Assistant Professor of Public Policy
School for Government
georgios.samaras (a) kcl.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 7325
44-46 Aldwych
4.51 Melbourne House
King’s College London
WC2B 4LL
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy
School for Government
georgios.samaras (a) kcl.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 7325
44-46 Aldwych
4.51 Melbourne House
King’s College London
WC2B 4LL
Instagram / LinkedIn / Scholar
I am an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the School for Government, King's College London. I received my PhD in Political Science from King's College London in 2022.
My research focuses on European and American politics, with a particular interest in how far-right ideas move from the margins into the mainstream and what that shift means for democratic governance.
I’m a Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics, and hold a similar role at the ENA Institute. I sit on ETERON’s advisory board. I am also a Fellow with Team Populism at Brigham Young University, and I’ve been a member of the Reactionary Politics Research Network since 2025. Lastly, I am also a member of Human Act.
I have written for The Guardian, POLITICO, The Independent, the New Statesman, and Jacobin among others.
My debut book, titled Who Rules the Land of Denial? The Rise of the Far Right in Greece, will be published in 2026 by Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature.
In my spare time, I record music as Plastic Flowers and run a monthly show on Onassis Stegi. I enjoy drawing, surfing, and winter swimming. Finally, I hold a black belt in Taekwon-Do.
Access my CV here.