Publications — Dr Georgios Samaras, King's College London

Dr Georgios Samaras
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
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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Samaras, G. (2026). Decadent Brussels or Fortress Europe? Punitive Europeanism on the Greek Far-right. Conditionally accepted in Mediterranean Politics.
Samaras, G. (2026). ICE as Domestic State Terror: Operation Metro Surge and the Production of Fear in Minneapolis. Conditionally accepted in Critical Studies on Terrorism. Dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.19897170
Samaras, G. (2026). Masculinity Under Pressure: Economic Crisis, Nationalism, and Far-Right Support among Former Golden Dawn Voters. Conditionally accepted in Terrorism and Political Violence.
Samaras, G. (2026). Make Britain Great Again: The Morphology of Restorationist Re-politics. Conditionally accepted in Politics.
Samaras, G. (2026). Modular Messaging and Multimodal Influence amidst Democratic Fragility in Greece: Unpacking New Democracy’s Party Funded Media Network. Information, Communication & Society. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2026.2658839
Samaras, G. (2026). Under New Stewardship: Affective–Algorithmic Dynamics of Conspiracy Memes on X during the 2024 US Election. Visual Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1472586X.2026.2638805
Samaras, G. (2026). Misuse, Mislabelling, and the Broken Path of the ‘Hard-Right’: Challenging Non-scientific Political Discourse. European Political Science, 25(1). DOI: 10.1017/S1682098325100027
Samaras, G. (2026). Old Prejudices, New Flags: Greece’s Far-Right, Palestine, and the Zionist Turn since the Genocide. Journal of Palestine Studies, 54(4). DOI: 10.1080/0377919X.2025.2599553
Samaras, G. (2025). Mnemonic Normalisation in the Visual Politics of the German Far-Right. Language and Communication, 105. DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2025.10.001
Samaras, G. (2025). The Digital Ethnonation: Multimodal Extreme-Right Propaganda and National Identity on YouTube. Mediterranean Politics, 31(2). DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2025.2545670
Samaras, G. (2025). From Protest to Paradox: A Decade of SYRIZA’s Ascent, Governance and Decline. Frontiers in Political Science, 7. DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2025.1663569
Samaras, G. (2025). Derailing Truth: Tripartite Discourse and Public Outrage over Greece’s Tempe Valley Disaster. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 33(3). DOI: 10.1111/1468-5973.70062
Samaras, G. (2025). Battleground Europe: The Rise of Anti-Woke Movements and Their Threat to Democratic Values. Frontiers in Political Science, 7. DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2025.1568816
Samaras, G. (2025). Hide and Seek: Extreme-Right Leadership and Communication Tactics Behind Bars in Greece. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 26(2). DOI: 10.1080/1600910X.2025.2487790
Samaras, G. (2025). Decoding the Symbolic Storm Fuelling Greek Far-Right Politics: a Visual Essay. Visual Studies, 40(2). DOI: 10.1080/1472586X.2025.2483230
Samaras, G. (2025). Weaponising Religion in Greece Post Economic Crisis: An Analysis of Far-Right Political Discourse from 2019 to 2024. Journal of Empirical Theology, 38(1). DOI: 10.1163/15709256-20240018

Book

Samaras, G. (2026). The Long Shadow of Golden Dawn: Violence, Memory, and the Afterlife of the Greek Far Right. Book Project under contract with Palgrave Macmillan, Springer Nature. New Perspectives on South-East Europe Series. Forthcoming.

Book Chapters

Samaras, G. (2027). Charting Extremism: Gatekeeping, Access, and Interviews with Former Golden Dawn Members and Voters. In: L. Hubbard & L. Sugiura (eds.), Methods in Hate Research, Volume 1: Methodological Approaches. Palgrave Macmillan.
Samaras, G. (2026). Tempe Crash and the Triple Discourse. In: A. Galanopoulos & M. Louka (eds.), On the tracks of trauma. Tempi: Memory, Struggle, Justice. Topos Books.

Other Publications

Samaras, G. (2026). Harder to Be a Man or Harder to Be a Woman? Equality Talk among Precarious Youth in Greece. Foundation for European Progressive Studies.
Samaras, G. (2026). The Efficiency Illusion: How DOGE Reshaped the American State. Political Insight, 17(1). DOI: 10.1177/20419058261436088
Samaras, G. (2026). Book review: Far-Right Extremism Online: Beyond the Fringe and The World White Web: Uncovering the Hidden Meaning of Online Far-Right Propaganda. Crime, Media, Culture. DOI: 10.1177/17416590261430194
Samaras, G. (2025). Demokratia dismantled. Index on Censorship, 54 (1). DOI: 10.1177/03064220251332621

Biagio, R & Samaras, G. (2025). Inequality and Fiscal Policy in a Spatially Uneven Green Industrial Transition: a New-Keynesian Model with UK Data. ETERON Research Proposal.

Samaras, G. (2023). Book Review: The Capitol Riots. Digital Media, Disinformation, and Democracy Under Attack. International Journal of Press-Politics. DOI: 10.1177/19401612231172315

Policy Reports & Commentary

Samaras, G. (2025). Submerged in Darkness: Distortion of Reality and the Absolute Deprivation of Alternatives. ETERON Institute.

Samaras, G. (2024). Aspiring European Imitators of Trumpism. ETERON Institute.
Samaras, G. (2024). Greek views on gendered violence and equality: unveiling attitudes and concerns. London School of Economics.

Samaras, G. (2024). The "curse" of "overtourism" and extreme inequalities. ETERON Institute.
Samaras, G. (2024). Moral Panic and Greek Politics. ETERON Institute.

Samaras, G. (2024). International & European Developments Bulletin #20 | Europe at the Polls – Where is the EU Heading? ENA Institute.

Samaras, G. (2024). Sliding Away from Unity. University of Oxford – Department of Politics and International Relations.

Samaras, G. (2023). Normalisation and Co-existence: extremist tendencies in centre-right factions. ETERON Institute Papers.

Samaras, G. (2023). Party Movement and Authoritarian Tendencies in Greece. ETERON Institute.

Samaras, G. (2023). Pamphlet No 8: First Thoughts on the 25th June 2023 Election in Greece. PSA Greek Politics.

Samaras, G. (2023). Pamphlet No 7: First Thoughts on the 21st May 2023 Election in Greece. PSA Greek Politics.
Samaras, G. (2023). The normalisation of the far-right in Greek politics. ECPR – Illiberalism Paper Series.
Samaras, G. (2023). The Far-right in Greece and the Parliament. ENA Institute for Alternative Policies Papers.

Samaras, G. (2023). The Greek Far-Right after Golden Dawn: what’s next? C-REX – University of Oslo.