Epaminondas Christophilopoulos
Deputy Chair Company Foresight Team
Dr Epaminondas Christophilopoulos is the Deputy-Chair of the Foresight Unit of the Presidency of the Government of the Hellenic Republic, and the UNESCO Chair on Futures Research at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Greece. He worked in the field of technology transfer and research commercialization, before setting up the international research co-operation unit of the PRAXI Network at FORTH. Since then, he has coordinated several projects in Eastern Europe, Asia, the Gulf peninsula, and Central America, and worked extensively in China for over 10 years. Since 2010, he has had a particular focus on future studies and set up the PRAXI Network Foresight Unit.
Epaminondas has an academic background in Physics (BSc), Environmental Studies (MSc), International Relations, and Foresight (Phd). He is a certified future strategist, Chair of the Foresight Europe Network (FEN), a member of the World Future Studies Federation (WFSF), and Co-Chair of the Greek Node of the Millennium Project. His current research interests include the introduction of the special relativity theory in futures thinking, anticipatory governance, the use of gamification methods in foresight, and futures literacy.
Contact:
Phone number: +30-6947-805616
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