Panagiotis Kakolyris

Head of International Relations

Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy, Greece

Panagiotis Kakolyris is an elected Steering Committee Member of the European Network of Political Foundations, based in Brussels, Chair of the Future of Europe Working Group and Head of International Relations of the Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy. He is also COO and Head of Strategy of SOCIALDOO communication agency. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International & European Political Economy & Governance (University of the Peloponnese – Department of Political Science and International Relations) and head of the online Political and Elections Observatory. He also works as a part time lecturer at the European Communication Institute and the Hellenic American Union (Digital Communication & Reputation Management) and research associate at the University Neapolis Pafos. Previously, he has worked as a journalist, news analyst and editor in chief, for many Greek and international media like, The European newspaper, Flash 96 radio, Alpha TV, protagon.gr etc. He has also been Head of Press Office for the Greek Ministries of Migration, Transport, Environment, and Culture. Panagiotis Kakolyris has studied journalism and digital media in Greece and the United Kingdom (MA in International Broadcast Journalism, University of Central England, Birmingham). In 2020, he presented an innovative approach of communication theory and practice: Intelligent Relations. This new idea describes the process, the evolution, the challenges and opportunities that arise with the digital transformation of communications during the 4th Industrial Revolution. www.intelligent-relations.org His latest publication is “Reflections and distortions - The Electoral Impact of Social Media in Europe”.