Eleftheria Markozani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus. Since 2016, she has worked as a researcher on numerous EU-funded research projects for the Laboratory of Educational Policy, Research, Development, and Interuniversity Cooperation in the same department. Until December 2025, she worked in the European Affairs Unit of the Directorate of European and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Migration and Asylum of Greece. She completed two Master's programs in UK and France, in the History of International Relations and International and European Studies. In 2021, she was awarded her PhD with distinction by the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus, on the subject of “Differentiated Integration as a Political Management Tool”. She was awarded relative scholarships her master and Phd studies. Among her publications about EU, migration and security, is her monograph published by Lexington Publications (2024), titled “Differentiation and Politicization: The Case of EU Migration Policy”. Her teaching, research interests, and publications include EU migration policy, EU security policies, EU integration and policies, theories of EU integration, and aspects of differentiated integration.
Jean Monnet East-Med Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence 2.0, 2024–2027
Jean Monnet Module on Migration and EU: Challenges and Prospects (Migrateur), 2022–2025
Center of Security Studies: “Improving the capacity of the Hellenic Police to identify and manage unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups”, EEA project, 2022–2024
Erasmus KA2 Interdisciplinary Training on EU Security, Resilience and Sustainability (EUSECURE), 2019–2023
Joint Eastern-Mediterranean Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Research and Teaching of European Studies (EXCELEM), 2018–2022
European Parliament School Ambassadors Programme, 2018–2021
Erasmus KA2 Eastern Mediterranean Regional Training Partnership, 2016–2019
Jean Monnet Network Governance, Pluralism & Transnationalisation in Europe (GovUnet), 2016–2019
Jean Monnet Network Nexus of European Centers Abroad for Research on EHEA (NEAR-EU), 2016–2019
Erasmus KA2 Rethinking Democratic Awareness and Collective Responsibility for a Whole-School Approach (DEMOKLEOS), 2016–2019
Jean Monnet Include European Values (IncludU), 2016–2018
Migration and EU: Challenges and Prospects
European Foreign Policy and Regional Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean
Theories of European Integration
Markozani, E. (2024). Differentiation and Politicization: The Case of EU Migration Policy. Lexington Books.
Asderaki, F., Grigoriou, P., Karambelias, G., & Markozani, E. (2023). Training Manual for Improving the Capacity of the Hellenic Police for Identification and Management of Unaccompanied Minors and Vulnerable Groups. Center for Security Studies (Chapters: 2.5, 3.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.2, 5.3).
Asderaki, F., Grigoriou, P., Karambelias, G., & Markozani, E. (2023). Manual of Vulnerability Identification Indicators. Center for Security Studies.
Markozani, E. (2022). “The European Asylum Policy: Core State Powers, Flexibility, and Differentiated Integration.” In Leruth, B., Gänzle, S., & Trondal, J. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union, pp. 325–339.
Markozani, E. (2021). “The Securitization of Migration and the 2015 Refugee Crisis: From Words to Actions.” In Tziampiris, A. & Asderaki, F. (eds.), The New Eastern Mediterranean Transformed, Springer, pp. 179–198.
Markozani, E. (2020). “European Migration Policy: Frontex, Differentiation and Brexit.” In Gänzle, S., Leruth, B., & Trondal, J. (eds.), Differentiated Integration and Disintegration in a Post-Brexit Era, Routledge, pp. 91–109.
Markozani, E. (2019). “Differentiation and European Migration Policy.” In Grigoriou, P. (ed.), European Governance and Sovereignty, pp. 81–96.
Markozani, E. (2018). “The Securitization of Migration Policy: The Case of External Border Controls.” In Grigoriou, P. & Poirier, P. (eds.), Institutional, Political and Social Challenges for Europe in Crisis, pp. 86–111.
Markozani, E. (2022). “The Securitization of Migration.” In EUSECURE Handbook.
Markozani, E. (2021). Expert Survey on EU External Governance, COST Action ENTER (CA17119).
Markozani, E. (2018). “The Refugee Crisis in the Mediterranean and the EU: Balancing Human Rights and Security Concerns.” EastMed Policy Briefs.
Markozani, E. (2018). “Enhancement of Intercultural Skills and European Values.” Jean Monnet Project IncludU.
Markozani, E. (2016). “Migration Crisis: From Securitization to Militarization.” In ICIB Conference Proceedings 2015–2016, pp. 287–302.
Markozani, E. (2015). Migration, Security and European Policy. European Center of Excellence Jean Monnet.
Markozani, E. (2024). “New Intergovernmentalism vs Neo-Neofunctionalism.” ESDC Doctoral School, University of Piraeus.
Markozani, E. (2023). “Migration and Security.” ESDC Doctoral School, University of Piraeus.
Markozani, E. (2022). “Migration and Security.” EUSECURE Info Day, University of Piraeus.
Markozani, E. (2021). “The New Pact on Migration.” Young Federalists Event, Athens.
Markozani, E. (2019). “European Migration Policy and Cooperation with Third Countries in the Mediterranean.” Mainz, Germany.
Markozani, E. (2019). “Keep Migrants Out.” GovUnet Conference, Paris.
Markozani, E. (2018). “Buffer Zones and EU Migration Policy.” Chicago Conference of Europeanists.
Markozani, E. (2018). EastMed MOOC Presentation, University of Piraeus.
Markozani, E. (2017). Workshop on EU Migration Policy, Lesbos.
Markozani, E. (2017). Workshop on Differentiated Integration after Brexit, Norway.
Markozani, E. (2017). Conference of Europeanists, University of Glasgow.
Markozani, E. (2017). ISA Conference, University of Bologna.
Markozani, E. (2017). NearEU Workshop, University of Ljubljana.
Markozani, E. (2016). ICIB Conference, Thessaloniki.
