Dr Savvas Voutyras

Biography

Biography

Savvas Voutyras is a Lecturer in Politics at Bournemouth University, and Program Leader for MA Political Psychology. He has a background in political theory, in particular critical theory and discourse theory, and psychosocial studies. His work combines psychoanalysis and discourse theory to look at questions of nationalism, the politicisation of loss and mourning, and the politics of austerity during economic crisis. His current research focuses on recent shifts in conservative rhetoric, the construction of ‘populism’ in political and media discourse, and the discourse and politics of ‘evaluation’ and metrics in economic policy. He is a member of the editorial board of Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. He is also a member of the international Center for the Study of Democracy, Signification and Resistance (DESIRE), based in Brussels.

Journal Articles

Veneti, A., Voutyras, S., 2024. ‘Daughters of Europe’: The Psycho-Cultural Motivations of Young Women Joining Generation Identity. Journal of Promotional Communications, 10 (1).
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Warren, R., Carter, D., Glynos, J., Voutyras, S., 2024. Articulating the ‘How’ of Social Return on Investment: Foregrounding the Plural and Pluralizing Character of Its ‘Moments of Judgment’. Financial Accountability and Management.
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Glynos, J., Roussos, K., Voutyras, S., Warren, R., 2023. Paradoxes in the Management of Timebanks in the UK’s Voluntary Sector: Discursive Bricolage and its Limits. Voluntas, 34 (3), 486-496.
Voutyras, S., 2023. Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalytic Political Theory. PSYCHOANALYSIS CULTURE & SOCIETY, 28 (1), 139-143.
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Glynos, J., Voutyras, S., 2022. Valuation practices and the cooptation charge: Quantification and monetization as political logics. Contemporary Political Theory, 21 (4), 588-610.
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Glynos, J., Voutyras, S., 2016. Ideology as blocked mourning: Greek national identity in times of economic crisis and austerity. Journal of Political Ideologies, 21 (3).
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Voutyras, S., 2016. This radicalisation which is not one: contentious politics against the backdrop of the Greek crisis. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 24 (2), 223-239.
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Chapters

Voutyras, S., 2024. Anti-populism, meritocracy and (technocratic) elitism. Research Handbook on Populism. 35-47.
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Roussos, K., Garcia, J.V., Voutyras, S., 2023. Reflections on grassroots healthcare provisioning in Greece in times of crisis: Breaking with capitalocentric fantasy by prefiguring futures of solidarity. Social Movements and Everyday Acts of Resistance Solidarity in A Changing World. 26-41.
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Conferences

Veneti, A., Voutyras, S., Poulakidakos, S., 2025. Performing Populism on TikTok: A Cross-National Analysis of Radical Right Visual Strategies. In: PSA Populism Group :Visualising populist identities: populist performances on screen(s) 02/12/2025 online.
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PhD Students

Mustafa Selek
Begum Elcin Ulucan
Zaineh Al-Zoubi
Michael Koufalitakis

Profile of Teaching PG

The Psychology of Fundamentalism and Political Violence
Diplomacy and International Relations
Issues and Debates in Political Psychology

Profile of Teaching UG

History of Political Thought
The Philosophy of Politics

Invited Lectures

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 17 Dec 2019 more

‘The transgressive enjoyment of politically incorrect rhetoric: a psychoanalytic approach’
Copenhagen Business School, 20 Sep 2018 more

'Logics of Quantification & Monetization: Beyond Co-optation and Critical Transformation: The case of Essex time banks'

Grants

Grants

Anti-populist discourse in European politics and media (Anti-pop) (European Commission (Marie Curie Individual Fellowship), 31 Jan 2022). Awarded
Anti-populist discourse in European politics and media (Anti-pop) (European Commission (Marie Curie Individual Fellowship), 31 Jan 2022). Awarded
Subjectivity and valuation in community economies: A pilot study of the Essex time banks (ESRC - Impact Acceleration Account 2, 15 Jan 2020). Awarded

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

Ephemera: theory and politics in organization, Anonymous peer review, 01 Apr 2021
Journal of Political Ideologies, Anonymous peer review, 18 Jun 2017
Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Anonymous peer review, 21 Mar 2016
Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, Anonymous peer review, 30 Sep 2015