The Institute of Historical Research | National Hellenic Research Foundation
The Institute of Historical Research is one of the three institutes that constitute the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, Greece. It was formed in 2012 from the development of the three former humanities institutes of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (KERA, IBR, and INR), the oldest Greek research institutions on historical and philological sciences. Its research activities focus on the creation and dissemination of new knowledge, as well as the training of younger researchers, thus contributing decisively to national self-awareness and international scientific cooperation in the scientific fields it serves.
Project SOW is implemented in two phases: Phase A from the year 2016 to 2019, and Phase B from the year 2020 to 2023.
Project Director
Efthymios NICOLAIDIS Research Director, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Group Coordinators
Cosmology
Rev. Doru COSTACHE Associate Professor in Patristic Studies, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia
Alexei NESTERUK Senior Research Lecturer, University of Portsmouth
Matter & Consciousness
Rev. Kirill KOPEIKIN Senior Lecturer of Theology, St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy
Basarab NICOLESCU President, Centre International de Recherches et Études Transdisciplinaires, Paris, France
Physics
Rev. Christopher KNIGHT Executive Secretary, International Society for Science & Religion
Stoyan TANEV Assoc. Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Biology & Bioethics
Rev. Paraskevas (Perry) HAMALIS Metropolis of Korea | North Central College, Naperville USA
Gayle WOLOSCHAK Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago
Evolution & Environment
Elizabeth THEOKRITOFF Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge
Gayle WOLOSCHAK Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago
Psychology & Psychanalysis
Eudoxie DELLI Researcher, Research Centre for Greek Philosophy, Academy of Athens
Rev. Vasilios THERMOS Professor, High Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens | Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Greece
Philosophy & Theology
Eudoxie DELLI Researcher, Research Centre for Greek Philosophy, Academy of Athens
Vasilios MAKRIDES Prof. of Religious Studies (Orthodox Christianity), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Erfurt
History of Science-Orthodoxy relationship
Ronald NUMBERS Professor Emer., University of Wisconsin
Kostas TAMPAKIS Associate Researcher, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
NHRF Research Team
Senior Researchers
George TOLIAS Historian / Research Director, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Gerasimos MERIANOS Historian of Byzantium - Science Historian / Senior Researcher, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Kostas TAMPAKIS Associate Researcher, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Junior Researchers
Vangelis KOUTALIS Historian of Science / Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Staff
Ersi BAKOU Administration Officer
Ilia CHRISTANTONI IT Manager
Nikolaos LIVANOS Events & Communications Coordinator
Educational Advisor
George VLAHAKIS Asst Professor, School of Humanities, Hellenic Open University
PHASE A (2016-2019):
Scientific Committee
John Hedley BROOKE Fmr Idreos Professor of Science & Religion, University of Oxford
Peter HARRISON Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland
Rev. Christopher KNIGHT Executive Secretary, International Society for Science & Religion
Rev. Kyrill KOPEIKIN Senior Lecturer of Theology, St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy
Alexandre KOSTOV Director of Research, Institute for Balkan Studies, Sofia
Vasilios MAKRIDES Prof. of Religious Studies (Orthodox Christianity), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Erfurt
Alexei NESTERUK Senior Research Lecturer, University of Portsmouth
Ronald NUMBERS Professor Emer., University of Wisconsin
Aleksandar PETROVIĆ Professor, University of Belgrade
Alexey POSTNIKOV Director of Research, Institute for the History of Science, Russian Academy of Science
Yakov RABKIN Professor, University of Montreal
William SHEA Galileo Professor of History of Science, University of Padua
Magdalena STAVINSCHI Fmr Director, Astronomical Institute, Romanian Academy
Gayle WOLOSCHAK Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago
Researchers
Miriam ASLITURK Researcher for Ukrainian & Russian language sources
Eudoxie DELLI Researcher for French & English language sources
Gianna KATSIAMPOURA Researcher for Greek language and diaspora (USA/Australia) sources
Vangelis KOUTALIS Researcher for Greek & German-language sources
Ivaylo NACHEV Researcher for Bulgarian language sources
Tamara PATARIDZE Researcher for Georgian language sources
Dmitry SAPRYKIN Researcher for Russian language sources
Alexandra STAVINSCHI Researcher for Romanian language sources
Aleksandra STEVANOVIĆ Researcher for Serbian language sources
Kostas TAMPAKIS Researcher for English & German-language sources
Public Understanding Advisors
Konstantinos SKORDOULIS Professor of Epistemology of Science, Dept of Education, University of Athens
George VLAHAKIS Associate Professor, Hellenic Open University
Communications Consultant
Translators & language editors
Victoria BOLSHAKOVA Russian language translator & editor
Maria DARMOU Interview & database editor
Krini KAFIRIS English language translator & editor
Emmanuel MEIMARIS English language database editor
Graphics Design
