Personal statement
Stratos Patrikios studied history and politics at the Universities of Ioannina, Essex and Strathclyde (PhD, 2008). His research focuses on political behaviour (especially its non-political roots), religion-state relations and church politics. Stratos has received research funding from the Applied Quantitative Methods Network, the British Academy, the Carnegie Trust and the Economic and Social Research Council. He has published articles in Electoral Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Social Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Behavior, Socio-Economic Review, South European Society & Politics, etc.