Former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has been appointed as a short-term, resident Policy Fellow at Harvard University’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) and The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) for the spring 2025 academic term.
As Greece’s leader during one of the country’s most turbulent periods in decades, Tsipras and his SYRIZA government navigated profound socioeconomic, political, and diplomatic crises that reshaped both Greece and Europe.
CES Director and Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Daniel Ziblatt, highlighted the significance of Alexis Tsipras’ tenure. “We are privileged to host Alexis Tsipras, who as prime minister participated in and witnessed some of the most decisive moments in Europe’s 21st-century history,” said Ziblatt, adding that “The financial and refugee crises in the first part of this century continue to reverberate in our current moment. Mr. Tsipras’ presence on campus will allow us to learn from his experiences in high-level political negotiations contending with those challenges as well as from his efforts to offer an alternative to austerity and to facilitate the historic Prespa Agreement.”
As Policy Fellow at the CES and the CHS, Tsipras will deliver lectures, engage in discussions with faculty, students, and scholars, and participate in meetings and workshops.
Tsipras is currently serving as a SYRIZA MP in the Hellenic Parliament, is a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and serves as the Chair of the Committee on the Western Balkans. In 2024 he also founded the Alexis Tsipras Institute for Peace, Justice, Sustainable Growth which aims to develop and promote progressive policies and initiatives for peace, justice, and sustainable growth in Greece, Europe and the wider region. His instrumental role brokering of the Prespa Agreement also earned him the 2024 Nikos Nikiforidis Peace Prize.
