Nikolaos Lampas

BA in International and European Studies, University of Piraeus, MS in Strategic Studies, University of Aberdeen, PhD in International Relations and Strategic Studies, University of Reading

Nikolaos Lampas is an Associate Professor of International Relations and European Studies at Deree – The American College of Greece, where he also serves as Program Coordinator of the BA in International Relations and European Affairs (IREA). He holds a BA in International and European Studies from the University of Piraeus, an MSc in Strategic Studies from the University of Aberdeen, and a PhD in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the University of Reading.

He teaches courses in Theories of International Relations, Foreign Policy, International Organizations, and Strategy and Geopolitics.

His research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, migration and refugee politics, and securitization, with particular emphasis on discourse, threat construction, and policy narratives. He is a member of the research team of the BRIDGE project (Building Regional Initiatives for Democratic Governance and Engagement), funded by the Bodossaki Foundation, which examines democratic participation, governance, and civic engagement in the Greek and European context.

Dr. Lampas is a Research Fellow in Security and Foreign Policy at ELIAMEP. He is a member of the European International Studies Association and the Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations. He is also a Fellow of the Schusterman Center for Israeli Studies at Brandeis University. He has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for his research project “Causes of Prejudicial Attitudes towards Refugees: Evidence from Greece.”

He is the author of the book U.S. and Rogue States: Iraq, Iran, and North Korea (in Greek) and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.

Selected Recent Publications

Note: Journal names are included where available; ordering is from most recent to earlier work.

• Walczak, B., Jakubowska-Branicka, I., & Lampas, N. (2025). The Associations between Economic, Social and Cultural Capital and Social Distance Towards Refugees: A Comparative Study of Emerging Adults in Greece and Poland.
• Lampas, N. (2025). Adjusting for “Rogue States”: Policy Solutions for International Organizations, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.
• Lampas, N. & Filis, C. (2023). NATO’s Strategic Concept: Implications for Greece and Türkiye, Security and Defense Quarterly.
• Lampas, N. (2022). Rogue State Behavior, Oxford Encyclopedia of International Studies.
• Lampas, N. (2020). Did Securitization Fail to Contain the Covid-19 Pandemic? The Case of Greece, HAPSc Policy Briefs.
• Walczak, B. & Lampas, N. (2020). Beliefs on Refugees as a Terrorist Threat: The Social Determinants of Refugee-related Stereotypes, Studia Migracyjne–Przegląd Polonijny.