Dimitris Dalakoglou

Dimitris Dalakoglou is Professor, holding the Chair in Social Anthropology and Sociology of Development at Vrije University Amsterdam.

He is working on mobility, cross-border and urban infrastructures in the Balkans and Southeastern Europe. In 2017 he was awarded a VIDI-Innovative Research Grant for his project infra-demos.net. In 2012 was awarded an ESRC-Future Research Leaders grant for the project 'The City at a time of Crisis' (crisis-scape.net).

Experience

  • 2015–present
    Professor, Vrije University Amsterdam
  • 2009–2015
    Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex
  • 2007–2008
    Teaching Fellow , UCL

Education

  • 2009 
    UCL, PhD
  • 2004 
    UvA, MA
  • 2003 
    Panteion University Athens, BA hons

Grants and Contracts

  • 2017
    infra-demos
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • 2012
    Crisis-scapes
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Economic and Social Research Council
  • 2006
    Material Culture of Albanian Migration i Greece and Italy
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    European Research Council
  • 2004
    An Anthropology of the Road
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    IKY

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy
  • Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute
  • Member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists

Contact Dimitris for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision