EU COST Action ‘DATAMIG –Sociotechnical Challenges of European Migration and Border Control’
Workshop:
‘Borders & Big Data, Algorithms, AI: Emerging Research Challenges’
Organized at the: European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece, 4-5 September 2025
Program Outline:
-Workshop Part #1. Thursday, September the 4th, 14:00-18:00
Presentations & Discussions on ‘Big Data, Algorithms, AI: Emerging Research Challenges for the Social and Human Sciences’
-Workshop Part #2. Friday, September the 4th, 14:00-18:00
Presentations & Discussions on ‘European Migration and Border Control: Emerging Research Challenges’
Organizer/Contact: Prof. Aristotle Tympas, Chair of the EU COST Action DATAMIG, Director of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program ‘Science, Technology, Society – Science and Technology Studies’, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece ([email protected])
Link for online participation: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86003468724?pwd=RzJxb2RYUmRrc2JIY2VlRkpjekJGZz09
Online Program
Thursday, September the 4th, 14:00-18:00
14:00-15:00
Keynote Speech by Paraskevas Vezyridis
‘The UK Hostile Environment and the Use of Electronic Health Records for Immigration Enforcement’
Moderator: Halil Turan
15:00-16:00
Workshop Participants Reflections & Discussion on ‘Big Data, Algorithms, AI: Emerging Research Challenges for the Social and Human Sciences’
Moderators: Stathis Psillos, Aristotle Tympas
16:00-18:00
EASST-supported workshop ‘Emblematic localities against existential threats: STSing Balkans, Balkanizing STS’
Kick-off Talks:
-Iason Spilios, ‘Existential threats: A review of the literature’
-Ellie Danae Varztiotis, ‘Existential threats and their interconnection: A review of the use of artificial Intelligence for the environmental crisis’
Workshop Participants Reflections and Discussion
Moderators: Katerina Vlantoni & Giorgos Velegrakis
Friday, September the 5th, 14:00-18:00
14:00-15:00
Keynote Speech by Olga Lafazani
‘What Angles Make the Study of Migration Critical?’
Moderator: Halil Turan
15:00-16:00
Workshop Participants Reflections & Discussion on ‘European Migration and Border Control: Emerging Research Challenges’
Moderator: Stathis Psillos, Aristotle Tympas
16:00-18:00
EASST-supported workshop ‘Emblematic localities against existential threats: STSing Balkans, Balkanizing STS’
Invited Presentations:
-Nikos Nagopoulos, Christos Kouroutzas and Dimitris Paraskevopoulos, The HFRI (ΕΛΙΔΕΚ) project ‘Prevention and Management of Anthropogenic Risks: Organisational Preparedness and Interoperable Environments in Local Communities – A Case Study’
-Halil Turan, Gülizar Karahan Balya and Busra Akkokler Karatekeli, The Erasmus+ project ‘ETHICS4CHALLENGES—Innovative Ethics Education for Major Scientific and Technological Challenges’
Workshop Participants Reflections and Discussion
Moderators: Katerina Vlantoni & Giorgos Velegrakis
International Affiliations
-Dr. Gülizar Karahan Balya, Postdoctoral Researcher, Applied Ethics Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
-Dr. Venelin Boshnakov, Professor, Department of Statistics and Econometrics, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria
-Dr. Diana Cucoş, Institute of Legal, Political and Sociological Research, Moldova University of European Studies, Moldova
-Dr. Genti Gruja, Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Sciences, Bedër University, Albania
-Dr.Busra Akkokler Karatekeli, Postdoctoral Researcher, Applied Ethics Research Center Middle East Technical University, Turkey
-Dr. Zlatan Krajina, Department of Media and Communication, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
-Dr. Olga Lafazani, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Humboldt University of Berlin, DATAMIG EU COST Action Scientific Representative
-Damjan Ordanoski, Graduate Student, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, North Macedonia
-Dr. Stevan Tatalovic, Center for Comparative Conflict Studies, Serbia
-Dr. Halil Turan, Professor, Director, Applied Ethics Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
-Dr. Paraskevas Vezyridis, Associate Professor, Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning (CHILL), Nottingham University Business School, UK
Greek Affiliations
-Ioanna Lila, Graduate Student, Panteion University
-Jon Prifti, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
-Dr. Stathis Psillos, Professor, Director of the Laboratory of Philosophy, Ethics, Policy and Communication for Science and Technology, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
-Zamile Eirini Kampa, Graduate Student, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
-Dr. Christos Kouroutzas, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of the Aegean
-Dr. Nikos Nagopoulos, Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of the Aegean
-Dr. Dimitris Paraskevopoulos, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of the Aegean
-Dr. Iason Spilios, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
-Dr. Aristotle Tympas, Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, DATAMIG EU COST Action Chair
-Elli Danae Vartziotis, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
-Dr. Giorgos Velegrakis, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology, University of Crete
-Dr. Katerina Vlantoni, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
