Co-ordinated by Professor Lilie Chouliaraki (Department of Media & Communications) and Dr Leonidas Cheliotis (Department of Social Policy), this cluster introduces a new area of research in the Hellenic Observatory. Our work will initially cover a narrower set of topics focusing, in the first instance, on issues of gender-based violence with a project on media discourses of femicides, and on issues of perceptions and identity with a study on entrepreneurs working across ethnic lines in Cyprus. Further work will be developed prospectively with projects focusing on rights, civic participation, and migration.
Citizen-refugeeness: internal displacement and digital order in Greece’s Storm Daniel
Dr Afroditi Koulaxi and Dr Maria-Christina Vogkli are working on a project funded by the LSE Urgency Grant Scheme.
The research project delves into the immediate aftermath of Storm Daniel in Greece’s Thessaly region, focusing on its profound impact on citizenship, information poverty, and governance amidst a multifaceted climate-driven crisis that turned displaced citizens into refugees in their own country. Storm Daniel's aftermath resulted in severe consequences: internal displacement, loss of life, property damage, and ecological devastation. The crisis reshaped Greece's citizenship paradigm, exacerbating pre-existing inequalities (related to class, ethnicity, ability, and access to information) and vulnerabilities. The project aims to give voice to affected individuals, shaping the discourse on citizen-refugeeness, socio-spatial disparities, and crisis-driven internal displacement.
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