Last week, we had a very productive series of panels and discussions at the 72nd Political Studies Association Annual International Conference in Oxford!

In addition to two panels, GPSG is also organising an oral session on Tuesday the 31st at 15.30, alongside the German and Italian Politics Specialist Groups. The theme is "The European Far Right in Comparative and Transnational Perspective" - we look forward to the conversation! #PSA26

Political Studies Association@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨NEXT WEEK🚨 PSA26 Annual Conference 30 March - 1 April, Oxford We look forward to welcoming over 1000 delegates to this year's event. We'll be sharing the Delegate Guide and conference app soon. In the meantime visit the PSA26 webpage for information and the latest programme.

We're coordinating two panels at PSA26 Annual Conference on "Issues of Governance and Accountability: Perspectives from Greece and Cyprus" and "Rural Politics and EU Policies" (jointly with the Italian Politics Specialist Group). Come say hi!

Political Studies Association@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨NEXT WEEK🚨 PSA26 Annual Conference 30 March - 1 April, Oxford We look forward to welcoming over 1000 delegates to this year's event. We'll be sharing the Delegate Guide and conference app soon. In the meantime visit the PSA26 webpage for information and the latest programme.

Last event of the day! In Conversation with George A. Papandreou: Democracy, Crisis and Resilience, co-sponsored by @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social and Stevenson Trust!

Professor Dimitris Papadimitriou on Executive Governance, Institutional Adaptation and Accountability in Greece

Professor Katerina Fountedaki on From Exclusion to Recognition: The Path to Same-Sex Marriage in Greece

Professor Dimitris Sotiropoulos on the Resilience of Democracy and Levels of Political Trust in Contemporary Greece

Professor Antigone Lyberaki on Gender, Inequality, and Social Change in Greece and Post-Crisis Greece

Third and last panel of the day on Democracy under Strain: Rights, Trust and Institutional Change chaired by Professor Myrto Tsakatika! Panelists include Professor Antigone Lyberaki, Professor Dimitris Sotiropoulos, Professor Katerina Fountedaki and Professor Dimitris Papadimitriou

Hybrid, but still going strong, Dr Lamprini Rori and Dr Eirini Karamouzi on The US in the Kaleidoscope of Greece Society and Politics (1974-2024)

Professor Panayiotis Tsakonas on Greek Foreign and Security Policy under Stress. Lessons Learned and Insights for Decision-Makers

Professor Othon Anastasakis on Navigating Crisis in the EU: Greece and Lessons for Collective Action

Second panel of the day, on Greece in Europe and the World: security, identity and collective action chaired by Dr Ali Ozcelik Oclay! Panelists include Professor Othon Anastasakis, Dr Lamprini Rori and Dr Eirini Karamouzi and Professor Panayotis Tsakonas

Professor Platon Tinios on Pension Reform and Welfare State Resilience under Austerity

Professor Panos Tsakloglou on Efficiency and equity consideration is structural reforms: Three examples

Dr Maha Rafi Atal & Dr Franziska Paul, on Greece and the Global Economic Crisis: Compararife Trajectories and Political Uses of Crisis!

And now on our first panel, on crisis management and economic governance: Greece in comparative perspective, chaired by Dr Sean Vanatta! Our speakers include, Dr Maha Rafi Atal & Dr Franziska Paul, Professor Panayotis Tsakloglou and Professor Platon Tinios!

Former Prime Minister, George Papandreou as the keynote speaker on insights from the experience and the challenges ahead!

And now our own, Professor of Security Politics, University of Glasgow, Georgios Karyotis, on the rational of the event and the importance of revisiting the Greek experience of crisis, a space where lessons are for Greece but also lessons from Greece!

Professor Sara Carter, head of the College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, opens the event with a welcoming note!

Our symposium on Political Lessons from Greece is all set! Stay tuned for updates! Thankful to @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social and their support through Excellence Funds and Stevenson Trust for the support and of course our wonderful collaborators joining us today in Glasgow!

Check out our plans for #PSA26: - Open panels on Italian Politics - Visuals in populist communication - Rural politics and EU policies (with @psagreekpol.bsky.social) - Populism and the international (with @psainter-relations.bsky.social) ‼️ Submit your paper proposals by October 17

PSA Italian Politics@psa-italian.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 Italian Politics at PSA26 (Oxford, March 30 - April 1, 2026) Here is a list of the exciting activities we are preparing for you (deadline for paper proposals Oct 17)

📢 Join us in Surrey, UK, for the "Challenges to Europe – European Challenges" Conference, exploring the forces shaping politics, society, and democracy across the continent 🇪🇺 📅 28-29 May 2025 | 📍University of Surrey 🔗 Free registration, courtesy of PSA: 2025cbeeuropeanchallenges.eventbrite.com

GPSG's first collection of short commentaries on key developments in Greek politics during 2024, entitled “Greek Politics 2024: A Year in Review“, is now online. We want to thank all the contributors for their thoughts and input. You can find the whole document on our website! gpsg.org.uk/4262-2/

- GPSG.ORG.UK

Dear Colleagues,The Greek Politics Specialist Group is delighted to host our first collection of short commentaries on key developments in Greek politics during 2024, entitled “Greek Politics 2024: A ...

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