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Lena Karamanidou

Lena Karamanidou

Visiting Fellow, Glasgow Caledonian University

I am currently a visiting fellow at the School of Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University. My PhD was on the discursive legitimation of asylum policies in Greece and Ireland.

My research interests include the political discourse of migration and migration policy in Greece and the European Union; migration, racism and exclusion; state power and sovereignty; national identity, citizenship and nationalism; human rights; ethnicity; race and racism; critical discourse analysis qualitative research software.

Migrant Crisis Series

Greek asylum decision exposes the major flaw in EU-Turkey refugee deal

May 31, 2016 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The Greek authority that handles appeals by asylum seekers recently overturned a decision to reject the application of a Syrian refugee who arrived in Greece from Turkey. The original decision had turned on the fact...

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Economy

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Trump Announces $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Investment

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Asia’s Tech Sector Set for Growth in 2025 Amid Valuation Recovery

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Politics

Panama Rejects Trump’s Panama Canal Claims at Davos

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Trump Faces Calls for Compassion on Immigrants and LGBTQ+ Rights in Cathedral Sermon

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Science

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy provides in-house science advice for the president

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Technology

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U.S. President Donald Trumps executive order to pause the TikTok ban has triggered new legal challenges for the app and its service providers, including Apple and Google. The order delays enforcement of the divestment law,...
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