Theodoros Kouros

Lecturer

Department of Communication and Internet Studies

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TicOAEYAAAAJ&hl=en

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Internet Studies and a social anthropologist. I hold a PhD from the University of Cyprus, a Masters in Modern and Contemporary Greek Society and Culture from the University of Ioannina and a BA in Sociology from the University of Crete. I received merit-based scholarships for both my Masters and PhD studies.

My research interests combine a diverse range of themes and methodologies, with particular emphasis on the construction of space and place, citizenship, memory, ethnic and national identities and migration. In terms of methodology, my experience includes ethnography and [...]

Publications

Monograph

Theodoros Kouros. 2025.Tactical Citizenships: Encounters with Everyday State in the Republic of Cyprus. New York: Berghahn Books.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Theodoros Kouros (forthcoming, 2025). Contextualizing Anti-Migrant Violence: A Comparative Ethnography of the Aegean Islands of Lesvos and Samos, Journal of Borderlands Studies.
Theodoros Kouros and V. Papa (2024). Digital Mirrors: AI Companions and the Self. Societies, 14(10). DOI: 10.3390/soc14100200.
V. Papa, Theodoros Kouros and A. Lambe (2024). “The victim led an intense life”: Media (mis)representations of femicide crimes in the Republic of Cyprus, Feminist Media Studies. Pre-published online. DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2024.2363841.
V. Papa and Theodoros Kouros (2024) Slantwise Disengagement: Explaining Facebook Users’ Acts Beyond Resistance/Internalization of Domination Binary. Convergence. pre-published online. DOI: 10.1177/13548565241227396
V. Papa and Theodoros Kouros (equal contribution, 2023),. Facebook and Google care deeply about journalism? Mapping audience-based monetization projects and the impact on journalistic practices and values. Digital Journalism, 11(8). DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2023.2211626
Theodoros Kouros (2023). Tactical Chor(e)ographies: Appropriation and Uses of Urban Space in Limassol’s Seafront. Space and Culture. pre-published online. DOI: 10.1177/12063312231159210
Theodoros Kouros (2022). Reaping the fruits of informal urbanism: An Ethnography of Tactical Gardening in Limassol, Cyprus. Built Environment. 48(2), pp. 188–205. DOI: 10.2148/benv.48.2.188.
Theodoros Kouros, V. Papa, M. Ioannou and V. Kapnisis (2022). Conspiratorial narratives on Facebook and their historical contextual origins: A case study from Cyprus. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 47(4). DOI: 10.1177/01968599221117235.
Α. Kylili, P.A. Fokaides, A. Zachariou, [and 23 others, including Theodoros Kouros] (2022). A comprehensive policy framework for the development of green markets in European Islands, Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 17(1). DOI: 10.1080/15567249.2022.2148019
Theodoros Kouros (2021). Whose Sidewalk? Tactically Negotiating the Boundary between Public and Private Space in Limassol, Anthropology of East Europe Review, 38(1) pp 63–78. DOI: 10.14434/aeer.v37i1.32020.
Theodoros Kouros and Y. Papadakis (2018). Religion, Immigration, and the Role of Context: The Impact of Immigration on Religiosity in the Republic of Cyprus, Journal of Religion in Europe, 11(4), pp. 321–347. DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01104003.
Theodoros Kouros (2016). Παραχάραξη ή Δικαίωση; Η διεκδίκηση της Μνήμης και του Χώρου μέσα από ένα Παλίμψηστο Μνημείο, ETHNOLOGIA on-line, Journal of the Greek Society for Ethnology 4(2016). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7693302

Peer-reviewed book chapters

Theodoros Kouros (Forthcoming, 2026). The Internet as a Digital Companion. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cyberpsychology. Palgrave MacMillan.
Theodoros Kouros (Forthcoming, 2025). Hey Alexa, who will I Be? Personal Assistants and the Shaping of the Future Self. In S. Chen (ed.) Symbolic Interactionism and AI. Emerald Publishing.
Theodoros Kouros and Y. Christidis (forthcoming, 2025). “Ghosts of the Past? Naming the Places of the Displaced”, in G. Isaac, T. Kordasiewicz, T. Wicherkiewicz, J. Amelsvoort and S. Ngo (eds.), The cultural politics of names and naming. Routledge.
Theodoros Kouros, Z. Theodosiou and C. Themistocleous (2025). Machine Learning Bias: Genealogy, Expression and Prevention. In P. Christou (ed.) Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Social Research. CABI.
Theodoros Kouros (2024). Falsification or Justification? The politics of memory of the Greek civil war through the case of a palimpsest memorial, in I. Ferra and L. Savvides (eds.) The Greek 1940s: Popular Culture, Digital media, Films, Journalism, Art, and the Memory of the Occupation and Civil War. Emerald Publishing.
C. Giannopoulou and Theodoros Kouros (2012). Τοπία άμυνας απέναντι σε ένα «διπλό εχθρό». Μνημεία του στρατού για τη δεκαετία του 1940 στην περιοχή της Κόνιτσας, in V. Dalkavoukis, E. Paschaloudi, N. Skoulidas and K. Tsekou (eds.), Αφηγήσεις για τη Δεκαετία του 1940: Από το Λόγο του Κατοχικού Κράτους στη Μετανεωτερική Ιστοριογραφία, Epikentro, Athens, 2012, pp 229-242.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

Theodoros Kouros, “Ποιοι είναι οι ‘Μιτζιντόνιοι’ τελικά; Ταυτότητες, ετερότητες και διασπορά,” στο Ντίνας, Κ. Β. Νιτσιάκος και Ν. Σιώκης (επιμ.) Οι Βλάχοι της Ελλάδας: Ταυτότητες, ετερότητες στο χώρο και το χρόνο. Επιστημονική Εταιρία Μελέτης του Πολιτισμού των Βλάχων.
Schorer, T. Pouliopoulos, I. Garefi, I. Kalemaki, C. Galvan, M. Barajas, K. Theodoridou, Theodoros Kouros, M. Fuduric, S. Mavrogeni, Z. Wittine, A. Protopsaltis. “Social Innovation Education in European Higher Education.” ISIRC2022, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 16-18.
Schorer, T. Pouliopoulos, I. Garefi, I. Kalemaki, C. Galvan, M. Barajas, K. Theodoridou, Theodoros Kouros, M. Fuduric, S. Mavrogeni, Z. Wittine, A. Protopsaltis. “A Social Innovation Serious Game for Higher Education.” ISIRC2022, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 16-18.
Theodoros Kouros and V. Papa. “Slantwise Disengagement: Explaining Facebook Users’ Acts that Transcend the Resistance and Internalization of Domination Binary,” Communication Policy and Technology Section (CPT), IAMCR Online Conference 2022, Beijing, China, July 11-15.
Y. Christidis & Theodoros Kouros, “Traduerumori”. TEPe (Technologically Expanded Performance) International Meeting on the City, the Body and the Sound. Conference Proceedings. DOI: 10.53072/ILIC8040/vpi10
Theodoros Kouros, “Religion and Immigration in Cyprus: A Comparative Study,” 4th Euroacademia International Conference: Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeaness Exposed to Plural Observers.

Book reviews

Theodoros Kouros (Forthcoming, 2025). [Review of the book The Time of the Cannibals: On Conspiracy Theory and Context. Elisabeth Anne Davies]. Journal of Modern Greek Studies.
Theodoros Kouros (2023). [Review of the book Passport Island: The market for EU citizenship in Cyprus. Theodoros Rakopoulos]. Journal of Modern Greek Studies 42(1), pp. 133-135.

Teaching

Undergraduate Courses, B.A. Communication and Internet Studies

CIS 115 Introduction to Cultural Studies
CIS 461 Multimodal Anthropology
CIS 407 Research Design
CIS 490 Dissertation
CIS 317 Social Movements
CIS 416 Big Data and Algorithms

Research

MEDRECEPTIONS (ΙΔΕΚ)
- Role: Researcher-Ethnographer.
- Areas of interest: Migration, local receptions of refugees. Research Sites: Lesvos & Samos, Greece.
DAT-ACT lab, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.
- Role: Post-Doctoral Researcher - Digital Ethnographer.
- Areas of interest: Resistance, algorithmic curation, online ethnography, social media platforms.
AURAlab, Department of Fine Arts, Cyprus University of Technology.
- Role: Post-Doctoral Research Associate.
- Areas of interest: Ethnographic film, sonic/aural anthropology.
GIS web-app (under development). Project “Creation of Digital Database of Vlach Cultural Heritage,” by the Scientific Society for the Study of Vlach Culture.
- Role: Researcher, Coordinator of GIS team.
“1100m”, MITOS Center of Performing Arts
- Role: Scientific Advisor.
BUFSIE: Building the Universities of the Future through Social Innovation Education (Erasmus+).
- Role: Resercher and Trainer
Ethnographic fieldwork in Limassol, Cyprus, during PhD studies. Duration: 2 years.
- Areas of interest: Substantive citizenship, urban informality, street-level bureaucracy, resistance, tactics and strategies.
“The Role of Religion in Majority and Minority Groups in the Society of Cyprus,” co-funded by the Ministry of Interior, Democracy of Cyprus and the Solidarity Funds, E.U.
- Role: Head researcher.
- Areas of interest: Immigration, religion, integration.
CS.Tour: Cultural Awareness and Social Skills Key Competences in Tourism (Erasmus+).
- Role: Resercher and Trainer
Employer Partner Program for Hotels and Tourism (Erasmus+)
- Role: Resercher and Trainer
Ethnographic fieldwork along the Greek – Albanian border (during MA studies). Duration: 6 months.
- Areas of interest: Borders, ethnic and national identities, memory.

Experience

2023-Present Lecturer, Department of Communication and Internet Studies, Cyprus University of Technology.

2022-2023 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.

2021-2023 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.

2021-2022 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Neapolis University Paphos.

2021-2022 Post-Doctoral Researcher, DAT-ACT lab, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.

2021-2022 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, AURAlab, Department of Fine Arts, Cyprus University of Technology.

2015-2018 Instructor, University of Nicosia, Cyprus (UNIC), Global learning Semesters Program.

2014-2020 Teaching Assistant, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.

2014 Special Scientist (Research), Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.

Theodoros Kouros

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