Andreas Dafnos is a Research Associate in Comparative Digital Dynamics of Riots and Multi-Method Integration at the Institute of Political Science, Bundeswehr University Munich (research project: SPARTA). Previously, he studied the mobilisation processes of the British far-right in the period 2009-2019 at the University of Sheffield (England), where he received his Ph.D. in 2021. Andreas also holds a double Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Human Development from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and the United Nations University (Netherlands), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece).

Research Interests

• ​Social Movement Theory
• Political Extremism and Radicalisation
• Social Media Analytics
• Far-Right Politics

Affiliations

Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR)