Dr.Harris Mylonas

I am a political scientist specializing in the impact of international politics on nation-building,  political development, and diaspora policy. Both my published work and my ongoing research serve my long-term goal of contributing to our understanding of states’ management of diversity that may originate from national background, religious affiliation, socioeconomic status or political ideology. My research interests lie at the intersection of comparative politics, international security, and history, while I aim to develop theoretical frameworks that cross geographic boundaries. 

My book, The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012 and won The Peter Katzenstein Book Prize for the best first book on International Relations, Comparative Politics, or Political Economy in 2013, the 2014 European Studies Book Award by the Council for European Studies which honors the best first book on any subject in European Studies published within a two-year period, and an honorable mention by the Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies Committee of Association for the Study of Nationalities in 2014. 

My co-authored book with Maya Tudor, Varieties of Nationalism: Communities, Narratives, Identities, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. I have also co-edited two volumes, Enemies Within: The Global Politics of Fifth Columns (Oxford University Press, 2022; with Scott Radnitz) and The Microfoundations of Diaspora Politics (Routledge, 2022; with Alexandra Délano Alonso).

My work has also been published in the Annual Review of Political Science; Comparative Political Studies; Security Studies; International Political Science Review; Journal of Global Security, Studies; Perspectives on Politics; European Journal of Political Research; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Territory, Politics, Governance; Nations and Nationalism; Political Science Quarterly; Social Science Quarterly; Nationalities Papers; Nationalism and Ethnic Politics; Ethnopolitics; as well as various edited volumes.