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Anna Triandafyllidou
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Triandafyllidou in 2022
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Athens, Greece
SpouseEvgenios Theodoropoulos
Children4
Awards1
Academic background
EducationBA., sociology, 1990, Panteion University
PhD, 1995, European University Institute
ThesisA socio-psychological study of party behaviour (1995)
Academic work
InstitutionsToronto Metropolitan University
Websiteannatriandafyllidou.com

Anna Triandafyllidou (born 1968) is a sociologist. She holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair on Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. Her main areas of research and teaching are the governance of cultural diversity, migration, and nationalism from a European and international perspective.[1]

Early life and education

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Triandafyllidou was born in 1968.[2] She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Panteion University before enrolling in the European University Institute for her PhD.[3]

Career

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Upon receiving her PhD, Triandafyllidou held faculty and research positions across Europe at the University of Surrey, London School of Economics, CNR in Rome, EUI, and the Democritus University of Thrace. She arrived in North America at the beginning of the 21st century to become a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at New York University.[4] Following this fellowship, Triandafyllidou served as a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges until 2004 when she became a Senior Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy.[5] She simultaneously served on the editorial board of Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies until 2012 when she succeeded Uma A. Segal as Editor-in-Chief.[6]

As a result of her research, Triandafyllidou was appointed the Programme Director and Coordinator of the Research Strand ‘Cultural Diversity’ at the Global Governance Programme in 2012.[7] Later, she was chosen as an evaluator for DG Home policies on migrant integration and was consulted by the European Parliament on high skill migration policy reform.[4] In 2019, Triandafyllidou was appointed a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto, Ontario.[8] In 2021, the University of Liège awarded Triandafyllidou an honorary doctorate in recognition of her contribution to migration scholarship.[9]

References

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  1. ^ admin. "Anna Triandafyllidou - About me". ANNA TRIANDAFYLLIDOU / THE OFFICIAL WEB PAGE. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  2. ^ "Triandafyllídou, Anna 1968-". viaf.org. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, ANNA". ryerson.ca. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou". ryerson.ca. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou Robert Schuman Center". nwg.hypotheses.org. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Segal, Uma A. (December 5, 2012). "Note from the Editor". Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. 10 (4): 359–361. doi:10.1080/15562948.2012.743403. S2CID 216118170. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Gordon, Jacqueline (October 26, 2012). "Anna Triandafyllidou appointed Programme Director for Cultural Diversity at the Global Governance Programme". life.eui.eu. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Ryerson's Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration announced". ryerson.ca. April 17, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "Anna Triandafyllidou — Honorary Doctoral Degree — Start of the 2021-2022 Academic Year". www.uliege.be. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
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