Anna Triandafyllidou

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.

Early life and education

Triandafyllidou was born in 1968. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Panteion University before enrolling in the
European University Institute for her PhD.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration
at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto, Ontario. In 2021, the University of Liège awarded Triandafyllidou an honorary doctorate in recognition of her contribution to migration scholarship.

In 2023 the Canadian federal government announced Toronto Metropolitan University was awarded $98.6 million from th
Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)
to lead an innovative new research progra
Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides
Anna Triandafyllidou is the Scientific Director of this seven-year interdisciplinary initiative.

In 2024
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

EU Fulbright Research Scholar Award
New York University Centre for European Studies, New York, January-June 2001.
PhD Honoris Causa
University of Liege, Belgium, September 2021.
Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto
Canada, September 2023.
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STAIS) Fellow
Stellenbosch, South Africa, January-February 2025.

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Living people
1968 births
Academic staff of Toronto Metropolitan University
Panteion University alumni
European University Institute alumni
Greek sociologists
People from Athens
Academics of the University of Surrey
Academics of the London School of Economics
Academic staff of the European University Institute
Academic staff of the Democritus University of Thrace