Alexis Heraclides (born 1952 in Alexandria) is a Greek academic and public intellectual (son of ambassador Dimitris Heraclides), and from 2004 until 2019 professor of International Relations and conflict resolution at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Athens). He is now emeritus professor but continues to teach (gratis) at Panteion University. Previously he served as counselor on minorities and human rights in the Greek foreign ministry (1983-1997) and in that capacity participated in a number of norm-setting intergovernmental conferences on human rights and minorities, notably in the context of the CSCE (Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe). He was also appointed alternate expert of the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection