TEAM

George Pavlidis

BSc in psychology, PhD in gerontology, University of
Sheffield, 2018.

Assistant professor at the division Ageing and Social
Change, IKOS.

Research and teaching in ageing studies.

Study Director.

Previously a professional basketball player for 13
years in Greece, Spain, and Germany.

Axel Ågren

Master in Social and Welfare studies, PhD in medical science, Linköping University (LiU), 2021.

Senior lecturer in Social Work, LiU.

Research and teaching in social work, ageing and palliative care.

Experiences of writing evaluations, organizing conferences and cultural events.

Chair International Association of Social Work Sweden, chair Association of Social Work (regional East Sweden).

Simona Matějková

Master degree in Project management at CTU in Prague.

Project manager of APSS CR.

Financial and project management.

Collecting and analysing data.

Previously an office and project manager in Prague.

Jana Pšejová

PhDr, Charles University, Information Studies and Librarianship, 2005, (…previously a nurse, librarian and web designer).

Project manager for municipalities, non-profit sector and digitization.

Current work topics: digitization in social services and assistive.

Communication in palliative care.

Facilitator, lecturer, coach.

Luigi Della Sala

Master of Arts in International Relations, LUISS University, Rome, 2008.

Founder of TREE Agency, EU and social impact project designer.

Based in Brussels since 2007, lived in France, Malta, Netherlands, Poland.

Chelsea Lazaridou

BA in Physical Education, Master’s in Adult Education, specialized in education for older adults (University of Athens).

Counselling in the field of drug abuse  (Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego).

Project Manager at HAEA.
Training on human rights by Amnesty International and ASEM.

Marina Leka

Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras

Master’s Degree in Educational Sciences, Hellenic Open University 

Assistant project coordinator at HAEA
Liliana Carrillo

Master in Computer Science Engineering, Master in Business Administration, Advanced Studies Diploma and PhD studies in Artificial Intelligence and Computer/Network Architectures, several Agile Project Management certifications.

Social Digital entrepreneur; Researcher on Collective Intelligence. Advancing the SDGs, Digital/Data rights and Democracy via CollectiveUP.

CEO and founder of CollectiveUP (the name comes from CollectiveUPgrade).

Chrysanthi Katrini

MsC in Informatics and Multimedia, MsC in Computer Vision.

Operations Manager & Project Manager at CollectiveUP.

Have various experiences in adult education, inclusion and
the development of digital courses.

Paul Fenton

MA International Relations; BA Political Science.

EU programs Director and EIT Culture & Creativity Coordinator at CollectiveUP.

20+ years EC project manager and proposal developer.

Steven McAvinue

Certified office administrator (1987).

Airborne Infantryman (1990-2000) and Multichannel
Transmission Systems Operator-Maintainer (2009-2012);
non-commissioned officer responsible for training soldiers of various ranks and backgrounds.

Volunteer tutor and instructor, for seniors regarding
various ICT topics, at Café Anschluss of the Frankfurter
Verband e. V.

Co-Manager of Café Anschluss, primarily responsible for
course planning and various ICT matters in the center.

Peter Gehweiler

Master of Social Work (1987) and Business
Administration (1997).

Speaker/Consultant for Child, Youth and Family Services with the Paritätischer Wohlfahtsverband, LV Hessen.

Various positions within the Frankfurter Verband e.V. culminating as Department Head of Volunteer Management.

Advisory Group

Astrid Mönnikes

Master of Arts in Political Science, English and History,
University of Cologne

Project manager “DigitalPakt Alter”

Work topics:

 – digitization and education for older people,

– older people in voluntary work,

– support for professional volunteering.

Member of various expert commissions, among others:

– Advisory Board “Digitization and Education for Older People” of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

– DiBiWohn. Digital educational processes for older residents in assisted living arrangements and care facilities

Apolline Parel

She holds a Master degree in International Relations and Gender Studies”

As Human Rights Officer, Apolline is supporting the Human Rights Manager in advocating for a United Nations’ convention on the rights of older persons through the work of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing.

As Project Officer, Apolline is involved in different projects, where her main task is the drafting of EU policy recommendations and organisations of events that target EU policymakers.

Apolline joined AGE in April 2022 after gaining experience in the European Commission and NATO.

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