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SSEES Staff Spotlight: Katerina Papakyriakopoulou

13 September 2024

In this edition of the SSEES Staff Spotlight, we hear from Katerina Papakyriakopoulou, Student Recruitment, Marketing and Communications Officer at UCL SSEES.

SSEES Staff Spotlight Picture Katerina Papakyriakopoulou

What brought to you work at SSEES?

Having worked in Higher Education for three years, I have found that I really enjoy my role in marketing and communications in an academic environment. Also, coming from an academic background in cultural studies myself, I’m excited to work for a School that explores different cultures and languages.

If you weren’t working in Higher Education, what would be your dream job?

Through my studies I came to be in love with cinema. As such, my dream job would be within that space, perhaps as a film director or curator.

Can you tell us a bit about your current role and what you were doing before you arrived here?

In my current role I support the student recruitment process in SSEES; this includes recruiting and co-ordinating Students Ambassadors, planning student recruitment activities and open days, and managing SSEES’ website and social media content. 

Previously, I had a similar role at a different UCL department, where I contributed to marketing and communications activities related to academic funding calls and research projects. I also supported relevant events’ co-ordination.

Outside of work, how do you unwind?

Travelling when and as much as I can, chatting with friends and taking walks in Cambridge parks. Also trying to find an alternative way to exercise (and to stick to it!) other than lifting my one-year-old.

If you could recommend only one book, what would it be?

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. A great book about gender and race that follows the lives of 12 very different characters. It's definitely one of the books that I couldn't put down!

What is your biggest professional achievement to date?

Not strictly professional, but I recently completed my PhD on the intersection of feminism and film studies, where I was studying gendered representations of machines in modern cinema.