Since August 2020, he is the Scientific Director at the Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET) at the University of Vienna.

Co-Ethnic Immigration to West Germany and Israel (1948-1992)”, was supervised by the later holder of the Wittgenstein Award Philipp Ther.

[10] Peter Polak-Springer[11] praised it as "a masterfully analyzed, well written, and pathbreaking contribution to global and comparative history of ethnic nationalism and return migration".

[12] Panagiotidis's newest book "Postsowjetische Migration in Deutschland: Eine Einführung" (in German) has been described as a "pioneering contribution" (German original: "wegweisender Beitrag") in the understanding of the discrepancies between normative categories created by migration policies and the real-life self-identifications of migrants.

[14] In December 2022, he was awarded a special distinction for his work in the field of Anti-Slavism studies by the Berlin Polish Social Council.