Name: Andreas Liaropoulos
Title: Associate Professor
Field: International Relations – Strategic Studies
Office: 203 (126 Gr. Lambraki St.)
Office Hours: Wednesday 15:00–16:00, Friday 16:00–17:00
Tel.: +30 210-414-2564
Email: aliarop@unipi.gr
Biography
Dr. Andreas Liaropoulos is an Associate Professor in the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus, specializing in International Relations and Strategic Studies. He graduated in 2000 from Panteion University, Department of International & European Studies. He completed his postgraduate studies in 2002 at Aberystwyth University in Wales and earned his PhD from Swansea University. His research interests include international security, information, strategy, cybersecurity, European defense and security, and Greek foreign policy.
He is a member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journals Journal of Information Warfare (JIW) and Journal of European and American Intelligence Studies (JEAIS), as well as a researcher at the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS).
Research Experience:
- Visiting Scholar, Center for European and North Atlantic Affairs (CENAA), Bratislava
- Visiting Scholar, Institute of International Relations (IIR), National Chengchi University, Taiwan
- Senior Analyst, RIEAS
- Research Associate, Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict, Swansea University
Teaching
- Information & Security
- Euro-Atlantic Relations
- Introduction to Contemporary International Politics
- European Defense, Security & Political Integration
- Foreign Policy Analysis
Publications
Selected Publications:
- Cyberspace and Global Order (2023)
- The Geopolitics of 5G and EU Digital Sovereignty (2023)
- Digitizing the Battlefield: AR & VR Applications in Warfare (2023)
- Securing Democracy in Cyberspace (2023)
- Russia’s Strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean (2023)
- Cyber Governance and Cybersecurity (2022)
- Information as an Instrument of Power (2022)
- Digital Authoritarianism ‘Made in China’ (2022)
- Russian Information Operations (2020)
- A Social Contract for Cyberspace (2020)
- Russian Information Operations (2019)
- Exploring the Complexity of Cyberspace Governance (2016)
- Reconceptualizing Cybersecurity (2016)
- Exercising State Sovereignty in Cyberspace (2015)
- A Human-centric Approach on Cybersecurity (2015)
- On Cyber-terrorism (2014)
- The Privatization of War (2014)
- Reforming the Greek National Intelligence Service (2014)
- Soft Power and State Image (2014)
- Great Power Politics in Cyberspace (2013)
- The Challenges of Social Media Intelligence (2013)
- Power and Security in Cyberspace (2011)
- War and Ethics in Cyberspace (2011)
- European Security: The Limits of Strategic Culture (2010)
- Revolutions in Warfare (2010)
- Truly Reforming or Just Responding to Failures? (2010)
- The Institutional Dimension of Greek Security Policy (2008)
- Psychological Operations in Iraq (2008)
Conference Proceedings & Presentations:
Andreas Liaropoulos has actively participated in over 40 international and national conferences and seminars across Europe, America, and Asia on topics including cybersecurity, information operations, strategy, digital sovereignty, geopolitics, intelligence service reforms, and international relations. His contributions include presentations at ECCWS, ICCWS, NATO, PSA UK, and summer academic seminars.
Membership in Scientific Councils / Editorial Boards:
- Editorial Board, Journal of Information Warfare (JIW)
- Editorial Board, Journal of European and American Intelligence Studies (JEAIS)
- Assistant Editor, Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence (2013–2018)
- Editorial Board, Caucasian Review of International Affairs (2008–2010)
- Reviewer for: The International Spectator, Politics and Policy, Frontiers, Ciencias Politicas y Relaciones Internacionales, Vima ton Koinonikon Epistimon
- Reviewer for: Czech Fulbright-Masaryk Scholars, NordForsk, Nordic Societal Security Programme
- Scientific Committee Member at ICCWS, ECCWS (since 2014)