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Manolis Pratsinakis serves as the Onassis Foundation Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, and is Deputy Project Manager of the SEESOX Diaspora project. He is also a research affiliate of the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS), contributing to interdisciplinary research on migration and diaspora dynamics within Oxford's academic ecosystem.
His academic trajectory includes a PhD in Anthropology (2013) from the University of Amsterdam, where he completed MA studies supported by a Huygens scholarship. His undergraduate education in Geography and Sociology was completed with honors, establishing foundational expertise in spatial and social analysis.
Pratsinakis's research centers on migration and nationalism, with particular emphasis on immigrant-native relations, ethnic boundary formation, everyday nationhood practices, and crisis-driven mobility patterns in post-2008 Europe. His work critically examines how economic upheaval reshapes diaspora engagement, focusing on Greek communities in the UK through lenses of socioeconomic integration, return migration prospects, and transnational identity negotiation.
Analysis of his 2019-2022 publications reveals persistent thematic focus on crisis migration from Southern Europe, especially Greece, with methodological attention to both quantitative patterns (remittance flows, occupational trajectories) and qualitative lived experiences (identity negotiation, social constraints). His scholarship consistently bridges macro-level policy analysis with micro-level migrant narratives.
His research excellence is recognized through competitive awards:
- Onassis Foundation Research Fellowship (current)
- Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship (University of Macedonia, 2015-2017)
- Huygens scholarship for MA studies (Nuffic)
- IKY scholarship for doctoral research
As Deputy Project Manager of SEESOX Diaspora, Pratsinakis leads collaborative research examining homeland-diaspora institutional linkages during economic crisis. His COMPAS affiliation facilitates cross-institutional grant collaborations on migration policy, while his supervision of graduate students extends his scholarly impact beyond publications.
He actively contributes to Oxford's research infrastructure through SEESOX (South East European Studies at Oxford) and COMPAS, participating in interdisciplinary teams that analyze migration governance, diaspora engagement strategies, and crisis-induced mobility patterns across European contexts.
