Society, politics & institutions
Public policy, governance and social change.
A NEW SPACE FOR IDEAS
Where scholarship meets the world
Interdisciplinary research, academic dialogue and international cooperation at the heart of Athens.
ACISC / 2026AEGEAN COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
ACADEMIC INITIATIVE
A place where disciplines meet, ideas are tested and new collaborations take shape.
ABOUT THE CENTRE
Interdisciplinary thinking, international outlook
The Athens Centre for International Studies and Cooperation at Aegean College, in collaboration with the University of Essex, promotes interdisciplinary research, academic dialogue and international scholarly cooperation.
Its mission is to create a dynamic space in which scholarship engages with the social, political, economic, technological and cultural challenges of our time through research initiatives, conferences, seminars, lectures, publications and collaborations in Greece and abroad.
Based in Athens and outward-looking in orientation, the Centre aims to act as a bridge between academia, institutions, society and professional practice.
INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Fields of enquiry
An open framework for research and scholarly exchange beyond the boundaries of any single discipline.
Economy, business & shipping
Economic transformation, enterprise and global commerce.
Technology & digital society
Artificial intelligence, technological change and their social implications.
Education, psychology & human development
Knowledge, learning, behaviour and wellbeing.
Law, culture & humanities
Rights, ideas, history and cultural exchange.
International studies & global challenges
Geopolitics, security, sustainability and international cooperation.
INAUGURAL EVENT
Events & public dialogue
THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER 202618:30 · ATHENS
Geopolitical Challenges and Shipping
Securing maritime routes in an era of intensifying international competition.
Dimitris Maniatis · Dr Konstantinos Grivas · Chair: Dr Sotiris Mitralexis
Programme & details →
CENTRE DIRECTOR
Dr Sotiris Mitralexis
Sotiris Mitralexis is Director of the Athens Centre for International Studies and Cooperation at Aegean College, in collaboration with the University of Essex, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London, Visiting Professor at IOCS Cambridge, and holds doctorates in Philosophy from Freie Universität Berlin, in Law from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Political Science and International Relations from the University of the Peloponnese, and in Theology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
He has served as Assistant Professor at Istanbul Şehir University and has worked as a researcher or lecturer at Princeton, Cambridge, Erfurt, UCL and Peterhouse, Cambridge, as well as at the University of Athens, the University of the Peloponnese and Boğaziçi University.
His books and studies have appeared in Greek and English. His most recent book, published by Topos, is A New Era of Great Power Politics: War and Peace in a Multipolar World.
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Knowledge & publications
This is where the Centre’s research will appear
Research papers, articles and proceedings from the Centre’s academic activities.
INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
An academic initiative with an international outlook
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17 Panepistimiou Street, Athens 105 64, Greece