Giorgos Charalambous

Research Interests

​Political parties, political ideologies, political behaviour, political culture, radical left, crisis, Cyprus, southern Europe, domestic politics of European integration

Background

​​​​​​​​​​​​Giorgos Charalambous is a political scientist and holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Manchester. His research interests lie in the domain of comparative european politics and more specifically, the areas of: 
- political parties (ideology, organization, radical left) and political behaviour 
- domestic politics of European integration (Europeanization, Euroscepticism, European elections) 
- south European politics (parties, elections, institutions). He is also Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Cyprus and currently​ serves as President of the Cyprus Political Science Association (KYSYPE). 
His ongoing research focuses on the impact of the crisis on political behaviour, protest and social movements and political trust, youth attitudes towards aspects of the Cyprus conflict and populism/extremism.​ 

PRIO Departments

• PRIO Cyprus Centre

PRIO Projects

• Cypriot Youth
• Movement Structures and Participatory Democracy During the Crisis in Cyprus (project leader)
• Security in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean
• The Rise of the Radical Right in Cyprus in the Context of the European Experience and Cypriot Particularities (project leader)

Events

• Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:00-19:00 – Education in Federal Systems: Lessons for Cyprus
• Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:30-18:30 – Report finding presentation: The Post-Annan Generation: Student attitudes towards the Cyprus Problem
• Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:30-20:00 – The European Far Right: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

All Publications