Georgios Tsialas

Georgios Tsialas is a political scientist whose research focuses on crisis politics, polycrisis, securitisation, comparative politics and computational social sciences.

His doctoral research seeks to develop a multi-level, comparative framework for analysing securitisation across levels of governance in the context of entangled crises, with the aim of advancing our understanding of critical challenges in crisis management, offering novel insights into fostering cohesive and effective collective responses. His broader research also seeks to explore and further advance the application of large language models in academic research.

He holds a BA in Political Science and History from the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. As part of his undergraduate studies, he spent a semester at Sciences Po Lille as an international exchange student. He also holds an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Currently, he is a PhD candidate (MPhill/PhD in Politics (Research)) at King’s College London (KCL).

Research interests

• Crisis politics and Polycrisis
• Securitization
• Comparative politics
• Text analysis
• LLMs
• Narratives, public opinion and perceptions