Thomas Maloutas is Researcher Emeritus at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) and Professor Emeritus at Harokopio University of Athens. Formerly served as General Secretary for Research & Technology; Director of the Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology and President of the Board of EKKE; Professor at the Department of Planning, University of Thessaly). His research and published work are mainly related to housing systems and segregation / gentrification processes, with a focus on contextual parameters associated with changing welfare regimes and urban social stratification in the era of capitalist globalisation.