Yannis Skarpelos studied Sociology and holds a PhD in Visual Cultural Studies. Currently he is Dean of the School of International Studies, Communication and Culture. He is teaching at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture since 1996. His interests are focusing on the sociological and semiotic visual analysis. The last decade his research is focused on computational analysis of big visual data, videogames and social network analysis. He is the founder and head of the New Media Lab of the Department since 1999, and has been associate chair and chair of the Department, member of the Panteion Senate, and of the Research Committee.
He has written the books: Terra Virtualis: The Construction of Cyberspace (Nefeli, 1999), Historical Memory and Greekness in Comic Books (Kritiki, 2000), Image and Society: From Documentary Photography to Visual Sociology (Topos, 2012) and The Uncertain Sighns (Topos, 2019). He has also edited the volume Digital Games: Philosophical, social and cultural aspects (Oasis, 2019).
He has also written chapters in edited volumes and papers in journals.
He is a member of the International Visual Sociology Association, the Hellenic Semiotic Society, the International Association for Semiotic Studies, the International Visual Literacy Association, and the International Society for Metal Music Studies.