UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP

I currently serve as Associate Dean for Employability, Engagement and Enterprise in the School of Policy and Global Affairs at City St George’s, University of London. In this role, I lead the School’s work on employability, engagement and enterprise and line-manage two Employability Lecturers, working across the School’s disciplines and with colleagues, students and external partners. My work focuses on strengthening the connections between academic education, professional experience and the wider world.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I lead the School’s work to embed employability and professional experience within the curriculum, including the development of internships, capstone modules and industry-based projects that enable students to apply their academic knowledge in collaboration with external organisations.

EMPLOYER & EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
I work with employers, professional organisations and other external partners to expand opportunities for students and strengthen connections between university education and professional life. This includes the Festival of the Professions, an initiative I developed within the School that has since expanded across the university, as well as wider work to strengthen employer engagement.

EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE
I oversee the development of new forms of educational provision and external engagement, including short courses and professional learning, as well as the development of a Practitioners in Residence programme that brings professional expertise and experience into the academic environment.

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS & STUDENT MOBILITY
I lead the School’s work on international academic partnerships and student mobility, developing relationships with overseas institutions and expanding opportunities for students to study and gain experience internationally.

I have also served as Acting Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise and Acting Director of the Centre for Modern History, alongside other departmental and School-level leadership roles.

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

Alongside my university roles, I contribute to the development of research communities in modern history, Modern Greek Studies and international history through editorial work, learned societies and collaborative academic initiatives.

EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP

Associate Editor for the Social Sciences, Journal of Modern Greek Studies — working with authors and reviewers across history, politics and the social sciences.

Commissioning Editor, H-Diplo — commissioning and developing contributions in international and diplomatic history.

LEARNED SOCIETIES

Executive Committee, Modern Greek Studies Association UK: contributing to the development and promotion of Modern Greek Studies in the UK.

Executive Committee / Engagement & Partnerships, Greek Politics Specialist Group: supporting collaborations, events and engagement across the field.

BUILDING RESEARCH COMMUNITIES

A significant part of my academic work involves building collaborative research communities across institutions, disciplines and career stages. I have initiated and co-developed international projects, conferences, workshops and partnerships that connect historical research with wider academic, educational and public audiences. I am particularly committed to creating opportunities for early-career scholars: bringing them into international research networks, supporting their work through prizes and publishing initiatives, and creating spaces in which they can develop new collaborations and engage with more established researchers.

Examples:

THE GLOBAL 1922 PROJECT
I initiated and led the Global 1922 project, bringing together scholars to reconsider the Greco-Turkish War, displacement and the end of empire within wider international and global histories. The project included international workshops and collaborations across institutions in Britain, Greece and elsewhere.

THE LAUSANNE PROJECT
As a co-convener of the Lausanne Project, I have helped develop interdisciplinary and international collaborations around the history and legacies of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. Alongside conferences and publications, this has included work with school pupils and teachers, exploring ways of bringing new historical research on Lausanne, population exchange and displacement into history education.

INTERNATIONAL HISTORY & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
I have worked with colleagues at King’s College London and the London School of Economics, as well as other international partners, to develop conferences and research networks around major questions in international history and contemporary affairs. These have included collaborative work on Cyprus and partition, and on the past, present and future of liberal internationalism.