Dr Georgios Samaras is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Policy at the School for Government and Policy Institute, King’s College London. Previously, he held a Lectureship in Political Economy within the Department of Political Economy during the 2022/23 academic year.

He completed both his MA and PhD in Political Science at King’s College London, where he examined the Greek far-right party Golden Dawn. His research encompasses far-right extremism, political communication, and policy responses to illiberal political practices, while also exploring the dynamics of European and US politics and the global rise of authoritarianism. His work has been published in several reputable academic journals, including Distinktion, Empirical Theology, Visual Studies, and Frontiers in Political Science. His forthcoming monograph, Who Rules the Land of Denial?, is due for publication in August 2025 by Palgrave Macmillan and Springer Nature, with a Greek translation forthcoming.

Since 2024, Dr Samaras has also served as a Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics. In addition, he sits on the advisory board of the Greek think tank ETERON and is a Research Associate at the ENA Institute. His research on Greek politics includes an analysis of policy proposals and the gender divide in political and societal structures. From 2019 to 2023, he advised a Greek Member of Parliament.

Dr Samaras frequently contributes to international and British media, appearing on platforms such as the BBC, The New York Times, Sky News, and Al Jazeera, and he has authored opinion pieces for The Guardian, POLITICO, New Statesman, and other leading publications.