Angelo Tramountanis

Angelo Tramountanis is a researcher at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) in Athens, Greece. He teaches the core course "Forced Migration" in the Master's program "MSc in Media and Refugee / Migration Flow" at the University of Athens. He is an evaluator for the AMIF (Asylum Migration and Integration Fund) and has coordinated and participated in a number of research projects related to migration. He recently coordinated the Greek team in the international program "Social Protection Responses to Forced Displacement," funded by the World Bank. His main academic interests concern migration and refugee policy, social integration of migrants and refugees, the politicization and securitization of migration, and the impact of science and technology in migration and border governance. He has published on Greek migration and refugee policy, migrant integration, migrant entrepreneurship, second-generation migrants, and humanitarian assistance to refugees and asylum seekers in Greece.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-563X  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tramountanis/ 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Angelo_Tramountanis 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=zsZJDUMAAAAJ&hl=en 

Research Interests

- Migration and refugee policy

- Social integration of migrants and refugees

- Politicization and securitization of migration

- Impact of science and technology in migration and border governance

Publications (Selection)

Tramountanis, A. (2025). Greece's Migration and Refugee Policy. A 'Success Story' Mirage? Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (German Federal Agency for Civic Education). Country Profile: Greece. https://www.bpb.de/themen/migration-integration/regionalprofile/english-version-country-profiles/558755/greece-s-migration-and-refugee-policy/#node-content-title-1  & https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14749243 

Tramountanis, A., (2024). After the crises: current situation and policy proposals for the integration of migrants and refugees in Greece. diaNEOsis. Available at https://www.dianeosis.org/wpcontent/uploads/2024/09/Immigration_policies_upd230924.pdf  and https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13777791 

Tramountanis, A., (2024) "Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Managing Immigrant and Refugees' Biometric Data in the Age of Artificial Intelligence". GAPs Blog Post: https://www.returnmigration.eu/gapsblog/managing-immigrant-and-refugees-biometric-data-in-the-age-of-ai 

Tramountanis, A. (2023). A Decade of Greek Immigration and Asylum Policy (2015-2024): A Balancing Act of EU Participation, Humanitarian Obligations, and Security Concerns. Brown Journal of World Affairs. 30(1). https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10848968 https://bjwa.brown.edu/30-1/a-decade-of-greek-immigration-and-asylum-policy-2015-2024/ 

Gogonas N, Tramountanis A. (2023). Acquiring Citizenship through Naturalization in Greece: A Sisyphean Struggle for Immigrants. Social Sciences. 12(10):545. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12100545 

Tramountanis, A. (2022). Pathways to Integration and Dis-integration: An Assessment of the Greek Immigration Policy for the Inclusion of Immigrants, Applicants and Beneficiaries of International Protection. In: Kousis, M., Chatzidaki, A., Kafetsios, K. (eds) Challenging Mobilities in and to the EU during Times of Crises. IMISCOE Research Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11574-5_13 

Tramountanis, A., et al. (2022), Humanitarian assistance and social protection responses to the forcibly displaced in Greece. London: ODI. https://odi.org/documents/8104/Humanitarian_assistance_and_social_protection_in_Greece.pdf  

Afouxenidis, A., Petrou, M., Kandylis, G., Tramountanis, A., Giannaki, D. (2017). Dealing with a humanitarian crisis: refugees on the Eastern EU border of the island of Lesvos, Journal of Applied Security Research, 12 (1), pp. 7-39, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361610.2017.1228023