Teaching experience

Courses taught

• “European Governance” at Oxford’s DPIR, since January 2024 (Course instructor, I design and deliver two 2-hour classes and four 1-hour tutorials for MPhil students)
• “Advanced Themes in European Politics” at Oxford’s DPIR, since January 2026 (Course instructor, I design and deliver a 2-hour class for MPhil students)
• “Politics of the European Union” at Oxford’s DPIR, since October 2025 (Lecturer, I deliver two 1-hour lectures for undergraduate students)
• “Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe” at the LSE’s European Institute, spring 2024 (Lecturer, I delivered three 1-hour lectures for MSc students)
• “Politics, Institutions and Economy in 21st Century Europe” at LSE Executive Education (POL 147A), September-December 2019 (Graduate Teaching Assistant, I delivered ten 2-hour seminars for visiting undergraduate students from University of California, Davis)
• “Government, Politics and Public Policy in the EU” at the LSE Government Department (GV251), September 2017-May 2019 (Graduate Teaching Assistant, I delivered forty 1-hour seminars for undergraduate students each year)
• “Quantitative and qualitative research design in political science” at Panteion University, Athens, 16-20 September 2019. I co-designed and co-taught this 5-day workshop with my peer Elli Palaiologou (10am-4pm each day; attended by graduate students selected from political science departments in Greece). Since 2024, I also offer sessions at an annual 3-day workshop on research design at Panteion University in my role as a member of the Executive Committee of the Political Science Association’s Greek Politics Specialist Group.
• “Theories of International Relations” at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Teaching Assistant, I delivered ten two-hour review classes for the course, aimed to support students in better understanding the lecture material).

Supervision

• MPhil Dissertation Supervisor for the 2-year “MPhil in Politics” programme (European Politics & Society and Comparative Government streams), Oxford’s DPIR (3 students, since 2024)
• MSc Dissertation Supervisor for the “Political Economy of Europe” programme, European Institute, LSE (5 students, February-June 2022)

Awards

• Highly Commended, Department of Government, LSE teaching awards 2019 (awarded in recognition that: “Kira has outstanding TQARO scores all round, and has been an excellent class teacher in all respects, supplying timely feedback, helpful advice and was able to engage students in the course material.”)

• Class Teacher Award, Department of Government, LSE teaching awards 2018 (awarded in recognition of: “Kira’s excellent teaching, reflected in strong student feedback scores. Students particularly appreciate her timely, effective feedback and the inclusive, interactive nature of her classes.”)

Sample student evaluations

Sample evaluations for courses GV251 and POL147A at the LSE’s Government Department and LSE Executive Education, respectively (2017-2019)

All evaluations for my classes at the “European Governance” course at Oxford’s DPIR in fall 2025

Sample teaching material

As a teacher, I enjoy preparing teaching activities that capture students’ attention, invite them to think about current events in light of theory and historical experience, and cater to their diverse learning styles. Sample teaching material can be found below.

The following handouts were prepared for the course “Government, Politics and Public Policy in the EU” (GV251) in 2017-2019, and were used for several years after I left for undergraduate teaching at the LSE’s Government Department and graduate teaching at the LSE’s European Institute.

1. The Political System of the EU, the Council
2. The Commission
3. The European Parliament
4. The European Court of Justice
5. Public opinion
6. European elections
7. Political parties and Europe
8. The ‘democratic deficit’ debate
9. Interest representation
10. Understanding EU Policy-Making: Actors, Institutions and Agendas
11. Understanding EU Policy-Making: Decision Making
12. Understanding EU Policy-Making: Implementation
13. Regulation of the Single Market
14. The EU Budget and Redistributive Policies
15. Economic and Monetary Union
16. Immigration and asylum policies
17. Justice and Home Affairs policies
18. Foreign policy

The following is sample teaching material from some of the courses I have been teaching in Oxford’s DPIR since 2024.

1. Politics of the European Union, “Theories of European integration”, undergraduate lecture
2. Politics of the European Union, “Europe in the World: Trade, Aid and Climate Policy”, undergraduate lecture
3. European Governance, “The EU and state intervention in the economy”, MPhil class
4. European Governance, “The EU and democratic deficits”, MPhil class

Training

• LSE Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCertHE), Associate Level Certificate, awarded December 2018