Christos Kalpakidis is an Adjunct Lecturer and postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Bonn in 2025 (summa cum laude), where he also completed an MA in Philosophy. He additionally holds an Master in Brain and Mind Sciences from the University of Crete and a BA in Philology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has taught philosophy at the University of Bonn, the University of Crete, and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has presented his research at international conferences and workshops and was a doctoral scholarship holder of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation from 2021 to 2024. His research lies at the intersection of phenomenology, existentialism, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind, with a particular focus on Jean-Paul Sartre, consciousness and freedom. His monograph, Freiheit und Realismus. Phänomenologisch-ontologische Untersuchungen im Ausgang von Jean-Paul Sartres früher Philosophie, is forthcoming with Vittorio Klostermann.
Office: 510, 5th floor, Department of Philosophy, School of Philosophy (main building), University Campus, 15703 Zografou, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 7277550 , e-mail: chriskalpak@philosophy.uoa.gr
Sokratis-Athanasios Kiosoglou studied philosophy (BA and MA) at the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. As a scholarship holder at the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven (Belgium), he pursued doctoral research in the context of the research program ‘Axiomatic-deductive Method and more geometrico Presentation in Proclus’. The program was led by Professor Dr. Jan Opsomer and Pieter d’ Hoine. His dissertation was successfully defended in September 2023. Subsequently he worked for two years as a postdoctoral fellow of the ERC Program ‘Not Another History of Platonism. The Role of Aristotle's Criticisms of Plato in the Development of Ancient Platonism (PlatoViaAristotle)’. The Principal Investigator of the Program is Professor Dr. Jan Opsomer. His research interests focus on ancient philosophy and on aspects of its subsequent reception. He has published papers and book chapters in edited volumes both in Greece and internationally. He has also coedited two special issues of philosophical journals.
Office: 510, 5th floor, Department of Philosophy, School of Philosophy (main building), University Campus, 15703 Zografou, Athens, Greece
Telephone: 210 7277550 , e-mail: athkiosoglou@philosophy.uoa.gr