Margarita Kominou

- Name
- Margarita Kominou
- Address
- Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
- M.Kominou(at)sms.ed.ac.uk
- Research Interests
- Consumption, Social movements
- URL
- http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/people/recent_graduates/kominou_margarita
Main Research Interests
Amongst other, I am particularly interested in:
- social movements and social change
- consumption (culture; ethics and politics)
- globalisation
- identity
- citizenship
Current Research
Please visit the blog I am using to get some details on my current research.
Teaching 2012/13
For this semester, I am facilitating two discussion groups for the postgraduate course Research Design.
Educational Background
- MRes in Business and Management, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland (2005-6)
- MSc in International Marketing, University of Strathclyde, Scotland (2004-5)
- MA(Hons) in Business Administration and Management (Major in Marketing), University of Piraeus, Greece (1999-2004)
Memberships & Activities
I am a member in the following professional bodies:
- Economic Chamber of Greece (since 2007)
- European Sociological Association (since 2007)
- Academy of Marketing (since 2008)
- British Sociological Association (since 2010)
I have acted as a reviewer for the postgraduate journals eSharp and the Canadian Graduate Journal of Sociology and Criminology (CGJSC)
Publications
Margarita Kominou & Hartwig Pautz (forthcoming) , 'Collective expropriation in Supermarkets', in Myrto Tsilimpounidi's and Aylwyn Walsh's(ed.) Re-mapping ‘Crisis’: A Guide to Athens, Zero Books Publications
Hartwig Pautz & Margarita Kominou (2012) , 'Reacting to ‘Austerity Politics’: The Tactic of Collective Expropriation in Greece' , Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest, 11 (3)
Hugo Gorringe, Michael Rosie, David Waddington & Margarita Kominou (2011) , 'Facilitating Ineffective Protest? The Policing of the 2009 Edinburgh NATO protests' , Policing & Society, 21 (4)
Talks/Seminars
- "Social banditry as an invented space of participation: The case of collective shoplifting in Greece and Germany", with Dr. Hartwig Pautz, ESA RN 32 Political Sociology Conference, University of Lille II, France [4-5 November 2010]
- "Political Consumerism : Changing the world one cup at a time", guest lecture for the Social and Political Movements: Theory and Practice course[U00544], SPSS, University of Edinburgh [29th Oct 2010]
- "I am an ethical consumer: A bottom-up approach in understanding the ‘ethical’ discourse in the context of consumption", ESA Consumption Research Network Interim Meeting, Tartu, Estonia [25-28 August 2010]
- "Protesting with your wallet: The use of consumer power as a tool for change and its implications for understanding collective action", Alternative Futures and Popular Protest Conference, March 2010, Manchester, UK
- "Collective action in ethical consumerism", GCU Public Policy Research Seminar Series, April 2008, Glasgow, UK
- "The Ethical Consumerism Movement: Consumers changing the world?", European Sociological Association Conference - PhD Workshop, September 2007, Glasgow, UK
Knowledge Transfer
- Knowledge Exchange Prize for Early Career Researchers 2010, School of Social and Political Science, The University of Edinburgh (Awarded October 2010)
- IRUN Research Communication Summer School, 24-29 June 2010, Glasgow, UK
- "Who is the Ethical Consumer? Research findings, discussion and networking", Public Event part of Glasgow's West End Festival, June 2010, Glasgow, UK
- "Insights on ethical consumption: Engaging public, informing policy, advancing business", poster competition entry for the Knowledge Transfer Scotland: Policy and Practice Conference, April 2010, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK