Research

Education

2017

Ph.D., Political Science, Mid Sweden University

Dissertation: Political Entrepreneurship in Swedish: Towards a (Re)Theorization of Entrepreneurial Agency

2008

MPA (Master in Public Administration), public policy track. Graduated with honors:magna cum laude, Missouri State University, USA

Thesis: Seeking Neo-Bohemias in Mid-Sized Cities: The Case of Springfield, Missouri

2006

B.A., Political Science (minor in Ancient Greek). Graduated with honors: cum laude, Missouri State University

2004

A.A. Graduated with honors: magna cum laude, Ozarks Technical Community College

Books

1 Petridou, Evangelia, Jörgen Sparf, Nikolaos Zahariadis, and Thomas A. Birkland.  2025.  "Policy Entrepreneurs, Crises, and Policy Change."  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
Available Open Access

Edited Books

4 Arnold, Gwen, Nissim Cohen, Michael Mintrom, and Evangelia Petridou, eds. (signed contract, due in 2026). The Oxford Handbook of Policy Entrepreneurship. Oxford University Press

3 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Nicole Herweg, Reimut Zohlnhöfer, and Evangelia Petridou, eds. 2023. The Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework. Edward Elgar. Link to the publisher

2 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Evangelia Petridou, Theofanis Exadaktylos, and Jörgen Sparf, eds. 2022.Policy Styles and Trust in the Age of Pandemics: Global Threat, National Responses:Routledge Link to the publisher

1 Narbutaité-Aflaki, Inga, Evangelia Petridou, and Lee Miles, eds. 2015. Entrepreneurship in thePolis: Understanding Political Entrepreneurship. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.

Peer Reviewed Articles

29 Petridou, Evangelia, Jörgen Sparf, and Nikolaos Zahariadis. (accepted, 2025). “The Policy Entrepreneur as a Crosscutting Concept in Theories of the Policy Process: A Scoping Review of European Empirical Applications.” European Policy Analysis

28 Capano, Giliberto, Tullia Galanti, Karin Ingold, Evangelia Petridou, and Christopher M. Weible. (2025). “Theorizing The Functions and Patterns of Agency in the Policymaking Process”.  Policy Sciences.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-024-09563-4

 27 Petridou, Evangelia, Johansson, Roine, Eriksson, Kerstin, Alirani, Gertrud, & Zahariadis, Nikolaos. 2024. “Theorizing reactive policy entrepreneurship: A case study of Swedish local emergency management.” Policy Studies Journal, 52(1), 73-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12508

26 Becker, Per, Jörgen Sparf, and Evangelia Petridou. 2024."Identifying Proactive and Reactive Policy Entrepreneurs in Collaborative Networks in Flood Risk Management."Policy & Politics 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1332/03055736Y2023D000000006

25 Morisson, Arnault and Evangelia Petridou. 2023."Policy Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Strategies, and Institutional Contexts in Interreg Europe."Science and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad014

24 Petridou, Evangelia, Jörgen Sparf, Olov Hemmingsson, and Kari Pihl. 2023,"Immersive Simulation and Experimental Design in Risk and Crisis Management: Implications for Learning."Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management n/a.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-5973.12464

23 Petridou, Evangelia, Roine Johansson, Kerstin Eriksson, Gertrud Alirani, and Nikolaos Zahariadis. 2023. ”Theorizing reactive policy entrepreneurship: A case study of Swedish local emergency management”. Policy Studies Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12508

22 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Evangelia Petridou, Theofanis Exadaktylos, and Jörgen Sparf. 2023."Policy Styles and Political Trust in Europe’s National Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis."Policy Studies 44: 46-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2021.2019211

21 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Vassilis Karokis-Mavrikos, Theofanis Exadaktylos, Alexandros Kyriakidis, Jörgen Sparf, and Evangelia Petridou. 2023."Advancing the Operationalization of National Policy Styles."European Policy Analysis n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1172

20 Sparf, Jörgen, Evangelia Petridou, Mikael Granberg, Per Becker, and Beatrice Onn. 2022."Pandemic Responses at the Subnational Level: Exploring Politics, Administration, and Politicization in Swedish Municipalities." European Policy Analysis.https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1151

19 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Theofanis Exadaktylos, Jörgen Sparf, Evangelia Petridou, Alexandros Kyriakidis, and Ioannis Papadopoulos. 2022. "Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Health Interventions for Covid-19 in Greece and Cyprus." European Policy Analysis 8: 345-59. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1153

18 Ioannides, Dimitri, and Evangelia Petridou. 2021. "Street Art and the ’Right to the City’ in a Fragmented Metropolis: The Case of Beirut." Montreal Architectural Review 7. https://mar.mcgill.ca/article/view/69

17 Petridou, Evangelia, Per Becker, and Jörgen Sparf. 2021. "Policy Entrepreneurs in Public Administration: A Social Network Analysis."     Politics & Policy 49: 414-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12400

16 Petridou, Evangelia, and Michael Mintrom. 2021. "A Research Agenda for the Study ofPolicy Entrepreneurs." Policy Studies Journal 49: 943-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12405

15 Petridou, Evangelia, and Nikolaos Zahariadis. 2021. "Staying at Home or Going Out? Leadership Response to the Covid-19 Crisis in Greece and Sweden." Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 29: 293-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12344

14 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Stephen Ceccoli, and Evangelia Petridou. 2021. "Assessing the Effects of Calculated Inaction on National Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis." Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy 12: 328-45. https://doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.12230

13 Petridou, Evangelia. 2020. "Politics and Administration in Times of Crisis: Explaining the Swedish Response to the Covid-19 Crisis." European Policy Analysis 6: 147-58. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1095.

12 Petridou, Evangelia, Nikolaos Zahariadis, and Stephen Ceccoli. 2020. "Averting Institutional Disasters? Drawing Lessons from China to Inform the Cypriot Response to the Covid‐19 Pandemic." European Policy Analysis 6: 318-27. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1090

11 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Evangelia Petridou, and Lacin Idil Oztig. 2020. "Claiming Credit andAvoiding Blame: Political Accountability in Greek and Turkish Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis." European Policy Analysis 6: 159-69. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1089

10 Petridou, Evangelia, Nicola Paltrinieri, and Erna Danielsson. 2020. "Risk and Uncertainty: From Critical Thinking to Practical Impact." Safety Science 129.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104786

9 Petridou, Evangelia, Erna Danielsson, Anna Olofsson, Minna Lundgren, and Christine Große. 2019. ”If Crisis or War Comes: A Study of Risk Communication of Eight European Union Member States.” Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 2(2). 207-232. https://doi.org/10.30658/jicrcr.2.2.3

8 Petridou, Evangelia, Pär M. Olausson, and Dimitri Ioannides. 2019. “Nascent Island Tourism Policy Development in Greenland: A Network Perspective.” Island Studies Journal 14(2). https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.94

7 Sparf, Jörgen, Evangelia Petridou, Frida Skog, Sophie Kolmodin, and Jens Ljungdahl. 2019. "Experimental Design in Teaching Crisis and Emergency Management in Social Sciences: TheCase of the RCR Lab at Mid Sweden University." 2019. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 37 (1).

6 Petridou, Evangelia. 2018. "Entrepreneurship in the Swedish Municipal Polis: The Case of Mer [*] Östersund." Policy Studies 39: 70-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2018.1434872

5 Sparf, Jörgen, and Evangelia Petridou. 2018. "Collaborations in Routine Emergency Management: Lessons from Sweden."              Procedia Engineering 212:302-308. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.039.

4 Petridou, Evangelia and Jörgen Sparf. 2017. “For Safety’s Sake: The Strategies of Institutional Entrepreneurs and Bureaucratic Reforms in Swedish Crisis Management, 2001–2009” Policy and Society. 36(4): 556-74 https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2017.1369677

3 Petridou, Evangelia and Pär M. Olausson. 2017. “Policy Entrepreneurship and Policy Transfer:Flood Risk Governance in Northern Sweden.” Central European Journal of Public Policy. 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/cejpp-2016-0028

2 Petridou, Evangelia. 2014. “Theories of the Policy Process: Contemporary Scholarship and Future Directions.” Policy Studies Journal 41 (S1): 12-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12054

1 Petridou, Evangelia, and Dimitri Ioannides. 2012. “Conducting Creativity in the Periphery ofSweden: A Bottom-Up Path towards Territorial Cohesion.” Creative Industries Journal 5 (1+2): 120-138. https://doi.org/10.1386/cij.5.1-2.119_1

Book Chapters

19 Petridou, Evangelia and Amalia Triantafillidou. (In press). “Putting out Fires: Policy Styles and Crisis Agenda Setting. In Handbook of Public Policy Agenda Setting, eds. Nikolaos Zahariadis and Kristin Taylor. Edward Elgar.

18 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Petridou, Evangelia, and van den Dool, Annemieke. 2024. ”Pedagogical approaches in teaching the multiple streams framework.” In Handbook of Teaching Public Policy, eds. Emily St.Denny and Philippe Zittoun. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 92-105.

17 Petridou, Evangelia. 2023. “From Policy Entrepreneur to Policy Entrepreneurship: Examining the Role of Context on Policy Entrepreneurial Action.” In A Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework, eds. Nikolaos Zahariadis, Nicole Herweg, Reimut Zohlnhöfer, and Evangelia Petridou. Edward Elgar. 104-20

16 Petridou, Evangelia, Jörgen Sparf, and Hilda Broqvist.  2023.  "Sweden: A Decentralized, Coordinated Response to the Pandemic."  In Governments' Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm, eds.  Kennet Lynggaard, Mads Dagnis Jensen and Michael Kluth.  Cham: Springer International Publishing.  257-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14145-4_22

15 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Nicole Herweg, Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Evangelia Petridou, and Novotný Vilém.  2023.  "Advancing the Multiple Streams Framework."  In A Modern Guide to Multiple Streams Framework, eds.  Nikolaos Zahariadis, Nicole Herweg, Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Evangelia Petridou.  Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.  1-24.

14 Zahariadis, Nikolaos and Evangelia Petridou. 2023. “Multiple Streams, Policy Implementationand the Greek Refugee Crisis”. In The Modern Guide to the Multiple Streams Framework, eds. Nikolaos Zahariadis, Nicole Herweg, Reimut Zohlnhöfer, and EvangeliaPetridou. Edward Elgar. 144-15. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209822.00017

13 Petridou, Evangelia. 2022. "Following the Public Health Agency’s Guidelines: The Swedish Approach." In Policy Styles and Trust in the Age of Pandemics : Global Threat, National Responses. Routledge, eds. Nikolaos Zahariadis, Evangelia Petridou, Theofanis Exadaktylos and Jörgen Sparf. New York: Routledge 17-38.

12 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Evangelia Petridou, Theofanis Exadaktylos, and Jörgen Sparf. 2022."The Politics of National Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic." In Policy Styles and Trust in the Age of Pandemics: Global Thread National Responses, eds. Nikolaos Zahariadis, Evangelia Petridou, Theofanis Exadaktylos and Jörgen Sparf. New York: Routledge 3-16.

11 Zahariadis, Nikolaos, Evangelia Petridou, Theofanis Exadaktylos, and Jörgen Sparf. 2022."Policy Styles and Policy Making During Times of Crisis." In Policy Styles and Trust in the Ageof Pandemics: Global Threat, National Responses, eds. Nikolaos Zahariadis, Evangelia Petridou, Theofanis Exadaktylos and Jörgen Sparf. 17-38.2021

10 Petridou, Evangelia. 2021. "Collaborative Crisis Management: A Social Network Analysis."In Thule: Kungl. Skytteanska Samfundets Årsbok 2021, ed. Roger Jacobsson. Umeå: Kungl.Skytteanska Samfundet. 25-39.

9 Prince, Solene, Evangelia Petridou, and Dimitri Ioannides. 2021. "Art Worlds in the Periphery." In Creative Tourism in Smaller Communities: Place, Culture, and Local Representation, ed. Kathleen Scherf. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. 252-82.

8 Petridou, Evangelia, Jörgen Sparf, and Kari Pihl. 2020. “Resilience Work in Swedish Local Governance: Evidence from the Areas of Climate Change Adaptation, Migration, and Violent Extremism. In Understanding Disaster Risk: A Multidimensional Approach, eds. Pedro Pinto Santos, Ksenia Chmutina, Jason von Meding, Emmanuel Raju. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 225-238.

7 Petridou, Evangelia, Maria Alempaki and Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg. 2018. “Entrepreneurship in Times of Crisis: A Resilience Perspective on the Greek Wine Sector” In Governance and Political Entrepreneurship for Growth and Entrepreneurship in Times of Europe´s Economic Crisis eds. Charlie Karlsson, Daniel Silander & Charlotte Silander. Edward Elgar.

6 Ioannides, Dimitri and Evangelia Petridou. 2016.” Contingent Neoliberalism and Urban Tourism in the United States”. In Neoliberalism and the Political Economy of Tourism. ed. Jan Mosedale. New York: Routledge, 21-36.

5 Ioannides, Dimitri, Panos Leventis and Evangelia Petridou. 2015. “Urban Resistance Tourism Initiatives in Stressed Cities: The Case of Athens.” In Reinventing the Local in Tourism: Producing, Consuming, and Negotiating Place. eds Antonio Russo and Greg Richards. ChannelView: Bristol, 229- 66

4 Ioannides, Dimitri, and Evangelia Petridou. 2015. “Conclusion. Archipelagic Tourism:Synthesis and Reflections.” In Archipelago Tourism: Policies and Practices, ed. Godfrey Baldacchino. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 241-48.

3 Miles, Lee, and Evangelia Petridou. 2015. “Entrepreneurial Resilience: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurship in the Political Perspective of Crisis Management.” In Organisational Resilience: Concepts, Integration and Practice, ed. Ran Bhamra. New York: CRC Press, 67-84.

2 Petridou, Evangelia, Inga Narbutaité-Aflaki, and Lee Miles. 2015. “Unpacking the TheoreticalBoxes of Political Entrepreneurship.” In Entrepreneurship in the Polis: Understanding Political Entrepreneurship, eds. Inga Narbutaité-Aflaki, Evangelia Petridou, and Lee Miles. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 1-16

1 Narbutaité-Aflaki, Inga, Evangelia Petridou, and Lee Miles. 2015. “Political EntrepreneurshipRedux: Looking to the Future.” In Entrepreneurship in the Polis: Understanding Political Entrepreneurship, eds. Inga Narbutaité-Aflaki, Evangelia Petridou, and Lee Miles. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 205-215.

Edited Special Issues in Academic Journals

Petridou, Evangelia, Gordon Shockley, and Jörgen Sparf. “Theoretical Advancements in the Scholarship of Policy Entrepreneurship: Drawing from Disparate Literatures, Expanding the Empirical Field”. European Policy Analysis. Estimated Publication Date: May 2025

Cohen, Nissim, Gwen Arnold, and Evangelia Petridou. 2023. “Street-Level Bureaucrats and Policy Entrepreneurship”. European Policy Analysis. (9)4 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23806567/2023/9/4

Petridou, Evangelia, Nicola Paltrinieri and Erna Danielsson. 2018. “Risk and Uncertainty: From Critical Thinking to Practical Impact  papers from the 2018 SRA-E conference. Safety Science. https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10177GL0SC5