Profile of Nayia Kamenou

About

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus. I completed a joint BA (Hons) in Political Science – Thomas Hunter Honors Program Degree at Hunter College, City University of New York, an MSc in Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Ph.D. in European Studies at King’s College London. I was the recipient of the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation scholarship from 2001 to 2011. I also received the King’s College London Graduate School Studentship and Fee Waiver (2007 -2010). Prior to joining the University of Cyprus as a Lecturer, I worked as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences at De Montfort University Leicester, where I served as the Deputy Director of the Media Discourse Centre. I also completed a visiting research fellowship at the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College London and worked as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus, as well as at the European University Cyprus and at the University of Nicosia. I also worked as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of European and International Studies at King's College London. In 2021, I received the International Political Science Association "Wilma Rule" Award for the Best Research on Gender and Politics. My work has appeared in European Journal of Women’s Studies, Sexualities, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Women's Studies International Forum, Social Sciences and in edited volumes. I have also authored/co-authored several NGO publications.

Research Interests

Citizenship, Civil Society, Comparative Politics, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Contentious Politics, Democracy, Democratisation, Elections, Elites, Ethnic Conflict, European Politics, European Union, Extremism, Gender, Globalisation, Governance, Government, Human Rights, Institutions, Interest Groups, Local Government, Media, National Identity, Nationalism, Parliaments, Party Manifestos, Policy Analysis, Political Competition, Political Leadership, Political Methodology, Political Participation, Political Parties, Political Violence, Populism, Public Policy, Referendums and Initiatives, Representation, Social Capital, Social Justice, Social Movements, Social Policy, Social Welfare, UN, Voting, Welfare State, Political Sociology, Campaign, Candidate, Coalition, Critical Theory, Family, Feminism, Freedom, Identity, International, Methods, Party Members, Post-Modernism, Post-Structuralism, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Qualitative, Quota, Race, Social Media, Television, War, Agenda-Setting, Communication, Comparative Perspective, Decision Making, Domestic Politics, Electoral Behaviour, Europeanisation through Law, Euroscepticism, Lobbying, Memory, Men, Mobilisation, Narratives, National Perspective, NGOs, Party Systems, Peace, Policy Change, Policy Implementation, Political Activism, Political Engagement, Political Ideology, Power, Protests, Public Opinion, Solidarity, Southern Europe, Voting Behaviour, Activism, Capitalism, Empirical, LGBTQI, Member States, National, Policy-Making, Political Cultures, Theoretical, Youth, Transitional justice