dramatourgy, Performance, Education, Greece
Thessaloniki University - Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
Thessaloniki University – Theatre Department, Greece
Thessaly University - Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
University of the Peloponnese – Theatre Studies Department, Greece
University of the Peloponnese – Department of Social and Educational Policy, Greece
Aegean University – Department of Primary Education, Greece
University of Patras - Department of Theatre Studies Theatre Laboratory of Drama and Speech Greece
Ankara University – Education Department, Turkey
Council of Europe - Roma and Travellers Division
UNICEF (Greece)
The European Wergeland Centre (EWC)
Bundesverband Theaterpädagogik e.V., (German Association for Theatre Pedagogy - BUT), Germany
La Transplanisphere (LT), France
Ex-Quorum - Associação de Divulgação de Eventos Culturais (EQ), Portugal
Centre for Intercultural Dialogue Association, (CID), North Macedonia
Stadt Theatre Dortmund (STD), Germany
Network for Children’s Rights, Greece
“Skasiarxeio” Educational Group, Greece
Initiative for Article 12 (InArt12), Greece
SIMEIO for the study and tackling of the far-right, Greece
Racist Violence Recording Network, Greece
KARPOS – Educational Centre for intercultural communication, Greece

Conference 2025 Coordinator: Nikos Govas, Co-ordinator of the "It could be me, it could be you" project and Consultant of the "Theatre Makes Politics" project

Coordinating Committee:

Vassilis Klissiaris (President of TENet-Gr Board, trainer of the "Theatre Makes Politics" project)
Morfoula Stergiou (Vice-president of TENet-Gr Board)
Irini Gotsi (Secretary of TENet-Gr Board, member of the Coordinating Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project)
Helena Zervou (Treasurer of TENet-Gr Board)
Helena Fanioudaki (Member of TENet-Gr Board, member of the Coordinating Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project)
Katerina Alexiadi (Coordinator in Greece for the "Theatre Makes Politics" project, member of the Coordinating Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project)
Vassia Kossiva (TENet-Gr General Management, member of the Coordinating Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project)
Pinelopi Kazakoni (member of the Coordinating Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project)
Giorgos Bekiaris (member of the Research Committee, Consultant and trainer of the “it could be me, it could be you” project)
Christina Krithari (Consultant of the “it could be me, it could be you” project, trainer of the "Theatre Makes Politics" project)
Antigoni Tsarbopoulou (Consultant of the “it could be me, it could be you” project)

Conference 2025 Scientific Committee

Chair: Christina Zoniou, University of the Peloponnese Theatre Studies Department. Member of the academic-advisory comittee and head of the Research Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project and Consultant of the "Theatre Makes Politics", Greece

Members (alphabetical order)

Garyfallia Anastasopoulou, Racist Violence Recording Network, Greece
Alexandra Androussou, Athens University Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
Glykeria Arapi, Sociologist, Consultant of the “It could be me, it could be you” project, Greece
Avra Avdi, drama/theatre pedagogue, trainer of the "it could be me, it could be you " project, Greece
Giorgos Bekiaris, member of the Reserach Committee, Consultant and trainer of the “it could be me, it could be you” project
Hugo Miguel Coelho, Ex-Quorum - Associação de Divulgação de Eventos Culturais (EQ), member of the Coordinating Committee of the "Theatre Makes Politics" project, Portugal
Popi Dionyssopoulou, UNHCR Greece
Giouli Douvou, theatre/drama pedagogue, trainer of the "it could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Clio Fanouraki, Athens University – Department of Theatre Studies, Consultant of the "It could be me , it could be you" project, Greece
Maria Frangi, University of Patras Department of Theatre Studies, Greece
Bruno Freyssinet, La Transplanisphere (LT), member of the Coordinating Committee of the "Theatre Makes Politics" project, France
Andreas Gruhn, Stadt Theatre Dortmund (STD), member of the Coordinating Committee of the "Theatre Makes Politics" project, Germany
Georgina Kakoudaki, director, trainer of the "it could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Despina Karakatsani, University of the Peloponnese – Department of Social and Educational Policy, Greece
Martha Katsaridou, Thessaly University - Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
Maria Kladaki, Aegean University – Department of Primary Education, Greece
Maria Koltsida, Thessaloniki University - Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
Alkistis Kontoyanni, University of the Peloponnese – Theatre Studies Department, Greece
Sanja Krsmanovic-Tasic, IDEA International Drama/Theatre and Education Association
Popi Kyrdi, Network for Children’s Rights, Greece
Antonis Lenakakis, Thessaloniki University - Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
Maria Leonida, KARPOS – Educational Centre for intercultural communication, Greece
Ioanna Lioutsia, actress, trainer of the "it could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Kostas Magos, Thessaly University - Department of Early Childhood Education, Consultant of the "It could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Yolanda Markpoulou, director, producer of the 'WALK with Amal" project in Greece
Giorgos Moschos, Initiative for Article 12 (InArt12), trainer of the "It could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Olga Orfanidou, trainer and member of the Research Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Zeki Özen, Ankara University, Turkey
Kostis Papaioannou, SIMEIO for the study and tackling of the far-right, trainer of the "It could be me, it could be you" project,Greece
Artemi Papakonstandinopoulou, member of the Research Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Dionysis Pavlou, Refugee Education Coordinator at Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) Lesvos Isl, trainer of the "it could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Myrto Pigou-Repousi, Thessaloniki University – Theatre Department, Consultant of the "It could be me, it could be you" project, Greece
Lutz Pickardt, Bundesverband Theaterpädagogik e.V., (German Association for Theatre Pedagogy - BUT), Coordinator of the "Theatre Makes Politcs" project, Germany
Eva Savopoulou, UNHCR Greece
Katerina Sakka, “Skasiarxeio” Educational Group, Greece
Besart Shabani, Centre for Intercultural Dialogue Association, (CID), member of the Coordinating Committee of the "Theatre Makes Politics" project, North Macedonia
Giorgos Simopoulos, UNICEF, Greece
Eleni Tsetsekou, Council of Europe - Roma and Travellers Division
Anna Tsichli, University of the Peloponnese – Theatre Studies Department, Greece
Angelos Vallianatos, The European Wergeland Centre (EWC), Greece

Organisation Committee (alphabetical order)
Chair: Katerina Alexiadi, Coordinator in Greece for the "Theatre Makes Politics" project, member of the Coordinating Committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project
Co-Chair: Irini Gotsi, Secretary to the Borad of Directors of TENet-Gr, and member of the coordinating committee of the "It could be me, it could be you" project.