Nea Ionia, 23/09/2024
PRESS RELEASE
The General Manager of IKY, Mr. Angelos Giouvrekas, the Deputy Head of the Directorate of Administration and Financial Management, Ms. Angela Kapotopoulou, and the Deputy Head of the Directorate of Scholarships, Ms. Eirini Droutsa, thoroughly briefed the new President on the operation of IKY.
The new President showed a keen interest in being informed in detail on the procedures of the organisation, the current scholarships programmes but also on the Erasmus+ programme that IKY manages as the Erasmus+ National Agency. Ms. Kindi was shown around IKY premises, while wishing to have a better understanding of the mission of each Directorate/Unit, she also spoke with IKY executives.
A few words about the new President of the Administrative Board of IKY, Ms. Vassiliki Kindi:
Vasso Kindi is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Analytic Philosophy at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (1998-2024). She has taught at the Deree College from 1991 to 1998. She has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Athens (1981) and a PhD in Philosophy and History of Science from the National and Technical University of Athens (1991). She was Visiting Scholar at Princeton University (1998, 2008) and the University of Chicago (2004). She is the author of books and articles in international and Greek journals on philosophy of science, philosophy of history, ethics, T.S. Kuhn’s, Wittgenstein’s and Collingwood’s work, conceptual change. The Philosophy of History (Polis 2021) is her latest book, which will be published in English by Bloomsbury Publishing. Since 2019, she is Editor-in-Chief of International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, and elected national representative (together with V. Karasmanis) to the Steering Committee of the FISP (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie 2024-). She has served as Head of the Graduate Programme in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (2022-2024) and Head of the Philosophy and Theory of Science Division of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (2017-2019) and as Member of the Governing Board of the University of Athens (2013-16). She has been member of the Governing Board of the University of Athens (2012-15) and member of the Gender and Equality Committee of the University of Athens (2020-2023). She has been member of the National Council of Research, Technology and Innovation (ESETEK, 2019-2023), and national representative to the European Research Council (ERC, 2021-2023) and the Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education (ETINED) of the Council of Europe (2020-2024). She is member of the Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence. She coordinated the Committee of Bodossaki Foundation for the 2030 University (2020-21) and is Board member of Lilian Voudouri Foundation. She is a founding member of the Hellenic Society of University Women and member of its Board (2011-2022). She regularly contributes to the press on philosophical issues of public interest and on matters of academic policy.
The personnel of IKY wishes every success to the new President and the Administrative Board in their term of office