Teaching experience

Courses taught

• “Politics, Institutions and Economy in 21st Century Europe” at LSE Executive Education (POL 147A), September-December 2019 (Graduate Teaching Assistant, one 2-hour seminar per week with 13 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, two 1-hour seminars per week with 15 students in each class)

Workshops convened

• “Quantitative and qualitative research design in political science” at Panteion University, Athens, 16-20 September 2019. Workshop co-convened and co-taught with Elli Palaiologou (10am-4pm each day; attended by 12 advanced undergraduate, master’s and PhD-level students selected from political science departments in Greece)

Supervision

• 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 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.

In that spirit, I prepared a set of handouts for the undergraduate LSE course on “Government, Politics and Public Policy in the EU” (GV251). This teaching material is still being used for undergraduate teaching at the Government Department and graduate teaching at the European Institute.

Sample handouts can be found below.

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

Sample student evaluations (courses GV251, POL147A)

Training

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