Nikos Sotirakopoulos

Dr. Nikos Sotirakopoulos is a speaker and writer for ARI. He is also an instructor in ARU, teaching about Marx, the communist movement, and the New Left. 

Dr. Sotirakopoulos is interested in the history of ideas and how they have shaped the world we live in. Having been in his youth part of the radical Left, he specializes in identifying the appeal of collectivist movements, and ways to counter them. He is a contributor to New Ideal.

In the past, he worked for more than a decade in academia in the UK, at the University of Kent, Loughborough University, and York St John University. He is the author of two books: The Rise of Lifestyle Activism: from New Left to Occupy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and Identity Politics and Tribalism: the New Culture Wars (Societas, 2021). He has also been a frequent commentator on UK media. 

Dr. Sotirakopoulos holds a BA in International and European Studies from Panteion University of Athens, an LLB and an LLM from the University of Kent, and a PhD in Political Sociology, also from the University of Kent. He is also a graduate of the Objectivist Academic Center.