Dr Chrysa Lamprinakou

Teaching Fellow in British Politics

• Name: Dr Chrysa Lamprinakou
• Position: Teaching Fellow in British Politics
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• Email: c.lamprinakou@ucl.ac.uk

Introduction

Dr. Lamprinakou is a Teaching Fellow in British Politics. She holds PhD and MRes degrees in Politics from Brunel University, a MA degree in Communications Policy Studies from City University and a BA (Hons) degree in Politics from the University of Essex. Her PhD research focused on developing an alternative conceptual framework of party campaigning integrating the traditional theories of party organisation with the modern approaches of political communication and marketing. Dr. Lamprinakou is a specialist on British and Greek political parties. Her main research interests include election campaigns and electoral behaviour, leadership campaigns, political communication and marketing. Currently, she is working on a programme of publications on her doctoral work.

As well as convening the undergraduate and postgraduate courses Introduction to British Politics and Government and Politics at UCL, Dr Lamprinakou teaches in the department of Politics and History at Brunel University.

Publications

Journal Articles

• ‘The Party Evolution Model: An Integrated Approach to Party Organization and Political Communication’, Politics, vol. 28, no 2, May 2008

Conference Papers:

• ‘Interpreting New Democracy: Why the ‘middle-ground’ project was destined to fail’, 60th PSA Conference, Edinburgh, 29 March – 1 April 2010
• ‘Party Organisation and Campaign Strategies: From ‘Institutionalisation’ to ‘Professionalisation’ – The Case of the British Labour Party’, EPOP Annual Conference, University of Strathclyde, 28 – 30 August 2009
• ‘Agenda Setting in Greece: Press, Public and Party Agendas in the 2004 General Election’, PSA Conference, Swansea, 1 – 3 April 2008
• ‘Political Communication Campaigns and National Elections: A Comparative Analysis of the British and Greek mainstream political parties’, 5th International Political Marketing Doctoral Colloquium, Manchester, 26 March 2008
• ‘The Impact of Political Communication Campaigns on National Elections: A theoretical Framework’, International Summer School, “Political Communication and Electoral Behaviour”, Milan, Italy, 2-6 July 2007.