Despina Vertzagia holds a PhD in Political Philosophy from Panteion University (2025), an MA in Philosophy (2021), and a BA in Philosophy (2016) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is an Adjunct Lecturer at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where she teaches Metaethics at the postgraduate level, and previously served as an Adjunct Lecturer at Panteion University, teaching Social and Political Philosophy. She is a Senior Researcher at the Biopolitics Research Centre of Panteion University and a Research Fellow at the Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has served as Production Manager of NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Lab Press since 2017 and was Managing Editor of Conatus – Journal of Philosophy from 2016 to 2026. She has been awarded several prestigious research fellowships and grants, including a Pre-doctoral Fellowship at Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies, a Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship at the University of Chicago Library, and research grants from the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff). Her research interests lie in ancient and modern political philosophy. She has authored a monograph, published articles in academic journals, and contributed chapters to edited volumes, as well as translated philosophical and bioethical texts into Greek.

E-mail: dvertzagia@philosophy.uoa.gr ♦ ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7894-8657