Speaker

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  Christos Frangonikolopoulos Professor of International Relations in the Department of Journalism and Mass Media at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  

  Christos Frangonikolopoulos

  Professor of International Relations in the Department of Journalism and Mass Media at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

  Christos Frangonikolopoulos is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Journalism and Mass Media at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Jean Monnet Chair in Journalism of European Integration. He studied Politics and Governance and earned his PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent (Canterbury, UK).

  He is the author of EU: The Inevitable Challenge of Democratic Legitimization (Epikentro, 2017), The Global Role of Non-Governmental Organizations (Sideris, 2007), The Democratization of Global Governance: An Introduction to Cosmopolitan Democracy (with F. Proedrou, Sideris, 2010), “National Issues” in the Whirlpool of the Media (with G. Pleios, Sideris, 2011), and International Conflicts: Management and Resolution (with A. Heraclides and G. Kostakos, I. Sideris, 2004). He has also edited or co-edited volumes including Media, Society and Politics (I. Sideris, 2005) and The Present and Future of Greek Foreign Policy (I. Sideris, 1995).

  He has published more than 40 book chapters and articles in leading journals such as Global Society, The Round Table, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Diplomacy and Statecraft, and Global Discourse, among others. He is also co-editor of Transnational Celebrity Activism: Changing the World? (Intellect / University of Chicago Press, 2011).