Alexandra Prodromidou

Dr. Prodromidou is an Assistant Professor in the Business Administration and Economics Department at the University of York Europe Campus, and a Research Associate at the South-East European Research Centre (SEERC). She holds a PhD in Russian Studies from the University of Birmingham and has previously lectured at the Universities of Birmingham, Leicester, and Nottingham Trent. Her teaching focuses on European Union politics, international relations, corporate social responsibility, and academic skills.

Dr. Prodromidou is actively involved in research projects related to migration, energy policy, and political economy, including the Horizon 2020 MIGREC project, the Jean Monnet Network BORDEUR, and World Bank’s INTEGRATE initiative. She has coordinated and contributed to multiple Erasmus+ projects and collaborated with institutions such as Panteion University and the University of Manchester on issues of energy poverty. Her research interests include Southeast European migration, Russian energy policy, EU energy security, and Greek politics.

Autumn Term

• Corporate Sustainability
• Building Academic Skills

Spring Term

• European Union
• International Political Economy

• Migration in Southeast Europe
• Russian State-Business Relations in the Oil and Gas Sector
• Russian Foreign Energy Policy in the Caspian Region and Central Asia
• EU internal energy market
• Lobbying Activities of Energy Companies at the EU Level
• The EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Electoral Behavior in Greece Focusing on Contentious Politics at Election Time
• Geopolitics in the South East Mediterranean
• Greek-Turkish Relations
• Energy Vulnerability and Poverty in Greece
• Issues related to the Political Economies of Greece and Turkey

ORCID profile: Research, scholarship, and innovation activities

Publications:

Marko Kmezic, Alexandra Prodromidou and Pavlos Gkasis (eds). (2023). Migration, EU Integration and the Balkan Route. London, UK: Routledge, Southeast European Studies Series Available here

Alexandra Prodromidou and Faye Ververidou (2023). From Transit Country to Destination: The Road to Refugee and Asylum Seekers’ Integration in Greece. (Chapter 11) in Max O. Stephenson Jr. and Yannis A. Stivachtis (eds). (2023). Policy and Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean States: National and Institutional Perspectives. Bristol, UK: E-International Relations Publishing  Available open access here 

Petrova,  S. and Prodromidou, A. (2019) Everyday Politics of Austerity: Infrastructure and Vulnerability in times of Crisis, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space [online], Sage Journals, Available from  https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2399654419831293

Prodromidou, A. (2018) Continuity and Change in Greek Politics in an Age of Austerity in Parker, O and Tsarouchas, D. (eds) ‘Crisis in the Eurozone Periphery: The Political Economies of Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland’, Palgrave Macmillan: London

Gkasis, P.,  Prodromidou, A. and Zaharis, N. (eds) (2017) European Migrant Crisis Symposium: Challenges of a Fragmented Corridor, SEEVIEW Working Paper no 1, Southeast European Research Centre, March 2017. Available here.

Prodromidou, A. (2015). A clear victory for the anti-austerity camp in Gerodimos, R. (ed.) First Thoughts on 25 January 2015 Election in Greece, Political Studies Association-Greek Politics Specialist Group. Available here.

Prodromidou, A. (2014). The Precarious State of Greek Politics in Gerodimos, R. (ed.) First Thoughts on the 18 & 24 May 2014 Elections in Greece, Political Studies Association-Greek Politics Specialist Group. Available here.

Petrova, S. and Prodromidou, A. (2013). Changing local perceptions of enerhgy poverty in Greece, Energy Vulnerability and Urban Transitions blog entry. Available here.

Prodromidou, A. Dimosthenous, I. Kousantas, N. Stergiopoulou, C. Fronimaki, D. Psyllos, P., 2013. Ενεργειακή ασφάλεια και άμυνα στην νοτιοανατολική Μεσόγειο: Οι παράγοντες αστάθειας και οι προοπτικές συνεργασίας. [in Greek] Foreign Affairs The Hellenic Edition, Issue 21, December 2013-January 2014, 124-145

Media presence:

Commentary on energy poverty and vulnerability in Greece on the Greek National Radio ERA for ‘Ideodromio’ on December 12th, 2016 to reporter Ms Irene Giannara. Online audio available here.

Quoted by Radio France Internationale on the significance of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Greece on May 27th, 2016 to reporter Ms Charlotte Stiévenard. Online article and audio available here.

Conference Presentations:  

Prodromidou, A (2016). Debt-infused political crisis in Greece, The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute Annual Conference, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, 04-06 July 2016 here

Prodromidou, A. (2016). Introduction to the CTRL+Enter Europe Migrant Crisis Network, Symposium on the European Migrant Crisis: Challenges of a Fragmented Corridor organized by The South-East European Research Centre, Electra Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece 31 March 2016 (video available here).

Prodromidou, A (2015). Political Resistance in Greece, The Political Economy of Crisis in South Europe: Greece, Spain and Turkey Inside/Outside the EU, organized by The South-East European Research Centre, Greece, The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, UK and Sehir University, Turkey, Thessaloniki Town Hall, Greece 10 September 2015 here

Prodromidou, A & Gkasis, P (2015). Debt-infused political crisis in Greece, The Political Studies Association 65^th Annual International Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 30 March-02 April 2015 here

Gkasis, P, Prodromidou, A & Tsaliki, P (2014). Globalised Economic Crises: A Structural Issue of Developed Economies or a Systemic Fallacy of the Modern Economic System?, The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute Annual Conference, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, 30 June-02 July 2014 here

Gkasis, P & Prodromidou, A (2014). EU regionalism and the case of Turkey: In or Out of the European Union?, European International Studies Association 2nd European Workshops in International Studies, Gediz University, Izmir, Turkey, 21-24 May 2014

Prodromidou, A & Gkasis, P (2014). Evaluating the Social, Economic and Political Impact of the Economic Adjustment Measures on Greece, The Greek Politics Specialist Group with the Institute for European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium 2 May 2014 here

Prodromidou, A &  Gkasis, P (2014). The Impact of the debt crisis on Greek politics, the economy and society. The Greek Economy: from Crisis to Development organised by the Department of Planning and Regional Development, School of Engineering, University of Thessaly, the Hellenic Observatory, LSE and the Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Volos, Greece, 4-5 April 2014 here

Prodromidou, A & Tsatsanifou, M (2014). The acquisition of DEPA/DESFA through the prism of Greek energy policy. At the 1st Symposium for PhD Students and Young Researchers of the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the Department of European and International Relations(Directorate of Public and International Relations) of the University of Athens. Athens, Greece, 21-22 January 2014 here

Prodromidou, A. (2010). State-business Relations in the Russian Oil and Gas Sectors and Their Impact on Russian Foreign Energy Policy in Central Asia. At the 10th Annual Aleksanteri Conference. Helsinki, Finland, 27-29 October 2010 here

Prodromidou, A. (2009). The Role of Domestic factors in the Formation of Foreign Policy: State-Business relations and Russian foreign energy policy in the Caspian. At the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) XI Conference on Studying Central Asia: In quest for New Paths and Concepts. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, September 3-5 2009 here

Prodromidou, A. (2009). Russian Foreign Policy and Energy Politics in the Caspian. At the University of Birmingham Caucasus and Central Asian Research Group Presentations. Birmingham, United Kingdom, January 22 2009

Prodromidou, A. (2007). The Economization of Russian Foreign Policy: The Case of the Caspian Region and Energy Resources and its Security Implications in the Area. At the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS), X Conference on Central Asia: Sharing Experiences and Prospects. The Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September 12-15 2007

Prodromidou, A. (2007). Russian Energy Policy and the Caspian Region: The Security Parameters. At the Centre for Russian and East European Studies Annual Conference. Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, United Kingdom, June 8-10 2007 here

Invited Speaker:

Zaharis, N and Prodromidou, A. (2016) [via Webex] Presentation of the MIGRATE project at the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development Week 2016, during the session on “Forced Displacement: From Aid-Dependence to Self-Reliance” on December 8, 2016. The LJD week was organized by the Vice Presidency of the World Bank in Washington DC

Prodromidou, A. (2016).  ‘The Migrant Crisis in Greece after the EU-Turkey agreement’. Speaker at the Regional Conference on ‘Migration and Security Challenge in the Balkans’, organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung with The International Faculty of the University of Sheffield-CITY College and Aristotle University, in Skopje and Gevgelija, FYROM, 05-07 June 2016 here 

Prodromidou, A. (2014). ‘Energy Security in South East Europe’. Guest Lecture at the University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 06 December 2014

Petrova, S. & Prodromidou, A. (2014). ‘Everyday experiences of energy vulnerability in Northern Greece’. At the ‘Energy vulnerability in Europe’ workshop at the European Commission Directorate General of Energy, Brussels, Belgium, 27 February 2014 here

Prodromidou, A. (2013). ‘Energy Poverty and Vulnerability in Greece’. At the 9th Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme on the Environment and Sustainable Development, The European Centre for Environmental Research and Training, Panteio University, Kythira, Greece, 6-13 September 2013 here

Workshops:

Workshop Facilitator on Qualitative Methodologies for PhD students, at the 9th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development on Responsible Entrepreneurship. Vision, Development and Ethics organised by The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Romania and the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield-CITY College, Greece, Bucharest, Romania, 24-25 June 2016 here

Workshop Facilitator on Challenges in the Implementation of  the EU-Turkey Agreement, at the Regional Conference on ‘Migration and Security Challenge in the Balkans’, organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung with The International Faculty of the University of Sheffield-CITY College and Aristotle University, in Skopje and Gevgelija, FYROM, 05-07 June 2016 here 

Panel Discussant:

Prodromidou, A. (2009). Central Asia in Geopolitical Contexts. At the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) XI Conference on Studying Central Asia: In quest for New Paths and Concepts. Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, September 3-5 2009 here

Member of Conference Scientific Committee:

Proposal Reviewer of the Council for European Studies-University of Columbia, 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia, USA (April 2016)

Chair of Politics and Social Sciences (POLSS) Scientific Committee,10^th South-East European Research Centre Doctoral Student Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece (September 2015)

Chair of Politics and Social Sciences (POLSS) Scientific Committee, 9^th South-East European Research Centre Doctoral Student Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece (September 2014)