Researcher

EMMANOUIL TSATSANIS

EMMANOUIL TSATSANIS
TYPE:
Researcher
GRADE:
C
SPECIALTY:
Political Scientist
OFFICE:
6.9
TEL.:
210-7491672
EMAIL:
etsatsanis-at-ekke.gr

SHORT CV

Emmanouil Tsatsanis is a Researcher at the Greek National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) in the area of “Contemporary Political Analysis”. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Macedonia (Greece) (degree in International and European Studies). He obtained his MA in Political Behaviour from the University of Essex (UK) and holds a PhD in Political Science from Washington State University (US). He was a Researcher at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon from 2011 to 2020 and a Visiting Assistant Professor from 2012 to 2016 at the same university. He has taught in various universities in Greece (University of Athens, University of Thessaloniki, Panteion University of Athens, University of Peloponnese), in the United States (Washington State University) and in Morocco (Al Akhawayn University), and has been a visiting scholar at Sophia University in Tokyo and at the Juan March Advanced Center for Social Science Studies (CEACS) in Madrid.

His research and teaching experience are located mainly in the subfield of Comparative Politics, with a focus on topics related to electoral behaviour, political identities, political representation and party systems. His work has been published in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals such as West European Politics, Party Politics, International Political Science Review, South European Society and Politics, Critical Sociology, Journal of Political Ideologies, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, among others. He coordinated together with André Freire and Marco Lisi the research project ‘Crisis, Political Representation and Democratic Renewal: The Portuguese case in the Southern European context’ (2016-19) funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Research and Technology (FCT) and is co-editor of the books Political Representation in Southern Europe and Latin America (Routledge, 2020) and Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: From Crisis to Renewal (Lexington Books, 2020). He currently participates as a researcher in the Horizon 2020 projects (funded by the European Commission) “DEMOS-Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe” (2018-2021) and “EnTrust: An examination of trust and distrust in governance – conditions, effects and remedies” (2020-2023).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Comparative Politics
  • Political behavior
  • Political representation
  • Political identities
  • Party systems
  • Southern European politics
  • Social science methods

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • 2020-2023: ‘EnTrust: An Examination of Trust and Distrust in Governance – Conditions, Effects and Remedies’. Horizon 2020 / Researcher
  • 2018-2021 :‘DEMOS – Democratic Efficacy and the Varieties of Populism in Europe’. Horizon 2020 / Researcher
  • 2016-2019: ‘Crisis, Political Representation and Democratic Renewal: The Portuguese case in the Southern European context’ (PTDC/IVC-CPO/3098/2014). Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). / Project co-director
  • ‘The Right-Wing Voter in Southern Europe: Tracing the Variable Impact of Interests, Values, and Identity’ (Ref.: SFRH / BPD / 74661 / 2010).Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). / Project director

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Freire, A., Barragán, M., Collier, X., Lisi, M. &, Tsatsanis, E. (eds.) (2020) Political Representation in Southern Europe and Latin America: Crisis or Continuing Transformation following the Great Recession? London and New York: Routledge
  • Lisi, M., Freire, A. & Tsatsanis, E. (eds.) (2020) Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: from Crisis to Renewal. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
  • Tsatsanis, E. & Belchior, A.M. (2020) ‘Democratic legitimacy and trust in political institutions in Portugal before and after the Great Recession: Transitory or lasting effects?’ In Lisi, M., Freire, A. & Tsatsanis, E. (eds.) Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal: from Crisis to Renewal. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 69-86.
  • Lisi, M. & Tsatsanis, E. (2020) ‘Southern Europe and the eurozone crisis: political representation, party system characteristics and the impact of austerity’. In A. Freire, M. Barragan M. Lisi., X. Collier & E. Tsatsanis (eds.) Political Representation in Southern Europe and Latin America: Crisis or Continuing Transformation following the Great Recession? London & New York: Routledge, pp. 17-33.
  • Tsatsanis, E. & Teperoglou, E. (2020) ‘Greece´s Coalition Governments: Power Sharing in a Majoritarian Democracy’ στο M. Evans (ed.) Government Coalitions as a Reflection of National Politics: A Comparative Study Based on Parliamentary Cabinets in 12 Countries. London & New York: Routledge, pp. 224-243.
  • Tsatsanis, E., Andreadis, I. & Teperoglou, E. (2018). ‘Populism from below: The ideological and social correlates of mass attitudes in Greece’, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 23(4), pp. 429-450
  • Tsatsanis, E. (2018) ‘The swift unravelling: party system change and deinstitutionalization in Greece during the crisis’ στο Marco Lisi (ed.), Party System Change, the European Crisis and the State of Democracy in Europe, London: Routledge, pp. 115-136.
  • Teixeira, C.P., Tsatsanis, E. & Belchior, A.M. (2016) ‘A “necessary evil” even during hard times? Public support for political parties in Portugal before and after the bailout (2008 and 2012)’, Party Politics, Vol. 22(6), pp. 719-731
  • Teperoglou, E. & Tsatsanis, E. (2014) ‘Dealignment, de-legitimation and the implosion of the two-party system in Greece: The earthquake election of 6 May 2012’, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, Vol. 24 (2), pp. 222-242
  • Teperoglou, E. & Tsatsanis, E. (2011) ‘A new divide? The impact of globalization on national party systems ’, West European Politics, Vol. 34(6), pp. 1207-1228

EDUCATIONAL WORK

  • 2017-2018: Assistant Professor (under fixed-term contract), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens, Course: Comparative Politics
  • 2016-2017: Assistant Professor (under fixed-term contract), Department of Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Course: Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • 2012-2016: Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Sociology and Public Policy, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal, Course: Governance and Globalization (Master’s program in Political Science)
  • 2009: Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
  • 2008-2009: Lecturer(under fixed-term contract), Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Peloponnese, Course: Research Methods
  • 2003-2004: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Political Science, Washington State University
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