Nikiforos Diamandouros: The Greek Diet as Knowledge, Culture and Public Health
Nikiforos Diamandouros explores the Greek diet’s links to cultural memory, science and public health in his article in Kathimerini.
Healthy longevity: science and the promises of the market
Evidence-based healthy longevity: George Chrousos and Evi Hatziandreou on prevention, anti-ageing and oversight.
From Cinema to Space: What Future Do We Want to Create?
Anezina Solomonidou connects cinema, science and space, raising questions about technology, colonisation and the future.
In the Minds of Greek Intellectuals
Four Komvos partners featured in Naftemporiki’s collector’s editionNaftemporiki has released its collector’s edition, “In the Minds of Greek Intellectuals”, bringing together 52 essays by 54 leading figures from academia and science, the economy, politics, culture, and the arts. Adopting a broad understanding of what it means to be an intellectual, the publication seeks to bring critical thinking into the public conversation and shed light on aspects of Greece’s social and economic reality that often remain beyond a narrow reading of events and statistics.The contributions span an equally broad range of topics, including democracy and institutions, war and peace, artificial intelligence, education, healthcare, the environment, the economy, historical memory, and the role of culture in the contemporary world. Contributors include, among others, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece, Lina Mendoni, Evangelos Venizelos, Yannis Stournaras, Theodosios Tassios, Titos Patrikios, George Babiniotis, Demetrios Nanopoulos, Christos Zerefos, Athanassios Fokas, Michalis Bletsas, Anastasia Kotanidou, Maria Efthymiou, Thanos Veremis, Alkistis Protopsalti, Mariza Koch, and Lambros Liavas.Among the contributors are four active partners of Komvos: Christina Koulouri, Nikiforos Diamandouros, Michalis Tiverios, and Nikos Vettas. Although their essays emerge from different academic disciplines, they converge on fundamental questions that concern every…
Christina Koulouri at Women in Business & Science
Christina Koulouri at Women in Business & Science discusses history, critical thinking, the social sciences, and leadership in a wide-ranging interview on knowledge, society, and the challenges of our time.
The Greek Language in the Digital Age
The presence of the Greek language on knowledge platforms in the digital age is a matter of culture, inclusion and equal participation in the era of AI.
European Port Strategy
An analysis of the European port strategy, based on an article in Naftemporiki by Komvos members. The role of Greece, maritime expertise, and strategic thinking in the evolving European framework.
The “Truth” of Photography: Testimony or Interpretation?
The “truth” of photography: testimony or interpretation? A contemporary reading of Christina Koulouri’s article in the B2 supplement of To Vima.
Non-State Universities: Expectations and Reality
The licensing of non-state universities has re-emerged in the public debate as a critical institutional change. Article by K. Drosatos in Kathimerini.
February 9th — World Greek Language Day
February 9th was recently established by UNESCO as World Greek Language Day.