Dimitris Skleparis is Lecturer in the Politics of Security at Newcastle University. Dimitris’s research is at the intersection between critical security studies and migration/refugee studies.
Dimitris is interested in how migration is governed, perceived, and experienced amid increasing insecurities. He focuses particularly on the dynamics between security discourse and practice and their human impact. He approaches these issues from an interdisciplinary, and mixed methods standpoint.
Dimitris received his PhD in Political Science from Queen Mary University of London (2015) with a specialisation in the securitisation of migration and the politics of migrant activism. He also holds an MSc (Distinction) in Social Science Research Methods from the University of Bristol (2009), and a BA in Communication and Media from the University of Athens (2008). He has published in a range of international peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to several edited volumes, research project reports, Op-Eds and policy briefs. He also has considerable media and consultancy experience.
Dimitris has previously worked as Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow and as Internship Programme Lecturer and Coordinator at the University of California (Edinburgh Study Centre). He has also worked as Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, and as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
Dimitris is currently the Internal Communications Officer of Greek Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) of the Political Studies Association (PSA).”
