Vassilis Fouskas

Professor Vassilis Fouskas is a prominent academic at the University of East London (UEL), holding a position in the Department of Business Entrepreneurship & Finance within the Royal Docks School of Business and Law. He currently serves as Research Degrees Leader for Business, Chair of the Research Degrees Sub-Committee, and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of States, Markets & People (STAMP). As founding editor of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (since 1998), he has shaped scholarly discourse on regional studies. His expertise spans international history, political economy, and European history, with a focus on Asia’s rising power and its implications for Western institutions like NATO and the EU.

Research Interests

• Global power shifts (尤其是 China’s ascendancy)
• Euro-zone crisis dynamics
• Geopolitical conflict in volatile regions (Balkans, Near/Middle East)
• Ordoliberalism and neoliberal critiques

Key Contributions

• Edited 25+ issues of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
• Secured grants from British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, and Carnegie Trust
• Supervised PhD students in political economy and international history

Publications Trends Highlight ongoing analysis of:

• Economic crises as catalysts for political destabilization
• Asia’s geopolitical ascendancy reshaping global order
• Historical conflicts (Cyprus, Greece-Turkey tensions) as templates for modern crises

Awards & Grants

• British Academy Fellowship
• Leverhulme Trust Research Grant (2018)
• Carnegie Trust Doctoral Award

Advising & Leadership

Leads STAMP Centre, coordinating interdisciplinary research on state-market dynamics. Advises PhD candidates on topics like:

• Financial crises in peripheral economies
• Power shifts in Eurasia

Labs/Teams

Directs STAMP Centre’s initiatives on:

• Crisis economics
• Regional geopolitics
• Globalization critiques