Member of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development, held in Athens, Greece on 2-3 November 2009.
Acting regularly as referee of articles and reviewer of books for the American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ethnicities, International Migration, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Economic and Social Geography, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Journal of Southeast Europe and Black Sea Studies, Language & Politics, Nations and Nationalism, National Identities, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Social Forces, Sociological Research Online, South European Society and Politics.
Reviewer of book proposals for
- Routledge, London, since 2002
- Palgrave-Macmillan, since 2003
- the IMISCOE Network, Amsterdam University Press, since 2005
- Blackwell, London, since 2006
- Ashgate, Aldershiot, since 2008
- Springer Verlag, Frankfurt, since 2009
Expert evaluator
· for the European Commission, Research DG, since 1999, Framework Programmes FP5, FP6 and FP7 (COOPERATION) and European Research Council (IDEAS).
· for the European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France, since 2008.
· for the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, in the AGORA programme providing scientific support to public policy programmes, since 2007.
· for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) since 2006.
· for the Norface Network since 2006.
· for the University of Milan, since 2010
· for the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Programme, since 2011.
Supervision of post-doctoral research:
Dr. Sabina Marchetti, Marie Curie Fellow (2011-2013) with a project on Circular care – migrant domestic workers in Italy.
Dr. Effie Fokas, Marie Curie Fellow (2009-2010) with a project on Christian Orthodoxy and national identity in southeastern Europe.
Dr. Daniel Faas, Marie Curie Fellow, (2006-2008) with a project on education policy and multiculturalism in Europe:
Scholarships and Prizes
2000 EU Fulbright Research Scholar Award, January-June 2001, at the New York University Centre for European Studies, New York.
1998 Regional finalist (English as a 2nd language – Western Europe) of the Third Young Sociologists Worldwide Competition for a paper with title ‘Environmental Sustainability: A Cultural Framework for European Integration’.
1994 Honourable Mention of the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association, A.S.A. Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, U.S.A., August 5-9, 1994.
1994 DAAD Stipendium für Ausländer.
1992-1994 European University Institute grant for doctoral research.
1990-1992 Scholarship for doctoral research from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (I.K.Y.).
1989 Special Foreign Language Prize, Telecommunication Service of Greece
1986-1988 Annual scholarships to top-of-class students from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (I.K.Y.).
1980-1986 Annual Prizes to top-of-class students from the Greek Ministry of Education.