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Vasileios Gerasopoulos serves as an Assistant Professor at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology within Utrecht University's School of Law. His academic work bridges criminology with critical studies on migration, identity, and representation, focusing on how fear and exclusion operate across racial, sexual, and cultural dimensions in contemporary society.
Dr. Gerasopoulos earned his Bachelor in Law from the University of Athens and completed his MA in Global Criminology cum laude at Utrecht University, where he later defended his doctoral thesis "Crisis Encounters: Constructing the figure of the migrant-Other in post-2015 Greece" in 2022. His educational background reflects his interdisciplinary approach combining legal studies with critical criminological perspectives.
His research program centers on the construction of fear and exclusion mechanisms, with particular attention to the 2015 migration 'crisis' in Greece and its societal impacts. Employing qualitative and visual ethnographic methodologies, his work systematically examines:
- The intersection between criminology and queer studies
- Contemporary manifestations of racism and discrimination
- Politics of representation in media and popular culture
- Migration narratives and crisis discourse construction
- Gender, diversity and global justice frameworks
- Power dynamics in societal responses to migration
Analysis of his publications reveals consistent thematic connections between migration studies and cultural criminology, particularly in how crisis narratives shape perceptions of 'Otherness.' His scholarly output demonstrates expertise in analyzing the Greek context while contributing to broader theoretical discussions about fear, exclusion, and representation within open societies.
Dr. Gerasopoulos actively contributes to teaching across multiple courses including "Crime, Power, Media," "Crimes of the Powerful," "Critical Reflection on Criminology," and introductory criminology for both Law and Social Science students. He currently serves as a researcher on the project "Double victims: escaping environmental as well as gender or sexuality injustice" (2023-2027), examining intersections between environmental justice and LGBTQ+ rights.
His research is situated within Utrecht University's Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) initiative, specifically contributing to the "Gender, Diversity and Global Justice" and "Migration and Societal Change" research themes, where he collaborates with colleagues including Prof. Dr. Dina Siegel and Dr. Bishawjit Mallick.
