Address: 33 Rodou Str, 14342, Nea Filadelfeia, Athens, Greece
Tel: 0030 694 923 1055
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Current Research
My research interests cover:
- European Neighbourhood Policy
- Political economy of Euro-Mediterranean relations
- Enlargement of the EU
- EU development policy
Employment
Panteion University, Department of International, European and Area Studies
Assistant Professor in European Public Policy 2023 – Present
Duties: - Deliver seminars and lectures each week to undergraduate students
- Design the teaching material
- Assess students’ coursework, maintain records to monitor student progress,
achievement and attendance - Mark essays and examinations
- Supervise dissertations and Ph.D. theses
- Support students through a pastoral/advisory role
Loughborough University, Department of Politics, History and IR
Lecturer in European and International Politics 2018 – 2023
Antalya Bilim University, Department of Political Science and IR
Assistant Professor of International Relations
Vice Head of the Department of Political Science and IR 2016 – 2018
In addition to teaching and research, my duties as Vice-Head of the dpt were the following: - Responsible for academic issues (such as the organisation of research seminars and
coordination of ECTS and exam committees) - Responsible for partnerships with external stakeholders
Maastricht University, Department of Political Science 2015 – 2016
Lecturer of International Relations
King’s College London, Department of European and International Studies
Teaching Fellow in European and International Studies 2013 – 2015
Part-time Lecturer 2009 – 2014
Part-time lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of Westminster, College of Europe,
University of Peloponnese and the London College UCK
Teaching experience
BA modules
Panteion University
The organisation of the EU, Greece and European integration, External relations of the EU, EMU and
Cohesion Policy
Loughborough University:
The EU, Britain and the EU, Research Design, Smart Scholarship
Antalya Bilim University:
Integration of the EU, EU Foreign and Security Policy, Theories of International Relations,
Politics of Developing Countries, Political Economy, Global Governance and Int/nal
Organizations
Maastricht University:
EU Politics, Practicalities of EU Policymaking, International Relations, Globalization and
Inequalities
King’s College London:
The Integration of the EU, The EU in the International System, Global Perspectives: Power and
Society
Birkbeck College London:
War and Modern Society
University of Westminster:
Immigration: the European Experience
London College UCK:
Introduction to Political Science, Theories of International Relations, Politics of Globalization,
International Organisations, Diplomacy, US Foreign Policy, Macroeconomics, Research in Social
Sciences
MA modules
Panteion University
European Public Policy
Maastricht University:
The EU and International Development, EU Foreign and Security Policy
King’s College London:
Foreign Policy of the EU
Birkbeck College London:
Politics of Global Europe, Public Policy, Middle East Politics
University of Peloponnese:
The EU in the Mediterranean
College of Europe (ENP Chair):
The Political Economy of EU Relations with its Southern and Eastern Neighbourhood
Publications
Books:
Kourtelis, C., Charountaki, M., Irrera, D. (eds) (2024) Non-State Actors and Foreign Policy
Agency: Insights from Area Studies, Springer, Berlin
Kourtelis, C. (2015) The Political Economy of Euro-Mediterranean Relations, Palgrave
McMillan, Basingstoke.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals:
Kourtelis, C. (with Dandashly, A.) (2024) ‘Political corruption in the MENA: An innovative
typology’, Democratization, 31:8, pp1844-1865 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2024.2343621 [Q1
(2024); SJR 1.785]
Kourtelis, C. and Dandashly, A. (2022) ‘The provision of Arab aid: The emergence of new
donors’, International Politics, Vol 60, pp406-427 DOI: 10.1057/s41311-022-00418-4 [Q2
(2021); SJR 0.31]
Kourtelis, C. (2022) ‘A quarter-century of studying Euro-Mediterranean relations: A
systematic literature review’, Mediterranean Politics, 29:2, pp165-185
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2022.2129189 [Q1 (2021); SNIP 1.279; SJR 0.479]
Kourtelis, C. (2021) ‘The Agadir Agreement: The capability traps of isomorphic mimicry’,
World Trade Review, 20:3, pp306-320, DOI:10.1017/S1474745620000488 [Q1 (2018); SNIP
1.004; SJR 1.10]
Kourtelis, C. and Dandashly, A. (2020) ‘Classifying the implementation of the EU’s normative
power in its Southern Neighbourhood: The role of local actors’, Journal of Common Market
Studies, 58:6, pp1523-1539, DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13051 [Q1 (2018); SNIP 1.77; SJR 2.017]
Kourtelis, C. (2020) ‘The role of epistemic communities and expert knowledge in the European
neighbourhood policy’, Journal of European Integration, 43:3, pp279-294, DOI:
10.1080/07036337.2020.1739031 [Q1 (2018); SNIP 1.007; SJR 1.12]
Kourtelis, C. (2019) ‘The Unintended Consequences of the EU’s Rural Development
Programme in the Arab Countryside’, The International Spectator, 54:1, pp60-75, DOI:
10.1080/03932729.2019.1557912 [Q1 (2020); SJR 0.55]
Kourtelis, C. (2019) ‘(Not) Learning from the Past? The diffusion of EU’s rural development
policy in its Neighbouring Countries’, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 21:2,
pp234-250, DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2017.1367586 [Q1 (2018); SNIP 0.85; SJR 0.38]
Kourtelis, C. (2018) ‘From Neglect to Selective Engagement: The EU Approach to Rural
Development in the Arab Mediterranean after the Arab Uprisings’, Mediterranean Politics,
23:1, pp23-42, DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2017.1358897 [Q1 (2018); SNIP 1.17; SJR 0.8]
Afouxenidis, A. and Kourtelis, C. (2017) ‘Reflections on Neoliberal Policy: A Critical Insight
into Recent Development Practices in Egypt and Morocco’, Open Journal of Political Science,
7, pp291-310, DOI: 10.4236/ojps.2017.72024 [Q2 (2016); SJR 0.24]
Kourtelis, C. (2015) ‘Assessing EU Aid to the ‘Southern Partners’ of the European
Neighbourhood Policy: Who Benefits from the Reforms in the Agricultural and Industrial
Sector?’ The Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 9:2, pp190-211, DOI:
10.1080/17502977.2015.1020736 [Q1 (2018); SNIP 1.30; SJR 1.318]
Book Chapters:
Kourtelis, C. (2024) ‘Conclusion’ in Kourtelis, C., Charountaki, M., Irrera, D. (eds) Non
State Actors and Foreign Policy Agency: Insights from Area Studies, Springer, Berlin
Kourtelis, C. and Gofas, Α. (2023) ‘European integration and the development of EU Studies:
an epistemological review’ in Dimitrakopoulos, D., Kanelllopoulou, N., Tsekos, Th.,
Hrisohoou, D., (eds) Syntheses in the European Calculus: State, Governance, Policies (Praise
to Argyris G. Passas),Papazisis, Athens.
Kourtelis, C (2016) ‘The EU-MENA relationship before and after the Arab Spring’ in Cafruny,
Alan, Talani, Leila Simona, Pozo Martin, Gonzalo (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical
International Political Economy, Palgrave McMillan, Basingstoke.
Kourtelis, C. (2016) ‘Transferring Accession Programmes to the Arab Mediterranean partners:
A comparative analysis between IPARD and the ENP reforms in the agricultural sector of the
EU neighbouring countries’ in Gstohl, Sieglinde (eds) The European Neighbourhood Policy in
a Comparative Perspective, Routledge, Abingdon.
Kourtelis, C. (2012) ‘The development of immigration and integration policies in Spain’, in
Tsakiridi, O, Afouxenidis, A and Sarris, N (eds) Integration of immigrants in Greece today:
perceptions, policies & practices, EKKE, Athens.
Kourtelis, C. (2011) ‘Social Injustices and international development cooperation: What is the
role of aid provided by the new donors?’ in Afouxenidis, A (eds) Social injustices and space,
Propompos, Athens.
Book reviews:
Kourtelis, C (2021) review of Handbook on the politics of small states, ed. by Baldacchino, G.
and Wivel, A., Edward Elgar, 2020, The International Spectator, 56:3.
Kourtelis, C. (2015) review of EU strategies on governance reform, ed. by Hout W., Routledge,
2013, European Foreign Affairs Review, 20:1.
Working papers:
Kourtelis, C. (2024) Risk averse powers in the Arab Mediterranean region: The cases of the
EU and China, IDIS China Programme, IDIS
Kourtelis, C. (2011) Identifying the European and North African interests behind the European
Neighbourhood Policy, Working Paper 3/2011, Centro Interuniversitario Di Ricerca Sul Sud
Europa (CIRES), University of Firenze.
Work in Progress
Kourtelis, C. (with Ozturk, C.) ‘Turkey’s European Union (EU) candidacy 2002-2020: at
crossroads between transformational leadership, domestic politics, and international
dynamics’ (monograph under review by Palgrave McMillan)
Kourtelis, C. ‘The politics of EU development aid in the MENA region’ (monograph in
preparation)
Selected Papers Presented at Conferences
Kourtelis, C and Dandashly, A (2024) Thirty Years of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership:
What is the impact of policy learning on policy change? Paper presented at SGEU Conference,
Lisbon, 19-21 June 2024
Kourtelis, C and Dandashly, A (2022) EU Decentralization and anti-corruption Policies in the
MENA: A Decentered Approach? Paper presented at 15th EISA Pan-European Conference on
International Relations, Athens 1-4 September 2022
Kourtelis, C and Dandashly, A (2022) The EU’s decentered governance in the MENA Actors
Paper presented at 28th International Conference of Europeanists, CES Conference, Lisbon 29
June -1 July 2022
Kourtelis, C and Dandashly, A (2019) Classifying the Implementation of the EU’s Normative
Power in its Southern Neighbourhood: The Role of Local Actors Paper presented at UACES
49th Annual Conference, Lisbon 1-4 September 2019
Kourtelis, C (2018) The role of epistemic communities in EU’s foreign policy towards its
neighbouring countries Paper presented at SGEU Conference, Paris 13-15 June 2018
Kourtelis, C (2018) The Unintended Consequences of the EU Rural Development Program in
the Arab Countryside Paper presented at the European Union in International Affairs
Conference, Brussels 16-18 May 2018
Kourtelis, C and Dandashly, A (2017) The EU’s normative power as hegemony Paper presented
at UACES 11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Barcelona 13-16
September 2017
Kourtelis, C (2016) The impact of the EU-led agricultural and industrial reforms in North
Africa, Paper presented at the Borderlands Conference at the European University Institute,
Florence 20-21 June 2016
Kourtelis, C (2015) The ENP-led agricultural and industrial reforms of the North African
countries after the Arab Spring Paper presented at the Council of European Studies 22nd
Annual Conference, Paris 8-10 June 2015
Kourtelis, C (2014) Transferring accession programmes to the Arab Mediterranean partners:
A comparative analysis between IPARD and the ENP reforms in the agricultural sector Paper
presented at the College of Europe International Conference, Bruges, 20-21 March 2014
Kourtelis, C (2014) The EU agricultural policies after the Arab Spring Paper presented at the
UACES 44th Annual Conference, Cork, 1-3 September 2014
Kourtelis, C (2013) Business as usual? Continuity and change in EU policies towards the North
African countries after the Arab Spring Paper presented at the 2nd LSE-FEPS Graduate
Conference, Cairo, 27 June 2013
Kourtelis, C (2012) The political economy of the Euro-Mediterranean relations Paper
presented at the 2nd EPSA Annual General Conference, Berlin, 21-23 June 2012
Kourtelis, C (2012) The future of the Euro-Mediterranean relations after the social unrest in
North Africa Paper presented at the Vrije Universiteit European Studies Institute Conference,
Brussels, 3-5 May 2012
Kourtelis, C (2011) Identifying the European and North African interests behind the ENP Paper
presented at the 25th 25th Congress of the Italian Political Science Association, Palermo, 8-10
September 2011
Kourtelis, C (2011) The European Neighborhood Policy: The politics of EU foreign assistance
Paper presented at the 1st EPSA Annual General Conference, Dublin, 16-18 June 2011
Education
King’s College London – Department of European and International Studies 2009 – 2014
PhD in International Political Economy (awarded without revisions)
Supervisor: Prof Leila Simona Talani
External examiners: Prof Stefan Collignon (LSE) Dr Sara Silvestri (City University London)
London School of Economics – Department of International Development 2007 – 2008
MSc in Development Studies (Merit)
Hellenic Open University – School of Arts and Humanities 2002 – 2007
B.A in European Cultural Studies (1st class)
Honors and Awards
Fullbright Scholarship to participate at the Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University
(awarded not accepted) 2023
Teaching Best Practice Award, Loughborough University 2021
Lecturer (University Teaching Qualification, The Netherlands) 2016
Visiting Scholar in Residence, EU Centre of the University of Illinois 2014
Fellow (Higher Education Academy, UK) 2012
Memberships and Professional Recognitions
Member of the British International Studies Association
Member of the European Political Science Association
Member of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
(EADI); ECPR Research Network on Mediterranean Politics and Society; the Standing Group
on European Union; the Standing Group on International Relations and the Standing Group on
Southern European Politics
Editorial board member Journal of International Relations and Diplomacy
External reviewer for Journal of Common Market Studies; Journal of European Public Policy;
Contemporary Politics; Mediterranean Politics; Review of Policy Research; OUP; Zed Books
Languages and IT skills
Greek: mother tongue
English: fluently
Dutch: intermediate
French: basic
MS Office Package (advanced user)