Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni
Senior assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. V. Tsagkroni
- Telephone
- +31 715275 436
- v.tsagkroni@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1421-2229
Vasiliki Tsagkroni is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the Institute of Political Science.
Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the Institute of Political Science. Their main research includes far-right parties, populism and radicalisation, political discourse, narratives in times of crisis, political marketing and branding and policy making.
They are the co-convenor of the Greek Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) of the Political Science Association, editorial board member of Media and Communication and consultative editorial board member of Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN).
Their work has been published, among others, in the Journal of Common Market Studies, Party Politics and British Journal of Politics and International Relations and numerous edited books.
They hold a PhD from Queen Mary University London (2015), a MA from Panteion University of Athens (2008) and a BA from the same institution (2005).
PhD supervision
Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni is available to supervise PhD students and invites PhD research proposals in the areas of:
- Far-right parties, populism and radicalisation
- Political discourse
- Political communication/marketing/branding
See for more information on PhD positions: Institute of Political Science: PhD.
Senior assistant professor
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- Tsagkroni V. (2024), Populism and crisis: exploring the interplay of political dynamics. Oxford Politics Blog. [other].
- Tsagkroni V. (2024), Shaping and branding migration policy: a retrospective analysis of Portugal’s contemporary model, Media and Communication 12: 7912.
- Tsagkroni V & Dikaios G. (2024), Editorial: Policy framing and branding in times of constant crisis, Media and Communication 12: .
- Tsagkroni V. (2024), Radicalisation and crisis management: shifts of radical right discourse. Springer Series in Electoral Politics. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Tsagkroni V. & (1 July 2024), Οι Ευρωπαϊκές Εκλογές του 2024: Αλλαγή στο Πολιτικό Τοπίο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης: Eteron. [blog entry].
- Tsagkroni V (2023), Registered, banned and excluded: thoughts on mobilisation and exclusion of far-right parties. Greek Politics Specialist Group. [other].
- Tsagkroni V. (2023), The far right in Greece: a foretold story. In: Kondor K. & Littler M. (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of far-right extremism in Europe: Routledge. 11.
- Tsagkroni V (11 September 2023), Εγγεγραμμένοι, Αποκλεισμένοι και Εκλεγμένοι: Σκέψεις σχετικά με την κινητοποίηση, τον αποκλεισμό και την εκλογή ακροδεξιών κομμάτων στις εκλογές Μαΐου / Ιουνίου 2023. Shaking the Vote. Online (Eteron). [web article].
- Angelou A., Ladi S., Panagiotatou D. & Tsagkroni V. (2023), Paths to trust: explaining citizens' trust to experts and evidence-informed policymaking during the COVID-19 pandemic, Public Administration : 1-18.
- Tsagkroni V., Alencar A. & Skleparis D. (2022), Editorial: media and migration in the COVID-19 pandemic—discourses, policies, and practices in times of crisis, Media and Communication 10(2): 214-217.
- Tsagkroni V., Karyotis G., Makropoulos I., Lamprinakou C., Tsarouhas D., Skleparis D. & Rori L. (2022), Νεολαία και Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση: Στάσεις, Προσδιοριστικοί Παράγοντες και Διαγενεακές Δυναμικές . Athens: Dianeosis.
- Tsagkroni V. (2022), Living beyond the binary: experiences of shame and violence within the genderqueer community. In: Gerodimos R (Ed.), Interdisciplinary applications of shame/violence theory: breaking the cycle: Palgrave.
- Tsagkroni V. (2022), Crisis and populism: the role of crisis management and exploitation, Journal of Populism Studies : .
- V. Tsagkroni (2021), The dusk after the dawn: fall of a Greek Neo-Nazi party. In: , The Radical Right During Crisis.
- Tsagkroni V. (2021), Covid-19 and US politicisation of fear. In: Waring Alan (Ed.), The New Authoritarianism Vol 3: A Risk Analysis of the Corporate/Radical-Right Axis : Ibidem Verlag. 275-299.
- Dikaios G. & Tsagkroni V. (2021), Failing to build a network as policy entrepreneurs: Greek politicians negotiating with the EU during the first quarter of SYRIZA in government, Contemporary Politics : .
- Tsagkroni V. (10 February 2021), Golden Dawn's electoral trajectory and the route to parliament. Golden Dawn's electoral trajectory and the route to parliament: CARR. [blog entry].
- Tsagkroni V. (20 October 2021), An exception no more: identifying the origins of the radical-right appeal, the case of Chega in Portugal. An Exception no more: Identifying the origins of the radical-right appeal, the case of Chega in Portugal: CARR. [blog entry].
- Tsagkroni V. (20 January 2021), Patriotic alternative: a voice of unity for British Far Right.
- Leontitsis V., Tsagkroni V., Vosinakis G., Gerodimos R., Dimopoulou D., Karyotis G. & Skleparis D. (2020), Συγκριτική Ανάλυση Ένταξης Μεταναστών και Προσφύγων στην Ελλάδα: Dianeosis.
- Tsagkroni V. (2020) Book Review: From Righteousness to Far Right. An Anthropological Rethinking of Critical Security Studies. Review of: Mc Cluskey E. (2019), From Righteousness to Far Right: McGill-Queen's University Press. Security Dialogue .
- Tsagkroni V. (2020), The Greek Extreme Right: A Vicious Circle: EER.
- Tsagkroni V. (2020), In Greece, a new far right movement is taking the stage, : .
- Tsagkroni V. (2020), The Circle of History in Radical-Right Symbolism, Fair Observer : .
- Tsagkroni V., The ‘Other’ in a Time of a Crisis: Strengthening the Voice of Radical Right?. Online: CARR. [blog entry].
- Tsagkroni V. (11 March 2020), How Greece Went From Welcoming To Demonizing Refugees.
- Tsagkroni V. (11 March 2020), ‘Islamophobic Far-Right Counter-Jihad Movement Has Expanded.
- Alencar A. & Tsagkroni V. (2019), Prospects of Refugee Integration in the Netherlands: Social Capital, Information Practices and Digital Media, Media and Communication 7(2): 184-194.
- Ladi S. & Tsagkroni V. (2019), Analysing Crisis Parliamentary Discourse in Greece: Whom Should We Blame, Journal of Common Market Studies 57(4): 729-748.
- Tsagkroni V. (2019), Νοσταλγικός εθνικισμός και ρητορική εξόδου, η περίπτωση της βρετανικής ριζοσπαστικής δεξιάς, Σύγχρονα Θέματα : .
- Tsagkroni V. (2019), A televised political solution:The case of the Greek Solution and its leader. Chapter in GPSG Pamphlet No 6 "First Thoughts on the 7 July 2019 Election in Greece" (Political Studies Association). [other].
- Carter N, Ladrech R, Little C. & Tsagkroni V (2019), Climate policy and political parties 1993-2015 . [dataset].
- Carter N., Ladrech R., Little C. & Tsagkroni V. (2018), Political parties and climate policy: A new approach to measuring parties’ climate policy preferences, Party Politics 24(6): 731-742.
- Tsagkroni V. & Lazaridis G. (2017), Perceptions of gender: the discourse of the far right on the web. In: Pajnik M. & Sauer B. (Eds.), Populism and the Web. London: Routledge.
- Trantidis A. & Tsagkroni V. (2017), Clientelism and corruption: Institutional adaptation of state capture strategies in view of resource scarcity in Greece, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 19(2): 263-281.
- Tsagkroni V., Polymeropoulou M. & Lazaridis G. (2016), Networks and alliances against the Islamisation of Europe. In: Lazaridis G. & Campani G. (Eds.), Understanding the populist shift: othering in a Europe in crisis: Routledge.
- Lazaridis G. & Tsagkroni V. (2016), Posing for Legitimacy? Identity and Praxis of Far-Right Populism in Greece. In: Lazaridis G., Campani G. & Benveniste A. (Eds.), The Rise of the Far Right in Europe Populist Shifts and 'Othering': Palgrave.
- Lazaridis G. & Tsagkroni V. (2016), Identitarian Populism in Britain. In: Lazaridis G., Giovanna C. & Benveniste A. (Eds.), The Rise of the Far Right in Europe Populist Shifts and 'Othering': Palgrave.
- Lazaridis G. & Tsagkroni V. (2015), Modern Day Blackshirts’: The strategies of hate against the ‘other’ in Greece and the UK, Journal for the Critique of Science, Imagination, and New Anthropology : .
- Lazaridis G. & Tsagkroni V. (2015), Securitisation of Migration and Far Right Populist Othering in Scandinavian Countries. In: Lazaridis G. & Wadia K. (Eds.), The Securitisation of Migration in the EU: Palgrave Macmillan, London.
- Tsagkroni V. (2015), First thoughts on the 25 January 2015 election in Greece. GPSG Pamphlet.
- Tsagkroni V. (2015), The Challenge and Opportunity of Leadership. GPSG Pamphlet.
- Tsagkroni V (28 March 2014), Political Communication in perspective: Identifying the message of Radical Right Parties in Europe during the first decade of the 21st century: A comparative case study (Dissertatie, Political Science and International Relations, Queen Mary University London): ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. Supervisor(s): Bara Judith, Kuhn Raymond & Needham Catherine.