Gerasimos Tsourapas
Professor of International Relations, University of Birmingham
Gerasimos Tsourapas is 125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of International Relations at the University of Birmingham and, in 2025–26, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute. He is Editor-in-Chief of Migration Studies (Oxford University Press) and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). His research examines the international politics of migration, including migration diplomacy, refugee governance, and the treatment of displaced populations in interstate relations.
He has previously held visiting positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the American University in Cairo, Harvard University’s Center for European Studies, and Koç University. Gerasimos holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from Yale University, an MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in Politics from SOAS, University of London.