Dr. Dimitrios Efthymiou

Research Focus

Dimitrios is principally interested in normative political theory and has a particular interest in its feasibility conditions and application to public policy. His current research project focuses on labour migration in the EU and its normative implications for the nature and scope of the welfare state and social justice in the EU. Other research interests include the role of state responsibility in theories of international justice, especially in the case of the EU; the relationship between goods-oriented approaches and domination-based accounts of economic exploitation as well as topics such as environmental justice and the relationship between equality and legitimacy. His current research project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Vita

Dr. Dimitrios Efthymiou is the PI of the research project "Towards a Transnational Theory of Justice for the EU" and is a senior research fellow at Normative Orders at Goethe University in Frankfurt. His research project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Dimitrios has a PhD in Political Theory from the European University Institute and an MRes in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute. Dimitrios also holds an MPhil in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University and a first-class BA in Sociology from Goldsmiths College. He has taught at the University of Southampton, and University College London and he has spent time as a visiting scholar at Oxford University and the University of Helsinki.

Teaching

Dimitrios currently offers two seminars at Goethe University: “The Political Theory of the EU” and “Ethics and International Relations”. He has taught a variety of courses and seminars in politics and political theory over his career. These include: “Global Justice: Debates and Issues”, “Global Ethics”, “International Political Theory”, “History of Political Thought”, “Issues in Politics: Climate Change, Human Rights and citizenship”, “International Justice and International Law”.

Konferenzen des Lehrstuhls

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