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 The Long Shadow of Golden Dawn: Violence, Memory, and the Afterlife of the Greek Far Right, will be published in 2026 by Palgrave Macmillan.
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.