Stavros Parlalis
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Dr Parlalis K. Stavros received both his Masters Degree in Policy Studies (2003) and his Doctorate in Social Work (2008) by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He obtained his BA in Social Work in 2003 by the ATEI of Crete, Greece. He currently works as Assistant Professor in Psychology and Social Sciences at Frederick University. He is lecturing at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; he is also lecturing in the Distance Learning Programs of Special Education and that of Adult Education. In the past, he has worked as social worker for five years for Enable Scotland, Edinburgh (2003-2008). He has published one monograph titled as “De-institutionalisation of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Republic of Cyprus” (Power Publishing 2012, p.210) and he has edited the publication of the book titled as “Social Work Applications in Greece and Cyprus” (Pedio Publications 2011, p.368). In addition, he has published papers in international journals and chapters in edited books. He has participated in middle-scale funded research projects such (e.g. RPF, Erasmus+, LIFE) as researcher, research team coordinator and project manager. His main research interests focus on the study of organisational changes, organisational development, de-institutionalisation of persons with disabilities and issues concern vulnerable groups of people (e.g. persons with disabilities, immigrants, homeless).