Sotirios Glavas has a Bachelor degree in History and Archaeology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. During his studies he received a scholarship from the National Institute of Scholarships (1969-1972) and later a second scholarship from the «Mycenian Foundation ING» (1973-1975).
He has a PhD degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
He had been appointed as a philologist in Secondary Education and had taught in Junior High Schools as well as High Schools. He had served at the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Education (1990), as a Studies Director for the Secondary Education at the Ministry of Education (1990-1993) and as a Special Consultant for the Ministress of National Education (2004-2006).
Furthermore, he served as Associate Councilor and Councilor for the Philologists at the Pedagogical Institute. He was also Vice-chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and from January 2013 to 20.11.2015 Chairperson at the Institute of Educational Policy.
He was Special Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and Chairperson at the Institute of Educational Policy (2013-2015).
Moreover, he was Vice-President of the Primary and Secondary Education Council (SPSE/ESYP) and participated in many corporate bodies as a member of Management Board and Scientific Associations.
For many years, he had taught in Higher Education the course “History of Education” at the School of Applied Mathematics and Natural Sciences, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) as well as the course “History of Educational Policy” at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Athens (2004-2015).
He has a great and diverse written work: books, studies and articles published in various scientific journals.
He has developed a great scientific and research activity as a temporary Scientific Associate of the Academy of Athens Antiquity Center, as a member of a scientific science excavation of the Mycenae Religious Center, as a scientific associate of the Museum of Thebes and in charge of much research work at the Pedagogical Institute.
He has participated as a speaker and lecturer in many scientific congresses, conferences and in many training seminars in Greece and abroad.
He has participated in hundreds of committees and work groups of administrative nature at the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs as well as at the Pedagogical Institute, where he was responsible for the authoring of numerous scientific works and books.