Dimitris Pavlopoulos

Roles & Affiliations: Associate Professor in Sociology and Research Methods at VU Amsterdam, ERC Consolidator Grant recipient (2019), and affiliated researcher at Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Specializes in non-standard employment dynamics and statistical methodology.

Education: PhD in Sociology (Tilburg University, 2007), MSc in Economics (Athens University of Economics and Business), BSc in Mathematics (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens).

Research Interests: Focuses on the career effects of non-standard employment contracts, application of Hidden Markov Models, and improving official statistics through novel methodologies. Explores how organizational strategies and policies shape employment trajectories in Europe.

Grants & Projects: Led the ERC-funded DYNANSE project (2020–2026), co-developed the SHARESTATS open statistics item bank, and manages the COMBINE grant (2024–2026) addressing measurement errors in social assistance data.

Awards: ERC Consolidator Grant (2019), Best Poster Award (RC28 Conference 2017), and a PhD thesis bonus (2007).

Labs & Teams: Leads research teams at the Social Inequality and the Life Course (SILC) group, collaborating internationally on labour market dynamics and statistical innovation.