2008 Invited to give a talk on ‘Irregular Migration and the Management of the EU’s Southern Maritime Borders: the Case of the Greek Islands’, in a workshop on Climate Change and Migration. The Human Security Risk in the Mediterranean Region, at the 13th International Anti-Corruption Conference, 30 October-2 November 2008, Athens.
2008 Invited to give a talk on ‘Discrimination in the Greek labour market. The case of immigrant workers’ at a conference on ‘Employment and Integration of Migrants into Local Contexts’ organized by Harokopeio University of Athens, in Athens, 31 October 2008.
2008 Invited to give a seminar on ‘Can Europe Make History?’ at the University of Aarhus, School of European Studies and International History, Denmark, 6-7 October 2008.
2008 Invited Plenary Speaker on Multiculturalismo e integrazione degli immigrati: una prospettiva europea, at the Summer School on the Sociology of Migration organized by the University of Genova and the University of Turin (FIERI), Genova, Italy, 27-28 June 2008 (in Italian).
2008 Invited Speaker at a Roundtable on Migration, Security and Migrants’ Rights in the context of an international symposium on Migration from a National, European and Global Perspective organized by the UniCredit Venice Forum and the Foundation Giorgio Cini, in Venice, 12-13 June 2008.
2008 Chair and Discussant of a Session on The Eastern Mediterranean Transit Migration Space, in a Conference on Transit Migration in the European Space. Theory, Politics and Research Methodology, organized under the auspices of the IMISCOE network with the collaboration of Kos University, Istanbul, Turkey, 18-20 April 2008.
2008 Invited speaker on Long Term Immigrants in Greek Society, at the 9th Symposium of the Association of Studies on Constitutional Law “Aristovoulos Manesis” on ‘The foreigners and Us. Constitutional Questions in Living Together with Alterity’, Ioannina, Greece, 4-5 April 2008
2008 Invited speaker on Migrant Empowerment through Civic Participation of Foreign Residents in 25 Countries”at an International Seminar organized by the Ministry of Interior of the Greek government on Awareness raising and Migrant Empowerment, Athens, 30 March-1 April 2008.
2008 Invited speaker on Greek Education Policy and the Challenges of Migration. An “Intercultural’ View of Assimilation, presentation at the Graduate Seminar, University of Liege, CEDEM, Institute des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Belgium, 13 February 2008.
2007 Invited speaker at an International Policy Workshop on ‘Inequalities of Integration. The British Experience in Comparative European Perspective,’ organized by Policy Network in London, 27 November 2007.
2007 Invited speaker on the topic: ‘Naturalisation and Migrant Participation in Public Life’ at a Conference on International Practices for the Socio-economic Integration of Migrants organized by the consortium Xenios Dias, Athens, 22-23 November 2007.
2007 Guest plenary speaker, Training Seminar, Writing and Evaluation of Research Project Proposals for the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission, organized by Q Platon and Alba Graduate Studies with the participation of the European Commission, Athens, 22 September 2007.
2007 ‘Negotiating Diasporic Identity in Post Communist Europe. Evidence from a Qualitative Study’ paper presented at the Eighth Annual Symposium of the Greek Society of Geographers, Athens, 4-7 October 2007.
2007 Invited speaker on ‘Are Europe and the European Union Relevant for Immigrant Activism?’ paper presented at an international conference on Citizens Making Europe, in honour of Professor Bo Strath, Sala del Capitolo, Badia Fiesolana, European University Institute, Florence, 7-8 June 2007.
2007 ‘Italy and Greece. Between Individual Integration and Institutional Exclusion’ paper presented at an International Conference on ‘Immigrant Participation in Public Life: European and Greek Experiences’ organised under the auspices of the POLITIS project, Athens, Hotel Titania, 31 May 2007.
2007 Chair of a European Conference organised by ELIAMEP and hosted by the European Commission under the auspices of the EUROREG project on: Regional Development and Minority Majority Relations in a Changing Europe, 26 April 2007, Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels.
2007 Invited speaker to present the results of the IAPASIS project on Does implementation matter? Informal Administration Practices and Shifting Immigrant Strategies in four Member States, at a conference on ‘Citizenship and Identity in the European Union,’ National Research Council (CNR), Rome 27-28 March 2007.
2007 ‘The Outbreak of the Second Gulf War in the European Media’ paper presented at a Research Seminar, ELIAMEP, Athens, 28 February 2007.
2007 ‘Active Civic Participation among Sub-Saharan Africans in Europe. Transcultural Capital or Transcultural Community Building?’ paper presented at a conference on Africans in 21st Century Ireland. A Multidisciplinary Analysis, Trinity College, Dublin, 13 January 2007.
2006 (with C. Blair) ‘Attempting the Impossible: Explaining the Greek Case from a New Immigration Theory Perspective’ in a conference on ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to Minority and Migration Phenomena. The Case of Greece after the end of the Cold War’ organised by the Centre for the Study of Minority Groups (KEMO), Panteion University, Athens, Greece, 15-17 December 2006.
2006 ‘Immigrant participation in social and political life’, invited speaker at a conference on ‘The common representation of immigrant organisations in public dialogue, institutional weaknesses and challenges in the new environment’, organised by Xenios Dias Cooperative for Development, under the auspices of the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare and the EQUAL programme, at Stanley Hotel, Athens, Greece, on 15 December 2006.
2006 ‘Immigrants and multicultural education in Greece. Problems and proposals’, invited speaker to a one day conference on ‘Issues of Discrimination towards Vulnerable Groups in Education and Housing,’ organised by the EUMC National Focal Point for Greece: ANTIGONE, in Athens, Greece on 13 December 2006, paper available at http://www.antigone.gr/listpage/educational_material/061215.doc.
2006 ‘Immigration in Greece: Problems and Prospects’ invited speaker at a European workshop for social workers, organised by CARITAS Greece, in Athens, on 11 October 2006.
2006 ‘Multiculturalism at the end of the road? What next for Europe?’ Guest speaker to an international conference on ‘Visions of Europe: After multiculturalism – Will Europe develop new forms of cultural and social integration?’ organised by the College of Europe in collaboration with Sciences Po, Paris, in Paris, 10 March 2006.
2005 ‘Immigration in Southern Europe. New Hosts and Old Challenges’ Guest speaker at an international conference held by Loyola College, Baltimore, MD, USA, 13 April 2005.