Anna Triandafyllidou
{{short description|Greek sociologist}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}
| birth_place = Athens, Greece
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| education = BA., sociology, 1990, Panteion University
PhD, 1995, European University Institute
| thesis_title = A socio-psychological study of party behaviour
| thesis_year = 1995
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| spouse = Evgenios Theodoropoulos
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| workplaces = Toronto Metropolitan University
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Anna Triandafyllidou (born 1968) is a sociologist. She holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair on Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and is the Scientific Director of the research program Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. Her main areas of research and teaching are the governance of cultural diversity, migration, and nationalism from a European and international perspective.{{Cite web|last=admin|title=Anna Triandafyllidou - About me|url=http://www.annatriandafyllidou.com/anna-triandafyllidou-about-me/|access-date=2020-09-13|website=ANNA TRIANDAFYLLIDOU / THE OFFICIAL WEB PAGE|language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Triandafyllidou was born in 1968.{{cite web|title=Triandafyllídou, Anna 1968-|url=https://viaf.org/viaf/66720903/#Triandafyllidou,_Anna|url-status=live|website=viaf.org|accessdate=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712205946/https://viaf.org/viaf/66720903/ |archive-date=2020-07-12 }} She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Panteion University before enrolling in the
European University Institute for her PhD.{{cite web |title=TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, ANNA |url=https://www.ryerson.ca/sociology/about-us/faculty/faculty-bios/triandafyllidoua/ |website=ryerson.ca |accessdate=July 12, 2020}}
Career
Upon receiving her PhD, Triandafyllidou held faculty and research positions across Europe at the University of Surrey, London School of Economics, CNR in Rome, EUI, and the Democritus University of Thrace. In 2001, she became a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at New York University.{{cite web |title=Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou |url=https://www.ryerson.ca/arts/about/new-hires/anna-triandafyllidou/ |website=ryerson.ca |accessdate=July 12, 2020}} Following this fellowship, Triandafyllidou served as a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges until 2004 when she became a Senior Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy.{{cite web |title=Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou Robert Schuman Center |url=https://nwg.hypotheses.org/credits/eui-professors/anna-triandafyllidou |website=nwg.hypotheses.org |accessdate=July 12, 2020}} She simultaneously served on the editorial board of Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies until 2012 when she succeeded Uma A. Segal as Editor-in-Chief.{{cite journal |last1=Segal |first1=Uma A. |title=Note from the Editor |journal=Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |date=December 5, 2012 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=359–361 |doi=10.1080/15562948.2012.743403 |s2cid=216118170 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15562948.2012.743403?journalCode=wimm20 |accessdate=July 12, 2020}}
As a result of her research, Triandafyllidou was appointed the Programme Director and Coordinator of the Research Strand ‘Cultural Diversity’ at the Global Governance Programme in 2012.{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Jacqueline |title=Anna Triandafyllidou appointed Programme Director for Cultural Diversity at the Global Governance Programme |url=https://life.eui.eu/anna-triandafyllidou-appointed-programme-director-for-cultural-diversity-at-the-global-governance-programme.html |website=life.eui.eu |accessdate=July 12, 2020 |date=October 26, 2012}} Later, she was chosen as an evaluator for DG Home policies on migrant integration and was consulted by the European Parliament on high skill migration policy reform.
In 2019, Triandafyllidou was appointed a [https://www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migration/ Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration] at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto, Ontario.{{cite web |title=Ryerson's Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration announced |url=https://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2019/04/ryersons-canada-excellence-research-chair-in-migration-and-integration-announced/ |website=ryerson.ca |accessdate=July 12, 2020 |date=April 17, 2019}} In 2021, the University of Liège awarded Triandafyllidou an honorary doctorate in recognition of her contribution to migration scholarship.{{Cite web|title=Anna Triandafyllidou — Honorary Doctoral Degree — Start of the 2021-2022 Academic Year|url=https://www.uliege.be/cms/c_14470302/en/anna-triandafyllidou-docteur-honoris-causa-rentree-academique-2021-2022|access-date=2021-10-06|website=www.uliege.be|language=en}}
In 2023 the Canadian federal government announced{{Cite news |date=2023-05-26 |title=Bridging divides |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv/article-bridging-divides/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}} Toronto Metropolitan University was awarded $98.6 million from the [https://www.cfref-apogee.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)] to lead an innovative new research program [https://www.torontomu.ca/bridging-divides/ Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides]. Anna Triandafyllidou is the Scientific Director of this seven-year interdisciplinary initiative.
In 2024, [https://metropolis-international.org/ Metropolis International], one of the world’s largest networks focused on matters relating to migration, settlement and diversity, announced Triandafyllidou to be the organization’s co-chair, along with Paul Spoonley.
Honorary awards and fellowships
[https://www.fulbrightschuman.eu/grants-eu-citizens/#:~:text=The%20Fulbright%20Schuman%20Program%20awards,the%20US%2DEU%20transatlantic%20agenda. EU Fulbright Research Scholar Award], New York University Centre for European Studies, New York, January-June 2001.
[https://www.uliege.be/cms/c_14470302/en/anna-triandafyllidou-honorary-doctoral-degree-start-of-the-2021-2022-academic-year/1000 PhD Honoris Causa], University of Liege, Belgium, September 2021.
[https://www.masseycollege.ca/our-community/senior-fellows/ Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto], Canada, September 2023.
[https://stias.ac.za/fellows/anna-triandafyllidou/ Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STAIS) Fellow], Stellenbosch, South Africa, January-February 2025.
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Category:Academic staff of Toronto Metropolitan University
Category:Panteion University alumni
Category:European University Institute alumni
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