Alex Papadopoulos

• PhD, The University of Chicago (Geography) - 1993
• MA, The University of Chicago (International Relations) - 1985
• BA, Franklin and Marshall College (Classics & Government)- 1984

An urban and political geographer, Professor Papadopoulos studies the contestation of urban space in Europe and the United States. His published work on urban morphology includes a significant monograph on the urban impacts of European integration in the restructuring of Brussels' downtown, a collection of articles on the urban impacts of market reform and political liberalization in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and more recently, works on the urban dynamics of Chicago’s LGBT communities, and on the triangulation of music, landscape, and politics in Istanbul.

Dr. Papadopoulos political geographic research entangles ‘the urban’ in works on state and national identity formations and the geopolitics of Southeastern Europe. His co-authored book Hellenic Statecraft: Territory, Identity Geopolitics is under contract with Routledge. On-going work also includes the co-edited volume (with Heidi J Nast) Spatial Futures: Difference and the Post-Anthropocene (under contract with Palgrave).

Awards

• The Harm de Blij Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching in Geography, American Association of Geographers (2019)
• Rev. William T. Cortelyou-Martin J Lowery Award for Excellence, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, DePaul University (2011)
• Spirit of DePaul Award, DePaul University (2011-12)
• Vincent DePaul Professor, Society of Vincent de Paul Professors (2005)
• Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, DePaul University (1996)