Biography

Maria Xenitidou has undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications focusing on International Relations, Politics and Research Methodology. Her primary research has focused on the disentanglement of events and discourses on the European-Islamic relationship, the exploration of European identity in Northern Greece and Greek national identity and immigration from the Balkans. Maria joined CRESS in October 2008 as a research fellow working an ESRC-funded project, "Innovations in social research methods: an international perspective", which is constructing a map of the 'hot spots' of research methods around the world. In April 2009 Maria joined an EU FP6 funded research project EMIL (Emergence In the Loop: Simulating the two way dynamics of norm innovation). 

Research Interests

• Research Methods (Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods, Methodological Innovations, Transformative Research Practices)
• Identity Issues (Cultural, Ethnic and National Identities)
• Migration and Minorities (Social Impact, National and EU Policy Framework)
• Education Management

Publications

Recent Conference Papers:

Xenitidou, M. (2009) National Identity and Otherness in Greek Speakers’ Talk about Immigration: Methodological and Disciplinary Reflections. Paper accepted for presentation at European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference on European Society or European Societies? University of Lisbon. Lisbon, 2-5 September

Xenitidou, M. and Gilbert, N. (2009) An International Perspective on Innovations in Social Science Research Methods: What is in store for Qualitative Research? Paper accepted for presentation at European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference on European Society or European Societies? University of Lisbon. Lisbon, 2-5 September

Xenitidou, M. and Gilbert, N. (2009) An International Perspective on Innovations in Social Science Research Methods: The role of Mixed Methods Paper accepted for discussion at the 5^th International Mixed Methods Conference. University of Leeds. Harrogate, 8-11 July

Xenitidou, M. (2009) The way in which indigenous people use psychological theories when they talk about immigration. Paper presented at the CRONEM Conference on Nationalism and National Identities Today: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. University of Surrey. Surrey, 11-12 June

Xenitidou, M. (2009) Ο τρόπος μετον οποίογηγενείςχρησιμοποιούν ψυχολογικέςθεωρίεςόταν μιλούν γιατη μετανάστευση[The way in which indigenous people use psychological theories when they talk about immigration]. Paper presented at the 12^th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Psychological Research on The Contribution of Psychological Research to Contemporary Society, Greek Psychological Association. University of Thessaly. Volos, 14-17 May

Xenitidou, M. and Gilbert, N. (2009) An International Perspective on Innovations in Social Science Research Methods: What is in store for Social Research? Paper presented at the British Sociological Association (BSA) Annual Conference 2009 on The Challenge of Global Social Inquiry. Cardiff, 16-18 April

Xenitidou, M. (2007) Talking about Greekness and migration in Central Northern Greece: The construction of multiple categories of Greeks as the ‘ultimate contract’ for migration?Paper presented at the 3^rd LSE PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece: Structures, Context and Challenges. London, 14-15 June

Xenitidou, M. (2007) Talking about Greek National Identity and Migration in Central Northern Greece: The Negotiation and Construction of Greekness. Paper presented at the CRONEM Conference on Nationalism and National Identities Today: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. University of Surrey. Surrey, 12-13 June

Xenitidou, M. (2007) Η διαχείριση της Ελληνικής εθνικής ταυτότητας και οι μετανάστες: «δικαιούχοι», «συνδικαιούχοι» και οι «άλλοι»[The negotiation of Greek national Identity and immigrants in Greece: the ‘entitled’ and the ‘others’]. Paper presented at the Conference on National Identity and Otherness: Multiple Identities in Post-Modernity. University of Aristotle. Thessaloniki, 18-19 May 2007

Xenitidou, M. (2007) Η κατασκευή της ελληνικότητας στο πλαίσιο της μετανάστευσης από τα Βαλκάνια. [The construction of Greekness in the context of migration from the Balkans]. Paper presented at the Conference on Identities under negotiation: The experience of migration. University of Macedonia and University of Aristotle. Thessaloniki, 19-20 January 2007

Xenitidou, M. (2005) The post-1990s migration from the Balkans as a force in the constant making of ‘Greek national identity’ in Northern Greece. Paper presented at the Modern Greek Studies Association 19^th International Symposium. Chicago, 3-5 November

Xenitidou, M. (2005) Greek national identity within the framework of the post-1990s migration from the Balkans: A discursive social constructionist approach. Paper presented at the 2^nd LSE PhD Symposium on Modern Greece: Current Social Science Research on Greece. London, 10^th June

Aydil, I. and Xenitidou, M. (2005) Rethinking South-East European Spaces: A socio-political perspective of governance and identity. Paper presented at Conference on Rethinking European Spaces: Territory, Borders, Governance. Royal Holloway, University of London. London, 21-22 April

Xenitidou, M. (2004) Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism and the European Project: Exploring identity as discourse and form of life. Paper presented at Cosmopolitanism and Europe Conference. Royal Holloway, University of London. London, 22-23 April

Publications:

Xenitidou, M. (2008) Managing the Dilemma of Stake in Greek Accounts about Immigrants: National Disinterestedness and Axiological Continua. In Proceedings of the 3^rd Annual SEERC Doctoral Student Conference on Infusing Research and Knowledge in South East Europe. Thessaloniki, 26-27 June, pp. 452-476

Xenitidou, M. (2007) The negotiation of Greekness in the context of talking about migration in Central Northern Greece: The construction of multiple categories of Greeks. In Proceedings of the 2^nd Annual SEERC Doctoral Student Conference on Infusing Research and Knowledge in South East Europe. Thessaloniki, 22-23 June, pp. 447-459

Xenitidou, M. (2006) Talking about migration in Central Northern Greece: The employment of the construct of Greek emigrants. In Proceedings of the 1^st Annual SEERC Doctoral Student Conference on Infusing Research and Knowledge in South East Europe. Thessaloniki, 10^th July, pp. 287-302

Xenitidou, M. (2006) The post-1990s migration from the Balkans as a force in the constant making of ‘Greek national identity’ in Northern Greece. In S. G. Markovich, E. B. Weaver and V. Pavlovic (Eds.) Problems of Identities in the Balkans. Belgrade: Anglo-Serbian Society, pp. 155-166