Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis

Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis

Department of Political Science and International Studies
Associate Professor in Comparative European Politics

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 6515
Email
s.zartaloudis@bham.ac.uk
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Address
POLSIS - School of Government
Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis is Asscociate Professor in Comparative European Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at University of Birmingham. Previously, he was Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough University and Lecturer in International Politics at Politics, University of Manchester.

Qualifications


  • PhD in European Studies, LSE, 2013
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2012
  • MSc in European Politics and Governance, LSE, 2006
  • BSc in Sociology, University of Crete, 2004

Biography

Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis holds a PhD in European Studies and an MSc in European Politics and Governance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Sociology from University of Crete, Greece.

He speaks Greek (native), English, French, and Portuguese (Basic).

He has an extensive teaching experience in comparative European politics and the European Union (history, institutions, policy-making and politics), British politics and international political economy (varieties of capitalism and welfare states) at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Besides his academic research, Dr Zartaloudis has been involved in policy making and impact by working as a research associate at the International think-tank Policy-Network. His work there informed UK’s Premier Gordon Brown on promoting social mobility in the UK.

Teaching

Sotirios teaches comparative politics, political economy and methods. In particular, he teaches the following modules:

  • SD1D: Research Skills and Methods 
  • POLS 222: Europeanization 
  • POLS 344: Varieties of Capitalism and Welfare State Models 

Postgraduate supervision

Sotirios also welcomes applications for PhD research in Europeanization, comparative welfare states and public policy and EU politics and policy.

Research

Research Interests

Sotirios' research interests include:

  • The impact of the financial crisis on national social policy and politics
  • Europeanization
  • Comparative public policy and welfare reforms
  • Activation
  • Flexicurity
  • Gender equality

He has received numerous Scholarships and research grants from UK and international bodies.

Other activities

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Advisory member: Greek Politics Specialist Group, Political Studies Association (May 2014-)

Reviewer for:

  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • Journal of Common Market Studies
  • European Integration Papers Online
  • Journal Politics
  • Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, LSE
  • Manchester University Press

Publications

Monographs

Zartaloudis, S. (2014) 'The impact of the European Employment Strategy in Greece and Portugal: Europeanization through soft power in a world of neglect', Palgrave Macmillan

Journal Articles

Papadimitriou, D. , Pegasiou, A. And Zartaloudis, S. (2019) European elites and the narrative of the Greek crisis: A discursive institutionalist analysis. European Journal of Political Research, 58 (2): 435-464.

Zartaloudis, S., and Kornelakis, A. (2017) Flexicurity between Europeanization and Varieties of Capitalism? A Comparative Analysis of Employment Protection Reforms in Portugal and Greece. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 55: 1144–1161. doi: 10.1111/jcms.12533. 

Moumoutzis, K., and Zartaloudis, S. (2016) Europeanization Mechanisms and Process Tracing: A Template for Empirical Research, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 54 (2), pp.: 337–352.

Zartaloudis, S. (2015) 'Money, empowerment and neglect: the Europeanization of gender equality promotion in Greek and Portuguese employment policies', Social Policy and Administration, 49 (4): 530–547.

Afonso, A., Zartaloudis, S. and Papadopoulos, Y. (2015) 'How party linkages shape austerity politics: clientelism and fiscal adjustment in Greece and Portugal during the eurozone crisis', Journal of European Public Policy, 22 (3): 315-334

Zartaloudis, S. (2014) 'The impact of the fiscal crisis on Greek and Portuguese welfare states: retrenchment before the catch-up?', Social Policy and Administration, 48 (4): 430-449

Zartaloudis, S. (2013) 'Wielding Soft Power in a World of Neglect: The Europeanization of Greek and Portuguese Public Employment Services', JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 51 (6): 1178-1195

Zartaloudis, S. (2011) 'When soft law overshadows other European resources: Portuguese reconciliation policies and usages of Europe', European Journal of Social Security, 13 (1): 106-124

Book Chapters

Papadimitriou, D. and Zartaloudis, S. (2020) 'Greece: A Critical Case of Europeanization', in S. Bulmer and C. Lequesne (eds.), The Member States of the European Union, Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition, pp. 123-148.

Papadimitriou, D. and Zartaloudis, S. (2015) 'European discourses on managing the Greek crisis: denial, distancing and the politics of blame', in Karyotis, G., Gerodimos, R. (eds.) The Politics of Extreme Austerity: Greece in the Eurozone Crisis, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 34-45.

Zartaloudis, S. (2013) 'Greece and the recent financial crisis: meltdown or configuration?', in F. Panizza and G. Phillip (eds) Moments of Truth: The Politics of Financial Crises in Comparative Perspective, Routledge, pp: 158-176.

Featherstone, K., Kornelakis, A. and Zartaloudis, S. (2012) 'Conceptualising the Lisbon Agenda: Europeanisation and Varieties of Capitalism', in D. Papadimitriou and P. Copeland (eds.) 10 Years of the EU’s Lisbon Agenda: Evaluating Success, Understanding Failure, Palgrave Macmillan

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Expertise

  • Eurozone crisis;
  • Greece and Greek politics;
  • Southern Europe

Languages and other information

Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis speaks Greek (native), English, French, and Portuguese (Basic).