Dr. Angeliki Dimitriadi is a Head of the Migration Unit at ENA Institute for Alternative Policies in Athens and non-resident fellow at GPPi in Berlin. She is a political scientist interested in irregular migration and asylum, and the interplay between migratory movement and policies of deterrence and protection. Her research looks on Europe, particularly the frontline countries and countries of transit (Turkey). She is adjunct professor at CYA and NKUA teaching courses on migration and asylum policy.
From 2012 through 2022 she was Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Migration Programme at ELIAMEP (2017-2021). She was also Research Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) (2021-2022) working on migration issues, and Visiting Fellow in residence on migration and asylum policy at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) (2015-2016). She has published articles in referred journals and is the author of two monographs, “Transit migration to Greece: the case of Afghans, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis” (Nissos 2013, in Greek) and “Afghan migration to Europe: at the margins, looking in” (Palgrave, 2018).
She holds a PhD from Democritus University of Thrace (2012), an MA from King’s College London (2003) and a BSc from the London School of Economics (2002).