Miltiadis Vantsos was born in Istanbul and studied theology at the Faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he obtained his Postgraduate (Master’s Degree) and his Doctorate Diploma (PhD) in Christian Ethics. He has worked as a Scientific Collaborator and Scientific Assistant at the Chair of Systematic Theology of the Department of Orthodox Theology at the University of Munich, where he taught courses in Christian Ethics. He is Professor of Christian Ethics and Bioethics at the Faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has also been a visiting professor at the Universities of Munich and Basel. His research interests focus on bioethics, environmental ethics, and social ethics. He has written the following books: Ethical Consideration of Abortion (in Greek), Thessaloniki 2009, p. 280; The Sanctity of Human Life. Presentation and Evaluation of the Teaching of the Roman Catholic Church on Bioethics from the Point of View of Orthodox Ethics (in Greek), Thessaloniki 2010, p. 452; Living Organ and Tissue Transplantation: the Medical and Ethical View (in Greek, in collaboration with Dr. Emmanuel Nikolousis), Thessaloniki 2016, p. 280; The Scientifically Feasible and the Ethically Correct. Views of Orthodox Bioethics (in Greek), Thessaloniki 2016, p. 290; The Commercialisation of the Human Body. An Ethical Approach to Slavery and Prostitution, (in Greek), Thessaloniki 2019; Surrogate Motherhood. The moral reflection on the mother, the child, and the family. Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Workshop in memory of Prof. Christos Vantsos (in Greek), Cosmos: Annals 1, Thessaloniki 2020 (edited in collaboration with D. Kaklamanos and E. Pepes). He is a member of the Bioethics Committee of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and of the Greek Unit of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics. He has participated in several conferences in Greece and abroad and has published more than fifty articles in Greek and international scientific journals.

E-mail: mvantsos@past.auth.gr ♦ ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1630-5071