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Elias Dinas holds the Swiss Chair in Federalism, Democracy and International Governance. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the European University Institute (2010) and his research interests include the dynamics of political socialization, the downstream effects of institutional interventions and the legacy of authoritarian rule on the ideological predispositions of citizens in new democracies. He has also a keen interest in research methodology. His work has been published, among others, in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and Political Analysis and mentioned in The Economist, the Atlantic and the New York Times. 

Professor Dinas' lecture is titled 'Post-Authoritarian Norms and the Ideological Legacy of Dictatorships' and will take place in the Wolfson Theatre at 6.30pm on Thursday 29th May.

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How to write a PhD (on Greece & Cyprus)

Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, Hellenic Observatory Centre; Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies, Professor of Political Economy, European Institute, LSE.

Completing a PhD is both a challenge and a journey. In this hallmark PhD symposium lecture, Professor Vassilis Monastiriotis draws on his extensive experience as a researcher, supervisor, and policy expert to offer essential guidance on completing a PhD, covering the key stages of research design, development, and writing. With a focus on the complexities of social science research, particularly in Greece and Cyprus, this session provides PhD candidates with the tools to refine their research approach and strengthen their academic contribution.

Othon Anastasakis is the Director of the European Studies Centre in Oxford; Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX); Senior Research Fellow at St Antony’s College and Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA). He is currently the Principal Investigator of two research projects: “Greek Diaspora Project at SEESOX”; and the OX/BER funded “Migration Diplomacy and Turkey-EU relations”. His latest books include Diaspora engagement in times of severe economic crisis; Greece and beyond  (2022) and The Greek Military Dictatorship: Revisiting a contested past (2021).

Theodoros Arvanitopoulos is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at Cardiff University. His academic interests focus on energy economics, economic geography, and applied econometrics. His research on Greece and Southeast Europe centres on the Green Transition, exploring the role of industrial strategy and technological innovation in climate change mitigation. Theodoros has extensive experience in policy-oriented research, having led research projects funded by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and the Qatar Foundation. He has collaborated on research projects with the OECD, the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the UK Climate Change Committee.

Athanasia Chalari is a Lecturer at New York University (London) and Programme manager of Culture Education and Psychology. She has received her PhD in Social Theory from the University of Warwick (2007) under the supervision of Professor Archer. She also holds an MPhil form Cambridge University, MA from Essex University, BA from Kent University and she has received her Ptychion in Sociology from Panteion University. She has worked as the A.C. Laskaridis Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory, 911吃瓜(2011-12) whereas she has taught Social Theory, Psychology and Research Methods in various Universities including Cambridge, Manchester, Northampton and the Open University.

Anastasia Dimiski is a Research Officer (Post-Doctoral Researcher) at the Hellenic Observatory Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece & Cyprus, LSE. In this role, she will conduct independent research on themes relevant to the Centre's research cluster on Economy & Public Policy, under the supervision of Prof  Vassilis Monastiriotis. Anastasia holds a PhD in Applied Econometrics from the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Guelph, where her doctoral work explored econometric methods applied to various economic contexts. Her research interests include Applied Econometrics, Economics of Education, Environmental Economics, and Macroeconomics.

Spyros Economides is Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics at the London School of Economics and Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory. He was a Research Associate of the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College and at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He has also served as Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College, USA, and in the Faculties of Political Science at the Universities of Zagreb, Croatia and Belgrade, Serbia. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the EU Centre in Singapore. His current research concentrates on: the ‘ West’ in contemporary international relations; the external relations and security policies of the EU; Europeanisation and foreign policy, and the EU’s relationship with the Western Balkans.

Theofanis Exadaktylos is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Surrey and a visiting professor at the College of Europe. He holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter, MSc in European Political Economy: Integration from the 911吃瓜and and BA in Economics and International Relations from Tufts University. His research agendas include Europeanization, public policy reforms and implementation, the politics of crisis, attitudes towards Europe in an age of austerity and the link between populism and public emotional economy, with specific focus on Greek politics.

Kevin Featherstone is Emeritus Professor (European Institute) and Professorial Research Fellow in the Hellenic Observatory at LSE. He was Director of the Hellenic Observatory from 2002 to 2024.  He has held visiting positions at the University of Minnesota; New York University; Harvard University; and, the European University Institute (Firenze). Before LSE, he held academic posts at the universities of Stirling and Bradford. He has received a number of honours: including,  'Grand Commander, Order of the Phoenix' of the Hellenic Republic (2021); honorary doctorate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2022); and Honorary Greek citizenship (2023). 

Maria Kaparou is an academic in the UG and PGT programmes at Southampton Education School and she currently holds the Employability Leadership role. She supervises PhD students’ research within the UK and international contexts (Asia, Persian Gulf, Arab states) and she is the winner of the prestigious BELMAS Best Thesis Award 2015. Maria is researching leadership and school improvement in high-performing schools, schools in challenging contexts as well as within Multi-academy Trusts (MATs) in England.

Philipp Katsinas is a postdoctoral researcher at the REDEFINE project at the Open University. His current research builds on urban and economic geography to study the social and spatial impacts of infrastructural projects on urban economies. Previously, Philipp held research and teaching positions at the London School of Economics, Queen Mary University of London, Birkbeck University of London, and King’s College London. He is part of the City Collective for the journal City.

Maria Koumenta is an Associate Professor (Reader) in Work and Labour Market Analysis at Queen Mary, University of London. Her research activities are in the fields of labour economics and labour market policy. Dr. Koumenta works on issues relating to pay, pay inequality, gender and ethnic pay gaps, occupational regulation, social mobility and non-standard forms of employment in the labour market. She has led various projects funded by the UK government, the European Commission and the OECD, and has provided testimony and policy advice to each.

Ilias Kyriopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy at 911吃瓜and Programme Co-Director of the Executive MSc in Economics, Policy, and Management. He previously worked as a Fellow and Research Associate at LSE. Prior to joining the Department, he was a Health Economist at the Athens School of Public Health. Ilias has conducted research for or acted as a consultant to international governmental and non-governmental organisations, including the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank. He has also held a visiting research position at Sciences Po (2024).

Konstantina Maragkou is a Contemporary Historian with a particular interest in the political and diplomatic aspects of the Cold War, on which she has taught extensively at Yale University and the LSE. Following studies at Cambridge University, she held fellowships at LSE, NYU, Princeton, and Yale during which she wrote several articles and turned her largely extended thesis on Anglo-Greek relations during the Greek Colonels’ regime into a book published by Hurst & Co / Oxford University Press.

Georgios Melios is a Guest Teacher at the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. George's academic work is at the intersection of political economy and behavioural science. His research primarily focuses on the foundations of democracy: how democratic institutions function, how citizens interact with them and how they can be improved. He looks at the electoral cycle through four essential angles: i) the factors that affect citizens’ participation, ii) those that shape their preferences, iii) the effect of elections on policies and welfare, and iv) collective decision making when institutions fail. 

Irini Moustaki is a Professor of Social Statistics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She received her bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Computer Science from the Athens University of Economics and Business and her MSc and PhD in Statistics from the LSE. Her research interests are in latent variable models and structural equation models. Her methodological work includes treating missing data, longitudinal data, detection of outliers, goodness-of-fit tests, and advanced estimation methods. Furthermore, she has made methodological and applied contributions to comparative cross-national studies and epidemiological studies on rare diseases.

Roula Nezi is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Science at the University of Surrey and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research examines developments in public opinion and political attitudes, political parties and party systems, and electoral behaviour. Her research has been published in the British Journal of Polit-ical Science, Party Politics,the Journal of European Social Policy,and Electoral Studies among others.

Georgios Samaras is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Policy at the International School for Government and Policy Institute, King’s College London. Previously, he was a Lecturer in Political Economy at the Department of Political Economy during the academic year 2022/23. He received his PhD in Political Science from King’s College London in 2022. His doctoral research focused on the emergence of the far-right Greek neo-Nazi party 'Golden Dawn', analysing its impact on voting behaviour and the online mobilisation of the broader far-right in Greece amidst the economic crisis. Dr Samaras is currently leading a study on Greek voting behaviour funded by the ETERON Institute. Additionally, he is a Senior Research Associate at the ENA Institute in Athens, Greece.

Nikos Skoutaris is a Professor of European Constitutional Law at the University of East Anglia, UK. His research lies in the intersection between EU law, comparative constitutional law and conflict resolution theory. Its main focus has been on analysing how the EU constitutional order recognises and accommodates the right to self-determination. He has acted as an adviser to the European Parliament’s GUE/NGL Parliamentary Group for Brexit-related issues.

Sofia Vasilopoulou is Professor of European Politics at King's College London, UK. Her research and teaching interests lie in Comparative Politics, Political Behaviour, Party Politics and European Union Politics. Her work examines the causes and consequences of political dissatisfaction among the public and the ways in which this is channelled through party strategies and party competition. Specific themes include Euroscepticism and far right politics. She has published a number of articles in leading international peer-reviewed journals, including the European Journal of Political Research, Political Behavior, European Union Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy and West European Politics.

Konstantinos Zachariadis is a Professor of Financial Economics in the School of Economics and Finance (SEF) at Queen Mary University of London. Previously, he held the position of Associate Professor (UK Reader) at SEF and served as an Assistant Professor (UK Lecturer) in the Department of Finance at London School of Economics (LSE), where he was affiliated with the Paul Woolley Centre. Additionally, he is a Research Associate at the Financial Markets Group and the Systemic Risk Centre, both at the LSE, and an Academic Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). His research interests encompass Market Design, Corporate Governance, and Institutional Investors. 

Sotirios Zartaloudis is an Associate Professor in Comparative European Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at University of Birmingham. Previously, he was Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough University and Lecturer in International Politics at Politics, University of Manchester. He holds a PhD in European Studies and an MSc in European Politics and Governance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Sociology from University of Crete, Greece.