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Theodoros Kouros

Theodoros Kouros
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Lecturer
Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
Department of Communication and Internet Studies

Theodoros is a social anthropologist and Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Internet Studies at Cyprus University of Technology, where he directs the Ethnographic Research Lab. He also serves as President of the Cyprus Association of Social Anthropologists. His research spans everyday citizenship, contested urban space, migration, critical media and technology studies, and the social implications of AI, particularly bias, knowledge production, and relationality as anthropological subjects of inquiry. He has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Limassol, the Greek Aegean islands of Lesbos and Samos, and along the Greek-Albanian border. His monograph, Tactical Citizenships: Encounters with Everyday State in the Republic of Cyprus (Berghahn Books, 2025), was awarded the Peter Loizos Prize. His work has been published in academic journals and edited volumes.

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Email
theodoros.kouros@cut.ac.cy
Telephone
25002054

Publications

Monograph

  • Theodoros Kouros (2024). Tactical Citizenships: Encounters with Everyday State in the Republic of Cyprus. New York: Berghahn Books (Peter Loizos Award, 2025)

 

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • Theodoros Kouros (2026). From 'Objectivity' to Obedience: AI as Discourse, Discipline, and Power, AI & Society. Pre-published online https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-02994-y
  • Theodoros Kouros (2026). Contextualizing Anti-Migrant Sentiment: A Comparative Ethnography of the Aegean Islands of Lesvos and Samos, Journal of Borderlands Studies 41 (1), 235-253. DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2025.2539974
  • Theodoros Kouros (2025). Tactical Chor(e)ographies: Appropriation and Uses of Urban Space in Limassol’s Seafront. Space and Culture 28 (3), 295-312. DOI: 10.1177/12063312231159210
  • V. Papa, Theodoros Kouros, and A. Lambe (2025). “The victim led an intense life”: Media (mis)representations of femicide crimes in the Republic of Cyprus, Feminist Media Studies. 25 (2), 408-426. DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2024.2363841.
  • Theodoros Kouros and V. Papa (2024). Digital Mirrors: AI Companions and the Self. Societies, 14(10). DOI: 10.3390/soc14100200.
  • V. Papa and Theodoros Kouros (2024). Slantwise Disengagement: Explaining Facebook Users’ Acts Beyond Resistance/Internalization of Domination Binary. Convergence 30(5), 1762-1778. DOI: 10.1177/13548565241227396
  • V. Papa and Theodoros Kouros (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, V. Papa, M. Ioannou and V. Kapnisis (2023). Conspiratorial narratives on Facebook and their historical contextual origins: A case study from Cyprus. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 47(4). DOI: 10.1177/01968599221117235.
  • 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 (2021). Whose Sidewalk? Tactically Negotiating the Boundary between Public and Private Space in Limassol, Anthropology of East Europe Review 38(1) 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 and Y. Christidis (2026). “Ghosts of the Past? Naming the Places of the Displaced”, in A. ap Glynn, T. Kordasiewicz, T. Wicherkiewicz, J. Amelsvoort and S. Ngo (eds.), Naming and Being: Knowledges, Identities and Cultural Politics. Routledge.
  • Theodoros Kouros (2025). Hey Alexa, who will I Be? Personal Assistants and the Shaping of the Future Self. In S. Chen (ed.) Symbolic Interaction and AI. Emerald Publishing.
  • 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.) Greece in the 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.

 

Book reviews

  • Theodoros Kouros. (2025). [Review of the book The Time of the Cannibals: On Conspiracy Theory and Context. Elisabeth Anne Davies]. Journal of Modern Greek Studies 43 (2), 441-443.
  • 2023    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), 133-135.

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

  • 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.

2023-PresentLecturer, Department of Communication and Internet Studies, Cyprus University of Technology.
2022-2023  Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.
2021-2023Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.
2021-2022Visiting Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Neapolis University Paphos.
2021-2022 Post-Doctoral Researcher, DAT-ACT lab, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.  
2021-2022Post-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