Professional Affiliation

Professor of International Relations; Head, EU Projects and Partnerships at the Center for EU and Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS), Virginia Tech; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics

Expert Bio

Dimitris Tsarouhas is a Global Fellow with the Wilson Center's Global Europe Program. Prof. Dimitris Tsarouhas is Head of the EU Projects and Partnerships initiative at the Center for European Union and Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS) at Virginia Tech, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program. A Jean Monnet Chair in EU Politics during his tenure as Head of the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University, Turkey, Prof. Tsarouhas is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) in Athens, Greece, a Scientific Council Member of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) in Brussels and a Consultant at the World Bank. He has been a Visiting Professor and Researcher in various Universities in Europe, Turkey and the United States.

Professor Tsarouhas received his PhD from the University of Sheffield, and his MSc from the London School of Economics (LSE). His areas of expertise include comparative European politics, EU integration and enlargement policy, EU-Turkey relations and international public policy. His research in these and more policy areas has been published in journals such as Comparative European Politics, Journal of European Integration, New Political Economy, Regulation & Governance, Public Administration, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Social Politics, Social Policy & Administration, Political Studies Review, Armed Forces & Society, and Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.