I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and a Jean Monnet Chair “The EU as a Global Actor” (ATHENA). I am also an Associate Editor of the academic journal European Security and a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Natolin).
Prior to joining the University of Amsterdam, I was a Research Fellow at the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair at the College of Europe (Natolin) and a visiting lecturer in Middle East Politics at Kingston University.
I received my PhD from the University of Warwick in 2012 after obtaining a BA in Political Science from the University of Crete and an MA degree in International Relations from the University of Manchester.
My research and teaching focus lies at the intersection of International Relations (IR theory, peace and state-building, contested states, security sector reform, conflict resolution, diplomacy), EU Studies (EU External Relations, EU security, CSDP, EU foreign Policy) and Middle East and North Africa area studies.
Between 2018 and 2022 I was the leader and coordinator of the EU-Middle East Jean Monnet Network EUMENIA. I am a co-leader of the Europe in the World theme of the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES), an Academic Board member of the Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (ACMES), an Academic Council Member of the European Neighbourhood Council and a non-resident fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy ELIAMEP.
I am the author of “The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories: State-building without a State” (Routledge, 2014), the co-editor (with Tobias Schumacher) of the “Revised European Neighbourhood Policy: Continuity and Change in EU Foreign Policy” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and the co-editor (with Daniela Huber and Michelle Pace) of the “Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations” (Routledge, 2022). I have edited special issues and published a number of scholarly articles in leading peer-reviewed academic journals such as European Security, the Hague Journal on the rule of law, Mediterranean Politics, Global Affairs, International Spectator, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, International Political Sociology, Geopolitics and Global Studies Quarterly. I have also written articles and op-eds which have been published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Al Jazeera, Open Democracy, EU Observer, Middle East Monitor, EUROMESCO and EurActiv.
Just published!
Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations
Co-edited with Daniela Huber and Michelle Pace.