Marios Vryonides
Biographic Data
| ID | 4197180 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marios Vryonides |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marios |
| FAMILY NAME | Vryonides |
| SIGNATURE | VRYONIDES M |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Cyprus |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-7751-6132 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Adolescents’ well-being during societal crises
This paper examines adolescents’ well-being during societal crises, using the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece and Cyprus as a case study. Drawing on a mixed-methods sociological approach, it combines survey data from 527 adolescents aged 14–16 with qualitative interviews and focus groups. The study explores how adolescents conceptualise well-being and how it is shaped by socio-economic background, gender, parental education, school performance, ethni…
Shaping governmentalized subjects through human capital discourse and teaching commitment in teacher professional development
Drawing on Foucault's notion of governmentality, this study investigates how teachers, as governmentalized subjects, are regulated by key factors within the context of professional development. A questionnaire was administered to all teachers in 40 randomly selected secondary schools, yielding a valid return rate of 81.06% ( n = 2966). Structural equation modelling (SEM) was then employed to test the theoretical framework underpinning the questio…
Adolescents’ reading habits during Covid-19 protracted lockdown
Education and social stratification across Europe
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors that affect progression to university education across Europe. Design/methodology/approach The data used are obtained from the fourth round of the European Social Survey (2008). Findings Findings point to interesting age by gender and age by parental education interactions affecting the entrance to university. It demonstrates the disparity that exists across Europe whereby in some countr…
Globalization and Education
Assessing the Dimensionality and Other Psychometric Properties of a Greek Translation of the Sex-role Egalitarianism Scale (Form B)
Widening participation in postgraduate studies in Greece
This article examines issues relating to widening participation in postgraduate study programmes in Greece. It focuses on a group of mature women and examines their experiences from attending a novel postgraduate e‐learning programme at the University of the Aegean. It presents findings from a study, which looked into mature women’s decision to return to higher education in relation to their responsibilities stemming from marriage, motherhood, wo…
Struggling between tradition and modernity
This article investigates the role of gender in educational choice‐making for post secondary school destinations in contemporary Cyprus. More specifically, it examines the cultural and ideological mechanisms that produce gender differentiation in the way educational choices are made by secondary school students and their families. Drawing on evidence from a qualitative investigation of parents of students graduating from secondary schools it supp…
Social and cultural capital in educational research
This article aims to contribute to the debate of how theoretical concepts can be operationalised when researching educational issues. Specifically, it examines the application of the concepts of social and cultural capital in empirical research seeking to provide explanations for educational processes relating to post‐secondary school choice making in contemporary Cyprus. The article argues that there are limitations in the various ways social an…
Ideological tensions in the educational choice practices of modern Greek Cypriot parents
The rapid modernisation process of Greek Cypriot society has created a cultural environment with an amalgam of traditionalist and modernist ethical attitudes, and antagonisms between them concerning, among other things, social advancement. These have implications for the way individuals and families develop various strategies of choice‐making for post secondary school destinations and for issues of social justice. We focus on social capital netwo…
Social and cultural capital in educational research
This article aims to contribute to the debate of how theoretical concepts can be operationalised when researching educational issues. Specifically, it examines the application of the concepts of social and cultural capital in empirical research seeking to provide explanations for educational processes relating to post‐secondary school choice making in contemporary Cyprus. The article argues that there are limitations in the various ways social an…
Ideological tensions in the educational choice practices of modern Greek Cypriot parents
The rapid modernisation process of Greek Cypriot society has created a cultural environment with an amalgam of traditionalist and modernist ethical attitudes, and antagonisms between them concerning, among other things, social advancement. These have implications for the way individuals and families develop various strategies of choice‐making for post secondary school destinations and for issues of social justice. We focus on social capital netwo…
Struggling between tradition and modernity
This article investigates the role of gender in educational choice‐making for post secondary school destinations in contemporary Cyprus. More specifically, it examines the cultural and ideological mechanisms that produce gender differentiation in the way educational choices are made by secondary school students and their families. Drawing on evidence from a qualitative investigation of parents of students graduating from secondary schools it supp…
Globalization and Education
Education and social stratification across Europe
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors that affect progression to university education across Europe. Design/methodology/approach The data used are obtained from the fourth round of the European Social Survey (2008). Findings Findings point to interesting age by gender and age by parental education interactions affecting the entrance to university. It demonstrates the disparity that exists across Europe whereby in some countr…
Widening participation in postgraduate studies in Greece
This article examines issues relating to widening participation in postgraduate study programmes in Greece. It focuses on a group of mature women and examines their experiences from attending a novel postgraduate e‐learning programme at the University of the Aegean. It presents findings from a study, which looked into mature women’s decision to return to higher education in relation to their responsibilities stemming from marriage, motherhood, wo…
Ideological tensions in the educational choice practices of modern Greek Cypriot parents
The rapid modernisation process of Greek Cypriot society has created a cultural environment with an amalgam of traditionalist and modernist ethical attitudes, and antagonisms between them concerning, among other things, social advancement. These have implications for the way individuals and families develop various strategies of choice‐making for post secondary school destinations and for issues of social justice. We focus on social capital netwo…
Struggling between tradition and modernity
This article investigates the role of gender in educational choice‐making for post secondary school destinations in contemporary Cyprus. More specifically, it examines the cultural and ideological mechanisms that produce gender differentiation in the way educational choices are made by secondary school students and their families. Drawing on evidence from a qualitative investigation of parents of students graduating from secondary schools it supp…
Social and cultural capital in educational research
This article aims to contribute to the debate of how theoretical concepts can be operationalised when researching educational issues. Specifically, it examines the application of the concepts of social and cultural capital in empirical research seeking to provide explanations for educational processes relating to post‐secondary school choice making in contemporary Cyprus. The article argues that there are limitations in the various ways social an…
Assessing the Dimensionality and Other Psychometric Properties of a Greek Translation of the Sex-role Egalitarianism Scale (Form B)
Widening participation in postgraduate studies in Greece
This article examines issues relating to widening participation in postgraduate study programmes in Greece. It focuses on a group of mature women and examines their experiences from attending a novel postgraduate e‐learning programme at the University of the Aegean. It presents findings from a study, which looked into mature women’s decision to return to higher education in relation to their responsibilities stemming from marriage, motherhood, wo…
Globalization and Education
Education and social stratification across Europe
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors that affect progression to university education across Europe. Design/methodology/approach The data used are obtained from the fourth round of the European Social Survey (2008). Findings Findings point to interesting age by gender and age by parental education interactions affecting the entrance to university. It demonstrates the disparity that exists across Europe whereby in some countr…
Adolescents’ reading habits during Covid-19 protracted lockdown
Adolescents’ well-being during societal crises
This paper examines adolescents’ well-being during societal crises, using the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece and Cyprus as a case study. Drawing on a mixed-methods sociological approach, it combines survey data from 527 adolescents aged 14–16 with qualitative interviews and focus groups. The study explores how adolescents conceptualise well-being and how it is shaped by socio-economic background, gender, parental education, school performance, ethni…
Shaping governmentalized subjects through human capital discourse and teaching commitment in teacher professional development
Drawing on Foucault's notion of governmentality, this study investigates how teachers, as governmentalized subjects, are regulated by key factors within the context of professional development. A questionnaire was administered to all teachers in 40 randomly selected secondary schools, yielding a valid return rate of 81.06% ( n = 2966). Structural equation modelling (SEM) was then employed to test the theoretical framework underpinning the questio…
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social science (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)