Niko Tiliopoulos - biography, career, poetry
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Niko was born Nikolaos Savvas Tiliopoulos on Tuesday 15 July 1969 at 6: 00 a.m., in the harbour city of Volos, on the central east coast of Greece. Coincidently, his birthplace was also that of the Centaurs, Achilles, Jason, and Aeolus, the hanging out place of Aristotles, and the starting point of the Argonaut expedition. Niko, unfortunately or luckily perhaps, bares no resemblance to any of these ancient or mythical entities.
Niko started writing poetry since he could hold a pen, although his first attempts were, naturally, incomprehensible, as it would still be some time before he could write in proper words. Anyway, time went by, and Niko kept on writing poems and extending his creativity to stories, lyrics, songs, and symphonic music. One day, he won the first prize in the 1996 National Greek Poetry Competition, while the following year, he was shortlisted for the National Greek Literature Prize (to this day, he still believes both distinctions were errors of judgement) .
By then, however, he had realised there were no employment benefits or money in poetry (or at least, in his poetry) , so he shifted his attention to science, and went on to acquire a PhD in psychopathology from the (infamous) Koestler Parapsychology Unit of the Psychology Department of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. After many (unnecessary for some, including his mom) adventures in “exotic” lands and some naughty research in the Netherlands and Indonesia (and some ’quality’ time in a Russian cell - but that is all hush-hush) , he settled down in Australia (for now) , where he is currently a lecturer at the University of Sydney.
During his hardcore scientific years, he had, more or less, forgotten his first love (no, not Katya; he never forgot her) , and it was his accidental drunken meeting with Gabriel Gárcia Márquez in Havana that fuelled back his passion for literature. Nowadays, whenever his mind is not entirely occupied with academic logic, Niko is still writing poetry. And he is still pennyless.
Sellected publications
Tiliopoulos, N., & Crawford, G. (2007) . Three-factor model of schizotypal personality in British Christians. Mental Health, Religion & Culture,10,563-569..
McVittie, C. D., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2007) . When 2 – 3 % really matters: The (un) importance of religiosity in psychotherapy. Mental Health, Religion & Culture,10,515-526.
Tiliopoulos, N. & McVittie, C. (2007) . MMR, immunisation & parental decisions: A systematic review of behavioural predictors. In F., Anagnostopoulos & E. Karademas (Eds) , Special Issues in Health Psychology (pp.3-22) . Athens, Greece: Livani Publishing.
Tiliopoulos, N., Bikker, A.P., Coxon, A.M., & Hawkins, P.K. (2007) . The means & ends of religiosity: A fresh look at Gordon Allport’s religious orientation dimensions. Personality & Individual Differences,42,1609-1620.
Crawford, G., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2006) . Religious & spiritual correlates of psychological health. Health Psychology Update,15,27-33.
McVittie, C. D., Harris, L., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2006) . ’I intend to donate but...’: A comparison of UK blood donors & non-donors. Psychology, Health & Medicine,11,1-6.
Gellatly, J., McVittie, C. D., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2005) . To vaccinate or not to vaccinate: Three predictors of parents’ decisions on MMR immunisation. Family Practice,22,658-662.
Edge, H., Suryani, L. K., Tiliopoulos, N., & Morris, R. (2005) . Two cognitive DMILS studies in Bali. Journal of Parapsychology,68,281-321.
Wilson, S., Morris, R. L., Tiliopoulos, N., & Pronto, E. (2005) . Psi & associational processes. Journal of Parapsychology,68,129-155.
Stefanowska, J., Tiliopoulos, N. S., Ipema, A. H., & Hendriks, M. M. W. B. (1999) . Dairy Cow Interactions with an Automatic Milking System starting with “Walk-Through” Selection. Applied Animal Behaviour Science,63,177-193.
Houwers, H. W. J., Tiliopoulos, N., & Haaksma, J. (1996) . Onbeperkt Perspulp voor Zeugen in een groep Technisch Mogelijk. Varkens,13,30-32.
Dey, L., Chouliara, Z., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2006) . Experiences of Spirituality & Breast Cancer. Proceeding of the British Psychological Society, Scotland.
Johnstone, J., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2005) . Attitudes towards Islam & schizotypal personalities. Proceeding of the British Psychological Society,13(2) ,112-113.
Tiliopoulos, N., & McVittie, C. D. (2005) . Relevant to few, routine or incompatible: Marginalising religious beliefs in psychotherapy. Proceeding of the British Psychological Society,13(2) ,117.
Edge, H., Suryani, L. K., Tiliopoulos, N., & Morris, R. (2003) . A DMILS study in a Non-EuroAmerican culture. Proceedings of Presented Papers: The Parapsychological Association 46th Annual Convention,49-67.
Tiliopoulos, N. (2003) . Psychological research: The ideas behind the methods. British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology,56,382-383.
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