Chryssa Toufexi

She completed her internship at IIR in 2006, when she joined CEMMIS as a researcher until 2010. She holds a degree in International, European and Regional Studies from Panteion University (2007) and a MA in International Relations in the Middle East from Durham University (2008). From 2011 to 2014 she taught in the undergraduate course “Introduction to International Politics”, in the Department of Geography, Politics and Sociology at the University of Newcastle. Since 2014, she has been an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of England. In 2019 she obtained her PhD in Critical Theory of International Relations and Cybersecurity at the University of Newcastle, with a studentship in Cities, Critical Infrastructures and Political Violence. Her PhD examines the role of popular culture and symbols in the construction of cyberwarfare and cyberterrorism as national security issues in the US. She rejoined CEMMIS in 2024.

Email forwarding: chryssa.toufexi@cemmis.edu.gr