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Ιoannis Papageorgiou is Professor at the School of Political Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he teaches, among others, courses on the history of European integration, comparative politics and political systems, area studies courses (US politics, Latin America) and international politics. He is a lawyer and political scientist. He holds a degree in Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, an MA in Comparative Politics from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), and an MA in Development Cooperation from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He received his PhD from ULB in 2001, with a thesis on regional integration in Central America.
During the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2012, and again during the second Cyprus Presidency in 2026, he served as Chair of the Asylum Working Party of the Council of the EU. Since 2003, he has also worked as an independent expert on a number of international projects relating to migration and asylum. In 2011–2012, he served as Director of the Greek Asylum Service. From 2016 to 2018, he worked at the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament in Brussels, where he focused on the institutional dimensions of Brexit and issues relating to civil liberties.
His academic research focuses on European political integration, comparative politics, migration and asylum policies, and international humanitarian and refugee law. From 2019 to 2023, he held the Jean Monnet Chair “The Fundamentals of European Integration: Democracy, Institutions and Policies”. In 2021, he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. Since 2023, he has held a second Jean Monnet Chair, entitled “EU Horizons Unveiled: History, Rights and the External Dynamics of European Integration”.
Selected publications (in English)
- «Democracy through regional integration: the role of institutions» (with K. Nyman Metcalf). Intersentia Brussels (2015).
- «The Hirsi Jamaa et al. Italy case: refugee protection in international waters». Comments on the a/m ruling of the European Court of Human rights. To Syntagma. Vol. 2-3-4/2013. pages 862-901. A. Sakkoulas ed(s). Athens. October 2013.
- “The Europeanization of immigration and asylum in Greece (1990-2012)”. The International Journal of Sociology– special issue on ‘Migration and Development: International Comparative Perspectives’,. Vol. 43, 3. Fall 2013. pp. 72-90.
- “ ‘Is this really what I voted for?’ on the Legitimacy of European integration” (with T. Kerikmae and K. Nyman Metcalf). Baltic Journal of Law and Politics.Volume 6, Issue 1 (Jun 2013) pp. 45-62.
- “Central American Integration System (SICA)”. In ‘the Democratization of International Institutions”Edited by Lucio Levi, Giovanni Finizio and Nicola Vallinoto. Routledge. Taylor and Francis group. London – New York. 2013.
- “The democratization elements in the regional integration process of Central America”. Electronic edition of the international research on the elements of democracy in supranational regional organisms (International Democracy Watch) carried out by the Turin University Center for Studies in Federalism. September 2010.
- “Social Rights at European, regional and international level – challenges for the 21stcentury”. Editing, translation of texts into English and contribution in this collective book. Bruylant Brussels. 2010. 408 p.
- «Social rights in Latin American regional texts». Contribution (pages 119-148) in the collective book entitled «Social rights at supranational level around the world – challenges and perspectives». Nikitas Aliprantis (ed.). Athens. Papazisis editions. 2008. 473 pages.
- “Unaccompanied minors asylum seekers in Greece” (with Georgia Dimitropoulou). Research commissioned by the Office of the UNHCR in Greece. In Greek and English. 112 pages. April 2008.
- «Regional Integration and Courts of Justice» (with Prof. K. Nyman-Metcalf). Brussels. Intersentia publications. Antwerpen. 2005.
“The new “Dubliners”. An appraisal of the implementation of Council Regulation 343/2003 (with P.Papadimitriou). Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 18 (3) Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp. 299-318
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Comparative Politics and Political Systems
Contemporary Issues of International Politics
History of European Integration
Latin America. Politics, society and international relations
Politics and Government in Southern Europe. A Comparative Analysis
Special Issues in Comparative Politics. The Political Systems of the United States and Russia
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