Nikos Erinakis
Nikos Erinakis [b. 1988, Athens] is an Assist. Professor of Social & Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Culture at the University of Crete. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy [University of London & recognised research student at the University of Oxford], having studied Economics [AUEB], Philosophy & Literature [Warwick] and Philosophy of the Social Sciences [LSE]. He has taught at the University of London and he now also teaches at the University of Athens, the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Hellenic Open University. He is the Director of Research at ENA – Institute for Alternative Policies, while he is a board member of the Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra and has been a board member of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. He has been honoured by the Academy of Athens with the Award for Excellent Philosophical Treatise for his philosophy book Authenticity and Autonomy: From Creativity to Freedom (Keimena, 2020). He is also a published, critically acclaimed, poet and translator of modern European poets. His papers, articles and poems have been translated and published in peer-reviewed journals, edited collections, anthologies and the popular press.