2020–2025: PhD, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Surrey
Thesis Title: Agenda-Setting and Policy Adoption Drivers in EU Pharmaceutical Policy: An EU-MSF Account
Fully funded, Doctoral College Studentship
Supervisors: Professor Theofanis Exadaktylos and Dr. Roula Nezi
Examiners: Professor Amelia Hadfield (University of Surrey), Professor Claudio Radaelli (European University Institute)
2019–2020: MSc in Public Policy and Administration (with Distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science
2016–2019: BSc in Government and Economics (with Upper Second-Class Honours), London School of Economics and Political Science
Karokis–Mavrikos, V. (2025). Policy Networks and Policy Entrepreneurship in the EU: Explaining Structural Policy Change in Pharmaceutical Innovation Incentives and HTA. *Working Paper*, forthcoming.
Karokis-Mavrikos, V. (2024). What can drive a digital governance transformation? Greece, the Covid-19 crisis and "a jump–started Lamborghini". Policy & Internet, 1, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.428
Karokis-Mavrikos, V., & Mavrikou, M. (2023). Shifting ideational paradigms in public health: The case of Greece. In N. Zahariadis, N. Herweg, R. Zohlnhöfer, & E. Petridou (Eds.), A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework (pp. 123–145). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209822.00016
Zahariadis, N., Karokis-Mavrikos, V., Exadaktylos, T., Kyriakidis, A., Sparf, J., & Petridou, E. (2023). Advancing the operationalization of national policy styles. European Policy Analysis, 9(2), 200–218. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1172
Mavrikou, M., Zahariadis, N., & Karokis-Mavrikos, V. (2022). The strategy of venue creation: Explaining health policy change in Greece. International Review of Public Policy, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.4000/irpp.3018
Karokis-Mavrikos, V., Mavrikou, M., & Yfantopoulos, J. (2022). Stakeholder perceptions and public health system performance evaluation: Evidence from Greece during the Covid-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Political Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.1067250
Zahariadis, N., & Karokis-Mavrikos, V. (2022). Centralization and lockdown: The Greek response. In N. Zahariadis, E. Petridou, T. Exadaktylos, & J. Sparf (Eds.), Policy styles and trust in the age of pandemics: Global threat, national responses. Routledge.
2023–2024: Deputy/Interim Programme Director, MSc in Public Policy, University College London
Responsibilities included general programme oversight and pastoral support for MSc students, organizing events, coordinating with student representatives, and liaising with faculty (within and beyond the MPP) to enhance the student experience.
2023–2024: Personal Tutor & Dissertation Supervisor, University College London
Personal Tutor to 17 students
Postgraduate Dissertation Supervisor to 9 students
Undergraduate Dissertation Supervisor to 3 students
2022: Postgraduate Researchers’ Representative, Department of Politics, University of Surrey
Represented the Politics PGR cohort; successfully advocated for a 10% increase in monthly stipends.
2016–2019: Vice President and Careers Director, LSE SU Political Risk and Investment Society
Member of the organizing committee for the 1st Annual Political Risk Symposium
Brought together leading firms, think tanks, and policymakers
Secured £27,226 through fundraising.
2023: University of Surrey, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FASS) Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) of the Year Award
Named PGR of the Year across all departments of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and shortlisted as one of three finalists for the University of Surrey Vice Chancellor’s PGR of the Year Award for exceptional research output, teaching performance, and community contribution.
2022: UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) Scholarship
Awarded on merit and prospective scholarly contribution to fund fieldwork in Brussels as part of PhD thesis.
2022: Greek Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association Award
To fund fieldwork for the project: “The Covid-19 pandemic as a focusing event for structural transformation in digital governance: the case of Greece”.
2021: ICPSR Summer Program in Research Methods, University of Michigan
Fully funded EITM (Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models) Institute Scholarship
Modules: Advanced Empirical Modeling, Data Visualization, Advanced Matrix Algebra, R and R-Studio
EITM Institute Certified Scholar Award for outstanding performance.
2020: Doctoral College Studentship, University of Surrey
Full funding (Fees + Monthly Stipend) for PhD studies.
2009–2015: Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint Expert
1st place, Pan-Hellenic Microsoft Word Experts’ Championship (2009)
Top 3%, Pan-Hellenic Microsoft Excel Experts’ Championship (2015)
2024–Present: Advisor, Committee for Restructuring the National Organization for Health Care Services (EOPYY), Ministry of Health (Greece)
2021–2022: Expert for Greece, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Contributed to the UNDRR & E-STAG report on science-policy linkages in disaster risk reduction (DRR) across Europe and Central Asia.
2019–2020: Social Media Manager, Global Risk Insights
2024: Inter-University Symposium on “Crises and Multi-level Governance”
(May 2024)
Presented: “The EU-MSF and Pharmaceutical Policymaking: A Novel Approach to Evaluating EU-level Policy Change”
2024: International Conference “One World, Many Crises: Politics, Law and Beyond”, Centre for Research on Democracy and Law
Presented: “Agendas, Ambiguity and Policy Change during Crisis. Public Health and Pharmaceutical Policymaking in the EU during Covid-19”
2023: International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP)
Presented: “The Covid-19 pandemic as a focusing event for structural transformation in digital governance: the case of Greece”
Chaired: Panel on the Multiple Streams Framework
2023: Conference on Policy Process Research (COPPR)
Presented: “Shifting Ideational Paradigms in Public Health: the case of Greece” (with Maria Mavrikou)
2022: Health Security in the EU — Hybrid High-Level Conference
2022: European Public Health Association Conference (EUPHA)
Presented: “Stakeholder Perceptions and Public Health System Performance Evaluation: Evidence from Greece during the Covid-19 pandemic”
2022: Political Studies Association Annual Conference
Presented: “Street-level bureaucrats and policy implementation in times of crisis: evidence from Greece during the Covid-19 pandemic”
2021: ECPR General Conference
Presented: Same study as above (co-authored)