Dr Alkis (Alkiviadis) Gounaris is a researcher and lecturer at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. For several years, he has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as lifelong learning programmes, at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Open University of Cyprus. His area of specialisation is the Philosophy of Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence, with particular emphasis on Epistemology and Applied Ethics. From 2020 to 2023, he worked as researcher and coordinator of the research project Sophia at School, which aimed to introduce Logic and Ethics into primary education. In 2025, he completed his postdoctoral research, entitled The Role of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Research and the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Addressing Epistemological and Meaning-Related Challenges.
He holds two undergraduate degrees from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: a BSc in Sports Science and a BA in Philosophy. He also holds an MA with a specialisation in Ethics and a PhD in the Philosophy of Mind. He is a research associate of the Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory, a senior research fellow of the PPE Lab of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and a member of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence of the Hellenic National Commission for Bioethics and Technoethics.
He has more than seventy publications and conference presentations in Greece and internationally, and has organised more than 150 public events aimed at bringing philosophy to a wider audience. He has also written documentary film scripts and has received an award from FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics.
Alongside his academic career, he trained and worked for eighteen years in Greek and multinational companies in the fields of media and advertising, as a copywriter, publications manager, and strategic communications consultant. He is currently responsible for business development for his family’s companies, which operate in Greece and the United Kingdom.
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