Prof Dimitris Papadimitriou is Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester where he is currently serving as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. He has written 12 books and many journal articles on Greek politics, EU public policy and the external relations of the European Union. He latest book (with Kevin Featherstone) “Greek Prime Ministers in the Eye of the Storm” was published by Oxford University press in 2025. He has previously held visiting posts at Princeton University, Yale University and the London School of Economics, where he is currently a Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory.