School of Social and Political Science

Constantinos Kyritsopoulos

PHD Politics

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C.G.Kyritsopoulos@sms.ed.ac.uk

Research interests

Elections, public opinion and parties European Union Studies Governance & Democracy Identities & Inequalities International Relations Research Group Nationalism and political action Territorial Politics Research Group

Background

Constantine is currently a doctoral researcher in the Neuropolitics Lab, under the supervision of Professor Laura Cram (Politics), Dr. Adam Moore (Psychology), and Professor Marc Hooghe (Social Sciences at KU Leuven). He has also served as Tutor for the Introduction to Political Data Analysis course and as Teaching Assistant on the Neuropolitics and Future Governance courses as the Edinburgh Futures Institute. 

Constantine’s research interests revolve around the interdisciplinary approaches to the psychology of identity, ideology and values in a political context. His dissertation focuses on the political psychology of territorial identity in Europe, using behavioral and experimental techniques to complement quantitative survey methods. 

Education 

  • PhD in Politics (University of Edinburgh and KU Leuven) 
  • MA: European Politics & Society (Charles, Pompeu Fabra, & Leiden Universities) 
  • MSc Neuroscience (University of Florida, College of Medicine) 

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