Konstantina Mylona-Giannakakou
Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Philosophy from NKUA and Head of the Executive Committee of the Greek Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute and Member of the Dasein Talks Board.
Konstantina P. Mylona-Giannakakou holds a PhD in Applied Philosophy from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She is an adjunct lecturer in postgraduate programmes at the Department of Philosophy and a member of the Advisory Board of the University's Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory. She holds a BA in English Studies and an MPhil in Moral Philosophy from NKUA, as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from ALBA Graduate Business School. Her interdisciplinary academic background combines philosophical research with business administration and the practical application of ethical principles. Her research interests focus on applied ethics, bioethics, environmental ethics, and animal ethics, with particular emphasis on the ethical challenges of agricultural biotechnology and genetic modification. She has published research articles in academic journals and international conference proceedings, addressing the relationship between technological developments, environmental sustainability, and moral responsibility. She is the author of "The Ethical Landscape of Agricultural Biotechnology" (Papazissis Publications, 2022), a monograph examining the philosophical and ethical dimensions of modern agricultural biotechnology. She teaches in several postgraduate programmes at NKUA, including "Animals: Ethics, Law, and Welfare", "Philosophy: Applied Ethics", and "Leadership: Ethics and Politics". Alongside her academic activities, she has more than twenty years of professional experience in marketing and business consulting and is the co-founder of a business consulting company.
She serves as Head of the Executive Committee of the Greek Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics (WMA Cooperating Centre). She is a member of several Greek and international philosophical associations, including the Greek Philosophical Society, the International Association of Greek Philosophy, the American Philosophical Association (APA), the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG), and the International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE).
She is a member of the Scientific Committees of the Institute of Philosophy and Ideas.