Interfaith Dialogue in the light of the Cultural Diplomacy and Political Liberalism of John Rawls
Dimitris was born in Athens in 1977. He holds a degree in Human Resources and Business Administration from the Faculty of Business and Finance, and a master degree in Cultural Studies & Social Communication from the Faculty of Communication and Mass Media Studies of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. He owns a master degree in Cultural Policy, Management and Communication from the Department of Communication, Media and Culture of the School of International Studies, Communication and Culture of Panteion university, and a degree from the University Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens, while he has graduated from the Patriarchal school of Jerusalem.
He has extensive professional experience in the organization of cultural events and in communication (Press, communication campaigns design) and networking.
He has served as advisor to the Direction of the Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation (INEDIVIM) in Communication Policy, as well as advisor on development in the Patriarchal Exarchate of Patmos where, among other things, he introduced the historic Patmos Monastery in the global Google Art Project platform as the 4th Greek institution, after the Benaki, Cycladic Art and Acropolis museums.
He has served as structural coordinator in five conferences (on entrepreneurship and Innovation, as well as on racism and xenophobia), which were assigned by the General Secretariat for Youth and the Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation.
At the present time he works for the United Nations Higher Commissioner for the Refugees.
He has a strong interest in Change Management, and a particular interest in religion as social phenomenon as well as in the regulation of the relationship between the state and religious institutions, clearly oriented towards a just, secular state.
The subject of Dimitris Champesis’ thesis is "Interfaith Dialogue in the light of the Cultural Diplomacy and Political Liberalism of John Rawls".
