Research Interests
Comparative Politics
International Politics
European Union
Western Europe
Education
PhD, University of Pittsburgh (2007)
BA, University of Macedonia (1997)
Grants
European Union Center of Excellence grants (2011-2018)
Jean Monnet Module grant (2011)
Awards and Honors
Clarence A. Berdahl Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2017)
Courses Taught
PS 100 Introduction to Political Science
PS 282 Governing Globalization
PS 348 Government and Politics in Western Europe
PS 385 Politics of the European Union
EURO 502 The European Union in Global Context
PS 300 European Union and Governance (in Vienna, Austria)
Recent Publications
Kourtikakis, K., & Turkina, E. (2015). Civil Society Organizations in European Union External Relations: A Study of Interorganizational Networks in the Eastern Partnership and the Mediterranean. Journal of European Integration, 37(5), 587-609. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2015.1034275
Turkina, E., & Kourtikakis, K. (2015). Keeping up with the Neighbours: Diffusion of Norms and Practices Through Networks of Employer and Employee Organizations in the Eastern Partnership and the Mediterranean. Journal of Common Market Studies, 53(5), 1163-1185. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12243
Kourtikakis, K., & Pahre, R. D. (2014). Party On! Political Parties in European Foreign Economic Policies. Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, 2014(2), 35-47. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/whith15&i=151
Kourtikakis, K. (2010). Imitation and supranational politics: Some lessons from the European Ombudsman and the European Court of Auditors. European Political Science Review, 2(1), 27-48. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773909990270