DOMESTIC CONFERENCES
The Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory organizes conferences, symposia, workshops, and scholarly meetings that bring together leading scholars, researchers, and emerging voices from across the philosophical landscape. Our domestic events encompass the full breadth of philosophical inquiry, from ethics, bioethics, and political philosophy to philosophy of science, technology, mind, language, and the history of philosophy. They provide a forum for rigorous intellectual exchange, interdisciplinary dialogue, and the exploration of philosophical questions of enduring as well as contemporary significance. Through these gatherings, the Laboratory seeks to foster an open and vibrant philosophical community, encouraging dialogue across traditions, disciplines, and generations.
Rasoul Namazi, "Leo Strauss's Case for an Ahistorical History of Political Thought"
Date: 4 February 2026.
Venue: Room 209, School of Philosophy.
Location: University Campus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Co-organized by: Conatus - Journal of Philosophy.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: English.
1st Panhellenic Interdisciplinary Conference: Gaming and Digital Culture in the City – Education, Tourism, Entertainment
Date: 28 and 29 November 2025.
Venue: Auditorium, Library of the School of Philosophy.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Co-organized by: HomoLudens; Paidagogikos Logos Journal; MA Animal Ethics, Welfare and Law.
Conference Format: In person/hybrid.
Official Language: Greek.
Programme: See the programme here.
Proceedings / Publications: Paidagogikos Logos Vol. 32, No. 2 (2026) - Special Issue (forthcoming).
Discussion Series: Violence
Date: 20 and 27 March 2023, 3 and 24 April 2023.
Venue: Auditorium, Library of the School of Philosophy.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Co-organized by: MA Animal Walfere, Ethics, and Law; Institutional Discourse Research Laboratory.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: Greek.
Programme: See the programme here.
Me and AI: The Students' Sessions
Date: 12 and 13 May 2022.
Venue: ACG Events Hall, Deree.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: Deree - The American College of Greece and the NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Conference Format: In person/hybrid.
Official Language: Greek/English.
Programme: See the programme here.
Website: Visit the link.
Proceedings / Publications: Paidagogikos Logos Vol. 32, No. 1 (2026) - Special Issue: On Artificial Intelligence. Guest Editors: Thomas Giourgas, Alkis Gounaris, and George Kosteletos. https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/plogos.
De Differentia
Date: 22-24 April 2019.
Venue: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: Region of Attica.
Co-organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory; Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Conference Format: In person/hybrid.
Official Language: English.
Programme: See the programme here.
Meeting on Bioethics
Date: 9 April 2019.
Venue: Pappas’ Mill Cultural Center.
Location: Larissa.
Organized by: University of Thessaly.
Co-organized by: Municipality of Larissa, NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory, Papazisii Publications.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: Greek.
Programme: See the inviitation/programme here.
Religions and Human Rights
Date: 13 to 16 February 2019.
Venue: Great Hall, Amphitheatre and Alkis Argyriadis, NKUA; Amphitheatre Antonis Tritsis, Municipality of Athens.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: Department of Social Theology and Religious Studies, NKUA.
Co-organized by: a.o., NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Conference Format: In person/hybrid.
Official Language: Greek.
Website: Visit the link.
Programme: See the programme here.
Philosophy and Bioethics
Date: 15 November 2018.
Venue: Aimilia Retsos Hall, Hellenic College of Thessaloniki.
Location: Thessaloniki.
Organized by: Hellenic College of Thessaloniki.
Co-organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory; Conatus - Journal of Philosophy.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: Greek.
Meeting: Philosophy in Education
Date: 22 June 2018.
Venue: Ionia Hall, Voula Town Hall.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: Municipality of Voula.
Co-organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory; Conatus - Journal of Philosophy.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: Greek.
Material: See the Photo Gallery here.
Medical Responsibility and Bioethics V: Health Data and Genetic Data
Date: 19 January 2018.
Venue: Europi Hall, Nomiki Vivliothiki.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: Technology of Information Research Laboratory, Ionian University.
Co-organized by: a.o., NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Conference Format: In person/hybrid.
Official Language: Greek.
Website: Visit the link.
Programme: See the programme here.
Proceedings / Publications: Maria Kanellopoulou-Botis and Fereniki Panagopoulou-Koutnatzi, editors. Bioethical Issues IV: Health Data and Genetic Data. Papazisi, 2019.
Medical Responsibility and Bioethics IV: The Child
Date: 9 and 10 December 2016.
Venue: Europi Hall, Nomiki Vivliothiki.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: Technology of Information Research Laboratory, Ionian University.
Co-organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Conference Format: In person/hybrid.
Official Language: Greek.
Programme: See the programme here.
Proceedings / Publications: Maria Kanellopoulou-Botis, Evangelos Protopapadakis, and Fereniki Panagopoulou-Koutnatzi, editors. Bioethical Concerns III: The Child. Papazisi, 2018.
Material: See the Photo Gallery here.
Jovan Babić, "The Ethics of Space: Where? What Does It Mean, why Does It Matter?"
Date: 10 March 2017.
Venue: Amphitheatre 438, School of Philosophy, NKUA.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: English.
Programme: See the programme here.
Aristotle's Philosophy - Then and Now
Date: 15 December 2016.
Venue: Ioannis Drakopoulos Hall, NKUA.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Co-organized by: Conatus - Journal of Philosophy.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: Greek.
Programme: See the programme here.
Proceedings / Publications: Conatus - Journal of Philosophy Vol. 2, No. 1 (June 2017) - Special Issue: Aristotle's Philosophy through Time. Guest Editors Georgia-Zoi Tsouchlaraki and Katerina Plevridi.
Material: See the Photo Gallery here.
The Human "Face" of Philosophy
Date: 26 November 2016.
Venue: Kostis Palamas Building, NKUA.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Co-organized by: Varii.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: Greek.
Programme: See the programme here.
Contemporary Forms of Dialogue
Date: 8 October 2016.
Venue: Kostis Palamas Building, NKUA.
Location: Athens.
Organized by: NKUA Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory.
Co-organized by: Ideotopos.
Conference Format: In person.
Official Language: Greek.
Programme: See the programme here.