Gerasimos Tsourapas

Gerasimos Tsourapas
Tsourapas at the Wilson Center in 2023
Born1982 (age 41–42)
TitleEditor-in-Chief, Migration Studies
Academic background
Education
Doctoral advisorLaleh Khalili, Charles R. H. Tripp
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical Science
Main interestsmigration diplomacy, refugees, diasporas, Middle East politics

Gerasimos Tsourapas (born 1982) is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Glasgow.[1] He currently serves as the Chair of the Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association[2] and is the Editor-in-Chief of Migration Studies (Oxford University Press).[3] His main areas of research and teaching are the politics of migrants, refugees, and diasporas, with particular expertise on cross-border mobility across the Global South.

Tsourapas is the author of The Politics of Migration in Modern Egypt: Strategies for Regime Survival in Autocracies, which was awarded the 2020 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award by the International Studies Association.[4] His second book was entitled Migration Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa: Power, Mobility, and the State. He is the recipient of major research grants, including a five-year Starting Grant by the European Research Council in 2021,[5] a 2022–23 Small Group Project grant by the Independent Social Research Foundation,[6] and a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award in 2018.[7]

As a PhD student, Tsourapas's work on the politics of migration in Egypt was recognized with awards by the Middle East Studies Association,[8] as well as the American Political Science Association.[9] In 2016, he was awarded the Martin O. Heisler Award by the International Studies Association for research on migration interdependence.[10] He has been quoted by The New York Times,[11] The Economist,[12] and Krautreporter.[13]

  1. ^ "Professor Gerasimos Tsourapas". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ "ENMISA Governance and Leadership". International Studies Association. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. ^ "Editorial Board". Oxford Academic. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  4. ^ "ENMISA Distinguished Book Award". International Studies Association. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  5. ^ "ERC grant competitions 2021: Final lists of researchers offered funding" (PDF). European Research Council. 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  6. ^ "Small Group Projects". Independent Social Research Foundation. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  7. ^ "BA Rising Star Engagement Awards 2018". The British Academy. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  8. ^ "MESA Graduate Student Paper Prize - Gerasimos Tsourapas". Middle East Studies Association. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  9. ^ "2016 APSA Organized Section Awards Presented". PS: Political Science & Politics. 49 (4): 942–960. 2016.
  10. ^ "Martin O. Heisler Award [ENMISA]". International Studies Association. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  11. ^ Jackson, Lauren (2023-04-05). "Tunisia's Influence in Europe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  12. ^ "Repressive regimes are tightening their grip on their citizens abroad". The Economist. 2021-02-04. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  13. ^ Doran, Benjamin Hindrichs und Aoife (2022-01-07). "Flüchtlinge als Ware sind die neue Normalität". Krautreporter (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-08.