Ioannis Limnios-Sekeris (limniosg@gmail.com) is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science and History of the Panteion University, Greece. His PhD research deals with the relationship between the specialised on migration international organisations and the private sector between 1950 and 1980. In 2013 he completed his MA Thesis at the University of Crete, Greece on the topic of post-war emigration of Greeks to Australia. At the same University he completed his undergraduate studies in Contemporary History in 2010. Ioannis’ research interests focuses on post-war migration; the history of international organisations and transport history. His publications include articles on Greek post-war emigration to Australia; Australia’s post-war immigration policy; the role of the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) on management of post-war migration and the migrant sea and air traffic. Ioannis was awarded with the John Scholes Transport History Research Essay prize in 2020 for his original research work and since 2014 he is working in the international humanitarian sector.

His publications include:

 “Stakeholders and competition in the transportation of migrants: moving Greeks to Australia in the post-War era", Journal of Transport History, Volume 36, No. 1 (June 2015), pp. 97-115.

“Australia and the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration: Racial Exclusion and Ethnic Discrimination in an Era of Universal Human Rights”, in Lina Venturas (ed.), International "Migration Management" in the Early Cold War: The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, University of the Peloponnese, School of Political and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Education Policy, Corinth, 2015, pp. 191-215.

“Imbalances in Decision-Making Processes: Commonwealth versus Latin American Countries”, in Lina Venturas (ed.), International "Migration Management" in the Early Cold War: The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, University of the Peloponnese, School of Political and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Education Policy, Corinth, 2015, pp. 87-96.

“The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration and the Transport Business (1952-1960)”, in Lina Venturas (ed.), International "Migration Management" in the Early Cold War: The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, University of the Peloponnese, School of Political and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Education Policy, Corinth, 2015, pp. 127-142.