Brief Overview
The research project titled “Politics and the Justice System of the United States of America” (USPOLJUST; acronym of United States POLitics and JUStice) begun at CEDLAW on January 2023, with Dr. Alexandros Kyriakidis, who drafted the research proposal, as the Principal Investigator.
The project includes research, teaching and dissemination activities related to the political and judicial system of the United States of America (USA), with an emphasis on the federal level and its relationship primarily to the State level and, secondarily, to the local level, from a theoretical and an empirical point of view. The program also includes comparative approaches with other political and judicial systems, mainly with the European Union (EU), its Member States (e.g., Greece), and the United Kingdom, but also the creation of a Hub for all of the above along with a wide range of existing relevant actions and collaborations between Greece and the USA.
The main objectives of the program are: a) the collection of all existing relevant actions (research, collaborations, projects, etc.); which include collaborations between Greek institutions and US institutions; b) research related to the aformentioned subjects; c) the dissemination of the results of the above research through a wide range of activities, such as publications (academic articles, academic blogs, media articles, etc.), teaching (e.g., lectures in under/postgraduate courses, seminars for PhD candidates), academic events (e.g., conferences, workshops, lectures by visiting professors or researchers), and d) collaborations with corresponding domestic and/or foreign institutions.
Research Team
Dr. Alexandros Kyriakidis is the Principal Investigator of the research project. The research team consists of the following CEDLAW members (you may find more information on the CEDLAW member here):
- Dr. Maria Vlachaki
- Georgios Kotlidas
- Georgios Alexakis
- Sofia Kanta
- Kassandra Chatziiordanou
- Olga Rodatou
- Artemis Karakoni
US News Brief series
The US News Brief (written in Greek) series on important developments of the political and justice system in the USA is published in Greek in the context of the research project to inform the Greek public. The Principal Investigator of the project, Dr. Alexandros Kyriakidis, serves as the Editor of the series.
