Dr. Manos G. Papazoglou is Associate Professor in Political Systems at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese. His research interests include Political Systems and Government, Political Leadership, Governance and Democratic Legitimacy in the European Union (EU), Citizenship. He is a holder of a PhD awarded by the Government Department, Essex University, UK (title: Citizenship and Democratic Legitimacy in the European Union:  Euro-Republicanism and the Concept of Responsive Citizenship, 2005). He also received a Master’s Degree in Political Philosophy from the Politics Department, York University, UK (2001) and a BA in Political Science and Public Administration from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens (2000). He held teaching posts in British and Greek Universities: Visiting Lecturer at the University of London, Goldsmiths College, Department of Politics, Visiting Lecturer at the London Metropolitan University, Teaching Assistant at the University of Essex, Department of Government and Athens University of Economics and Business/ International MBA course. In 2018 he was awarded (together with Professors A. Huliaras and S. Petropoulos) by the European Commission the Altiero Spinelli Prize for academic activity in the field of European Civil Society. He is also lecturing courses in Governance, Public Policies and the Public Sector at the Hellenic Open University and the University of Neapolis Pafos. He is the author of several monographs, chapters in books and journal papers, while he gives interviews to international (Euronews, AFP, other) and Greek media.