Mapping the Hidden Tribes of Greece

Greek society is undergoing a period of intense value polarisation. Long-standing political identities have given way to a fragmented and often conflicting landscape of worldviews -shaped by lived experience, cultural anxiety, and widespread distrust in institutions.

The new report “Hidden Tribes: Mapping Social Perceptions in Modern Greece”, carried out by Inter Alia with co-funding from the Social Change Initiative (SCI), explores this landscape. The study identifies five distinct “tribes” in Greek society - each with their own perspectives on immigration, democracy, rights, national identity, and political participation.

The report was developed as part of Eleni Takou’s SCI Fellowship. Eleni, worked in collaborating with a wider interdisciplinary team to seek to better understand the sources of political alienation and value conflict in contemporary Greece.

The Hidden Tribes study in Greece sits within a growing family of international research projects that use values-based segmentation to understand and bridge social divides. Like SCI’s Values Project in Northern Ireland and the More in Common work in the UK and the US, it goes beyond party politics and demographics to map distinct groups shaped by attitudes and values.  All three approaches highlight that, despite deep differences, many groups share core values that can form the foundation for dialogue and cooperation.