Assistant Professor of Public Policy
School for Government
The Policy Institute
georgios.samaras (a) kcl.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7848 7325
40 Aldwych
Bush House - North East Wing
King’s College London
Room 8.09
WC2B 4BG
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About
I am an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the School for Government and Policy Institute, King's College London, and a member of ETERON’s advisory board. Before this, I was a Lecturer in Political Economy at the Department of Political Economy.
I received my PhD in Political Science from King's College London in 2022. My research fields are public policy, political communication, and voting behaviour.
My current interests include addressing far-right extremism and anti-democratic practices in politics. I focus on how states can improve policymaking to counter these groups and effectively communicate these strategies to the public.
In 2024, I established a partnership between ETERON and King’s College London to lead funded research projects focusing on Greek voting behaviour.
I am a Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics, and hold a similar position at the ENA Institute. Additionally, I have been a Fellow of Team Populism at Brigham Young University. In 2024, I joined the Scientific Board of the Greek Review of Social Research at EKT.
I regularly contribute opinion pieces to The Guardian, POLITICO, The New Statesman and other publications.
In my spare time, I record music under the alias Plastic Flowers. In 2023, I joined Onassis Stegi for a monthly mixtape show. I have also been developing algorithms on MAX/MSP and I enjoy coding, drawing, winter swimming, and surfing. Finally, I hold a black belt in Taekwon-Do.
Click here for my CV.