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Triadafilos (Phil) Triadafilopoulos

Phil Triadafilopoulos

University of Toronto Collaborating Academic Partner
EducationPhD, New School for Social Research
Areas of ExpertisePolitics of immigration, citizenship and multiculturalism in Europe and North America, accommodation of religious minorities in liberal-democratic countries

 

Triadafilos (Phil) Triadafilopoulos is Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough and Interim Director of the Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. His research focuses on immigration and citizenship politics and policy in Europe and North America. 

Phil is a former SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow and held a fellowship at the Institute for Social Sciences at Humboldt University. He was Visiting Professor at the Hertie School of Governance and Visiting Fellow at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Comparative Migration Studies. 

Phil’s current research examines: how political parties are adapting to more culturally diverse electorates, Canada’s “exceptionalism” with respect to immigration politics and policymaking, the interplay of liberal openness and illiberal closure in migration policies, and the politics of religious accommodation as regards Muslims in Canada and Germany.

Recent Publications

Triadafilopoulos, T. (2021). The Foundations, Limits, and Consequences of Immigration Exceptionalism in Canada (external link) . American Review of Canadian Studies, 51(1), 3–17. 

Triadafilopoulos, T. (2022). Good and Lucky: Explaining Canada’s Successful Immigration Policies (external link) . In E. Lindquist, M. Howlett, G. Skogstad, G. Tellier, & P. T’ Hart (Eds.), Policy Success in Canada (1st ed., pp. 161–182). Oxford University PressOxford. 

Triadafilopoulos, T. (2023). Whiteness and the Politics of Middle-class Nation-building in Canada (external link) . Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(3), 556–563.