Dr. Ioannis Chapsos is CTPSR/Coventry University’s Research Lead in Maritime Security. His aim is to better understand the land-sea nexus in the context of international security, feed into sustainable policy responses and build maritime security capacities wherever required. He is focused both on the traditional state-centric concept and the contemporary human security approach as well as the increasing involvement of non-state actors in international security as victims, perpetrators and security providers..
His current research is focused on the comprehensive approach to maritime security. He works in a number of research projects where he investigates the links between illegal (IUU) fishing and transnational organised maritime crime in SE Asia (Indonesia) and the respective implications on coastal communities and sustainable development. His research interests also encompass the global trend of privatisation of maritime security and the potential implications in international security.
Ioannis is a Captain (ret) of the Hellenic Navy, former lecturer on international security and strategy at the Hellenic Supreme Joint War College / Security and Strategy Department.
Experience
2012–present
Research fellow in Maritime Security, Centre for Trust, Peace & Social Relations - Coventry University
2008–2012
Lecturer, Hellenic Supreme Joint War College
1984–2012
Captain (ret) , Hellenic Navy
Education
2014
Coventry University, PhD - Privatisation of International & Maritime Security
2010
Coventry University, MA - Terrorism, International Crime, Global Security
2008
Hellenic Supreme Joint War College, Greece, Diploma in International Security and Strategy
2007
George C. Marshall Centre for Security Studies, Germany, Executive Programme in Advanced Security Studies
2003
Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Centre, Greece, Certificate, OSCE, CFE Inspectors/ Escorts
2002
NATO School, Shape, Certificate, Combined NATO Orientation and Crisis Management Course
Is Maritime Security a Traditional Security Challenge?, In Anthony J. Masys (Ed). Exploring the Security Landscape: Non-Traditional Security Challenges. Springer International Publishing Switzerland
2015
Strengthening Maritime Security through Cooperation, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series, Human and Societal Dynamics – Vol. 122, Amsterdam: IOS Press
2015
Stockpiles at Sea: Floating Armouries in the Indian Ocean, Small Arms Survey Yearbook 2015: Weapons and the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Ch.8. pp. 216–41
2015
Private Military and Security Companies: A Transnational Legal Approach, In Anrnauld, Matz-Luck and Odendahl (eds) 100 Years of Peace Through Law: Past and Future. Berlin: Dunker & Humblot, pg. 257-275
2013
Maritime Security Challenges in South-East Europe, Shaping South East Europe’s Security Community for the Twenty First Century: Trust, Partnership, Integration, Palgrave Macmillan
2013
Explaining the Role and the Impact of the Social Media in the Arab Spring, Global Media Journal: Mediterranean Edition, 8 (1), 10-20