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Positions held:
Professor of International Law, University of Bristol, UK (2008-2020)
Professor of International Law (Marie Curie), University of Copenhagen (2016-2018)
Reader in Law, University of Bristol, UK (2006-2008)
Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Athens, Greece (1997-2006)
Lecturer, School of Law, University of Athens, Greece (1991-1997)
Advisor to the Greek Parliament
Advisor to the Greek Parliament on international legal affairs (1989-2006)
Advisor to the Greek Parliamentary delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) (1996-1997); participation in the PABSEC meetings in Tbilisi, Rize (Turkey), Moscow, Bucharest, and Athens
Links with government and other Greek institutions:
External evaluator for the structural reform of the Law School, University of Athens (2013)
Member, Advisory Board, Karamanlis Institute for Democracy (2001-2005)
Degrees earned:
Dr. jur., magna cum laude, Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany (1985) (DAAD scholarship)
J.D., summa cum laude, School of Law, University of Athens
Other academic and research activities
Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium (HRRC CT-BW), Member of the Interstate Steering Committee; Coordinator of Working Group 3, Human Rights and International Relations (since 2019)
Marie Curie Professorial Fellowship, University of Copenhagen Law School – iCourts (2016-2018)
Leibniz Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for International Law, Heidelberg (2015)
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science Fellowship (2014)
University of Copenhagen Law School, iCourts, Visiting Fellow (2014)
Harvard Law School, Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Global Law and Policy (2009-2010)
Bristol University Fellowship (2009-2010)
Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Fellow for Comparative Research in Law and Political Economy (CLPE) (2008)
University Paris XII, School of Law, Visiting Professor (one month annually, 1997-2001)
Odysseus Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe (founding member, since 1999)
Welsh Center for International Affairs (WCIA), Legal Affairs Committee (LAC), Cardiff, member (2006-2016)
Referentenbesprechung at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
https://youtu.be/fU0_WY1iDa4Referentenbesprechung at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaY9kJ09DV8&t=13sThe return of geopolitics and the transformation of migration law, in: Conference of the Odysseus Network, The New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Dead or alive? Brussels, 09.09.2021-10.09.2021
The International Court of Justice as ‘Discreet’ Geopolitical Actor: Signals from the Recent Jurisprudence, in: 10th Annual Conference of the Cambridge International Law Journal: National Sovereignty and International Co-operation: The Challenges of Navigating Global Crises, Online, 18.03.2021-20.03.2021
The Authority of the International Court of Justice, in: International Public Authority (IPA) Conference, MPI Heidelberg, 28.11.2019-29.11.2019
Migrants Trapped in Libya: For a Humanitarian Intervention 2.0, in: Conference organized by the Finnish EU Presidency: 'From Tampere 20 to Tampere 2.0', Helsinki, 24.10.2019-25.10.2019
Irregular Migration as a System and the Interpretation of the 1951 Refugee Convention, in: Conference 'Constitutional Foundations of EU Migration Law', University of Konstanz, 18.06.2019-19.06.2019
Welche Bedeutung haben die (auch) durch Flucht und Migration bedingte Neuformierung räumlicher Ordnung und die damit einhergehenden Weiterentwicklungen des Völker- und Unionsrechts für die globale geopolitische Konstellation insgesamt? Welche Rolle spielen dabei Deutschland und die EU?, in: MPI und Außenamt: Aktuelle völkerrechtliche Fragen im Bereich Flucht und Migration vor dem Hintergrund neuer politischer Herausforderungen, Heidelberg, 06.06.2019
Wirtschaftliche Selbstbestimmung und die Krise in Venezuela, in: MPIL Momentum: 'Illiberale Demokratie in der Krise: Venezuela in seiner Bedeutung für Europa', Heidelberg, 13.03.2019
Co-Convenor of the Conference on ‘Economic Constitutionalism: Mapping its Contours in European and Global Governance’ (with Gabor Halmai, Lisa Mardikian and Daniel Bedford), EUI, Florence, 14.06.2018 - 15.06.2018
International Court of Justice and the preservation of peace in the 21st century: Global governance in action, Keynote Lecture in: Öresund International Law Workshop on ‘Challenges in the Law of Responsibility’, University of Lund, Sweden, 11.06.2018
Co-Convenor of a workshop on ‘Judicial Responses to the Migration Crisis’, University of Copenhagen (with Panos Koutrakos), Copenhagen, Denmark, 09.03.2018
The ICJ and the migration crisis – who will wake-up the Ice Queen?, in: ‘Judicial Responses to the Migration Crisis (above), University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 09.03.2018
Convenor of a workshop of the contributors to the ‘Research Handbook on the International Court of Justice’ (Skordas ed.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 08.02.2018 - 10.02.2018
Convenor of the panel on ‘International Responsibility of the EU for the Violations of Migrant Rights by Libya’, in: Annual Conference of the Odysseus Network,‘Conflict and Compromise – Between Law and Politics in EU Migration and Asylum Policies’, Brussels, 01.02.2018
Legal Framework for EU Action at Sea, paper presented during a training course and naval exercise for EU high-level military, organized by the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) (ESDC activity 17-18/36/1), Constanţa, Romania, 02.10.2017 - 06.10.2017
Chair and discussant of the panel on ‘The Public’s Many Faces’ at the ICON-S Conference, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 06.07.2017
Public discussion with Sir Michael Wood, Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission, ‘The Functions of International Courts and Tribunals’, iCourts Summer School, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 30.06.2017
The International Court of Justice and the Cultures of Anarchy, paper at the iCourts Annual Retreat, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 10.05.2017
From Confrontation to Dispute Settlement: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), paper at a Conference on ‘Implications of the Nuclear Agreement with Iran’, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 03.04.2017
The European Union in the World: Geopolitics and Liberal Realism, Lecture at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 19.12.2016
Who is Afraid of the International Court of Justice? International Law and the Management of Refugee Flows, paper in a conference organized by the Greek Parliament on the refugee crisis, 09.11.2016
