Keep up with my most recent news about my research and academic work here.

30 June 2023 – So happy to announce that our team’s research proposal on “Stigma in the media: Investigating journalists’ perceptions and attitudes towards stigmatized minorities and developing an anti-stigma intervention” was approved for funding by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, in the framework of the operational programme “Basic Research Financing (Horizontal support for all Sciences), National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Greece 2.0)”. Stay tuned!

29 June 2022 – Very happy to participate in Heinrich Boll Foundation’s “Rethink! Ideas Forum – A green compass for Greece: society, economy, ecology” https://gr.boell.org/en/rethink-agenda with a presentation on “More (about) Borders, less (about) Humans: Media Coverage of Migration and Asylum Seeking in Greece” (Thessaloniki Concert Hall M2). Looking forward to it!

The Emerald Handbook of Digital Media in Greece: Journalism and Political Communication in Times of Crisis –Very glad to have contributed a chapter in this volume, edited by Anastasia Veneti and Athina Karatzogianni. – “From ‘illegals’ to ‘unfortunates’: News framing of immigration and the refugee crisis in crisis-stricken Greece”. https://www.emerald.com/…/978-1-83982-400-5202010…/full/html

ECREA 2021 in Braga –We are happy to announce that our submission, under the title “Media representations of immigrants and refugees and their effects on people’s perceptions and attitudes”, has been acceptedto the 8^th European Communication Conference to be held in Braga, Portugal. Originally scheduled for October 2020, the conference was postponed, due to Covid-19 restrictions, for 6-9 September 2021. We are all looking forward to it!

ECREA Crisis in Leeds UK –Just a few days away from the ECREA Crisis Communication Section to the 6th International Crisis Communication Conference, in Leeds, United Kingdom (Thursday 3 October – Saturday 5 October 2019) – Looking forward to it and to speaking about “Media Representations of the Refugee Crisis in Greece” during the hot summer of 2015!

We have a New Research Project! –I am really excited to announce that our team’s research proposal on the “Effects of media representations of the immigrant and refugee crisis on intergroup perceptions and attitudes: an experimental approach” was approved for funding by the European Social Fund, in the framework of the operational programme “Support of Researchers with an Emphasis in Young Researchers” (2019). Stay tuned!