Cooperating Bodies

UNESCO Chair "Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity", University of Macedonia
NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre
Laboratory for the Study of Culture, Borders and Gender
NRDC - GR
Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Center

Special Advisers

Lesley Abdela

She is a gender equality activist and trainer. In 1980 she founded the 300 Group aiming to increase women’s participation in local, national and European politics in the United Kingdom, and has won the European award “Woman of the United Kingdom” for her work on empowering women in Central and Eastern European countries. She is also a partner of Shevolution, a gender equality consulting firm.

Collaborating Professors

Calliope Chainoglou

She is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Macedonia, specializing in International Law and International Institutions with an emphasis on Security and Culture.

Chara Karagiannopoulou

She is a Lecturer at Panteion University in the field of Political Systems and Diplomacy in South Eastern Europe. She has previously served as a Teaching Fellow at Bielefeld Universitat, Deutschland and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Equality Research Center. Her research interests include the study of gender in the field of International Relations and the relationship between religion and international politics.

Sofia Boutsiouki

She is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia, specializing in the strategic planning of Education, Employment and Culture policies in the European Union.

Collaborating Researchers

Vasiliki Chatzikamari

She is an undergraduate student at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia and works as a Political Adviser at the OSCE in Skopje.

Sotiria Efthimiou

She is a postgraduate student at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia and works for IOM.

Research assistants

Dimtsa Anneta

She is a post-graduate student of International Studies Program of the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia.

Papadopoulou Anastasia

She is a senior student of the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia.

Katrakari Aggeliki

She is a graduate student from the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia.

Klonari Danai

She is a graduate student from the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia.