Kalypso Nicolaïdis

Kalypso Nicolaïdis is professor in international relations, and Director of the Center for International Studies at Oxford University as well as Chair of South European Studies at Oxford. Her last pub

How do we fix Europe’s presidency dilemma?

A single president, elected by almost 500 million, would not be an appropriate solution for the EU

By Paul Magnette and Kalypso Nicolaïdis

/ 1 Jul 2021

How do we fix Europe’s presidency dilemma?

From Oedipus to coronavirus: Homo Sapiens and the making of scapegoats

We are supposed to know that scapegoating is simply an ancient deluded way for societies to take back control without assuming responsibility. Yet in the EU as in the White House, scapegoating flourishes. Can we buck the trend?

By Kalypso Nicolaïdis

/ 7 Sep 2020

From Oedipus to coronavirus: Homo Sapiens and the making of scapegoats

Coronavirus: towards the Eruvian age

"These limits do not work if they are simply dictated by those in positions of authority. Instead, they need to be internalized by each of us."

By Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Adam Mintz

/ 4 May 2020

What kind of Brit shall I be?

Kalypso Nicolaidis is one of hundreds of European citizens becoming British every week. She has just published an exploration of Brexit through Biblical and Greek Mythology( "Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit”, London: Unbound).

By Kalypso Nicolaïdis

/ 30 Sep 2019