Personal statement
Dr Stratos Patrikios
School of Government and Public Policy
Stratos studied history and politics at the Universities of Ioannina, Essex and Strathclyde (PhD, 2008). His primary field is religion and politics, with a particular focus on political behaviour, church-state relations, and the internal politics of organised religions. His scholarly interests also cover modern Greek politics. His research has been funded by various organisations such as the Applied Quantitative Methods Network, the British Academy, the Carnegie Trust and the Economic and Social Research Council. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Peace Research, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Behavior, Socio-Economic Review and South European Society & Politics. Stratos received the 4th Giandomenico Majone Prize by the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance for his work on religious regulation with Fabrizio De Francesco.