Dr. Alkis Gounaris is a postdoctoral researcher and a senior member of the PPE Lab of the University of Athens and a Research Fellow at the NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory. He has been teaching as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens since 2012. His areas of expertise include Philosophy of Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Applied Ethics. He holds two Bachelor’s Degrees, one in Sport Sciences, and one in Philosophy; he also holds a Master’s Degree in Ethics, and a PhD in the Philosophy of Mind, all four by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. From 2020 to 2023, Dr. Gounaris played a key role as a researcher and coordinator of the European research project "Sophia at School", which focused on the introduction of the philosophy in primary education. He currently contributes to the Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, the National Committee on Bioethics and Technological Ethics and is an associate faculty member at the Open University of Cyprus. He has published over fifty papers in both Greek and international journals and conferences. In addition, he has been a pioneer in the organization of more than 150 public events aimed at promoting philosophy to the general public.

E-mail: alkisg@philosophy.uoa.gr ♦ ORCID iD:  0000-0002-0494-6413