Experience

BST impact sàrl

• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Involved as a Research Consultant in a dynamic project implemented by BST Consulting (Geneva) and Lattanzio KIBS (Milan), supported by UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women). The aim of the project is to develop a youth led regional research on the linkages between youth development, gender equality, and social cohesion challenges in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Involved as a Research Consultant in a dynamic project implemented by BST Consulting (Geneva) and Lattanzio KIBS (Milan), supported by UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women). The aim of the project is to develop a youth led regional research on the linkages between youth development, gender equality, and social cohesion challenges in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia.



EU-CoE Youth Partnership

• Youth Researcher

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  I got involved in the Youth Partnership in 2016, when I conducted and published an original research on the educational integration of refugees in Greece and their contribution to the ongoing process of the recognition and validation of youth work in the country. In 2020, following a competitive, yet transparent process, I joined the Partnership's Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR). In 2021-2022, I co-authored the study on YouthWork in SouthEast Europe. At the moment, I am conducting a study on Refugees' Autonomy, investigating case studies of refugees from Ukraine, Northern Iraq & Syria, where I examine hybrid identities, financial autonomy, social integration and gender. I use mainly qualitative tools such as ethnographic research, observation, personal interviews, but I also count on nethnography, as some of my interviewees are currenly in situations of ongoing conflict. Show less



Council of Europe

• France
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Educational Consultant

  • Nov 2013 - Dec 2022

  •To design, facilitate and/or evaluate the outcomes of human rights-related acivities (educational, training or networking events/seminars/courses) in different geographical contexts, addressing a wide audience of policymakers, activists, educational practitioners, migration workers. •Using mainly non-formal education tools and methods, based on the profile and needs of the target-audience as well as desired objectives. •Working with the Youth Department of the Council of Europe (coe.int), but also other CoE bodies, such as the North-South Center, the Quality Label for Youth Centres Programme, the Congress of Local & Regional Authorities. •10-year professional involvement in the ‘Euro-Arab Youth Dialogue’ between the CoE and the League of Arab States and drafting of the homonymous study that was published by the CoE. • 10-year experience in the ‘Quality Label for Youth Centres’ program. • Trainer & Educational Advisor in the Compass National Training Schemes in Greece (Compasito, Enter!, Mosaic etc), involved in all stages of the activity, from planning to facilitation and evaluation. Show less



University of Leeds

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  I have been part of the 'CoLearnSEE-Changing the Story project': Asking how the arts, heritage, and human rights education can support youth-centred approaches to civil society building in post-conflict settings across the world. I have been under the supervision of two very prominent professors, experts in social anthropology and sociology, respectively. Co-LearnSEE’s overall aim is to provide a better, contextual and differentiated understanding transferability and which factors effectively facilitate change towards: 1) Formal or non-formal educational institutions and CSOs adopting innovative, arts-based, socially inclusive and participatory methods research-based pedagogies aimed at critical thinking; 2) Young people and formal CSOs or informal groups identifying new ways of making their voice heard and effectively challenging established partisan historiographic or neo-colonialist narratives. https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk/profiles/mary-drosopulos/ Show less



Translation and Interpreting services

• Translation and Localization
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Translator & Conference interpreter/ Cultural Mediator

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2020

  Oscilating between different linguistic (and thus, cultural) systems has been an integral part of my professional and academic activity. I have worked for big multinational companies (Pfizer, Turkish Airlines etc), but have also provided services to publishing houses, translation agencies, tour operators and individuals. Vocationally trained in conference interpreting; experienced in cultural mediation; passionate about literary translation, which has also been the vehicle of my doctoral studies. Working languages: english, turkish, greek, french, spanish, albanian. Show less



Kosovo Foundation for Open Society

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher/Analyst

  • May 2018 - May 2019

  Involved in the project entitled "Building Knowledge about Kosovo" which aims to: Produce and widely disseminate new knowledge about Kosovo’s statehood and its complex policy making questions. Gather together and provide necessary support to a number of young and dynamic researchers engaged in cutting edge analysis of contemporary Kosovo. Engage project participants in designing new and innovative dissemination ideas and tools. Form a network of dynamic and promising young analysts who will become the springboard for future research on Kosovo. Particularly, examining: Kosovo’s relations with Greece: [diplomatic, political, societal perspectives and dimensions; modalities of cooperation and non-cooperation at both the governmental and non-governmental level; analysis of problems and challenges, obstacles and facilitators (e.g. public perceptions, media representations, social/national stereotypes etc.); analysis of specific arenas of potential cooperation (e.g. academia, civil society, sports etc.) and assessment of previous record of cooperation; Kosovo in the domestic political dialogue of non-recognising countries; innovative ways for promoting European countries’ relations with Kosovo] Show less



Mediterranean College

• Greece
• Higher Education

• Program Lead

  • Oct 2015 - Jul 2016

  Supervision of all activities of the School of Education; active role in strategy planning, recruitment of educational staff and organization of a wide array of activities; scientific supervision of projects and active teaching in both BA and MA courses. Specifically: -To contribute to the strategic planning, development and extroversion of the School of Education by collaborating with the Marketing and Sales Department, as well as external agents in needs analysis, organization of events, public relations etc. To organize events and activities, such as congresses, conferences, employability fairs, seminars, etc, aiming at the promotion of the department together with a team. -To monitor and implement tasks related with the e-learning platform, including the distance-learning courses. -To represent the School in Greece and abroad at meetings, exam boards, academic committees, staff development sessions, employability fairs etc. -To carry out complex academic and administrative tasks related with the BA and MA programs. -To design, coordinate and implement educational or promotional projects (international youth exchanges, research projects, study visits, academic conferences, seminars/workshops etc) in Greece and abroad and to prepare all necessary paperwork and correspondence (application forms, press releases, etc). Show less