Thanassis Karalis is Professor of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education at the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education of the University of Patras and Director of the Laboratory of Pedagogical Research and Lifelong Education. He is a member of the Quality Assurance Unit of the University of Patras for more than fifteen years, a member of the Board of Directors of the Center of Lifelong Education, and coordinator of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). He is a member of the American Evaluation Association, and the Commission of Professors of Adult Education / American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. For the last five years is the scientific coordinator for the assessment of the TEACH4Integration Program of UNICEF – Country Office of Greece.