DIVERSE OPINIONS NEW WAYS OF THINKING
Curated & Moderated by:
Anna-Kynthia Bousdoukou
Anna-Kynthia Bousdoukou
Events
Wednesday 21 June 2023
17:00
17:00
On the first day of SNF Nostos, the SNF Dialogues, in collaboration with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, will dive into this crucial topic.
Topics
Thursday 11 May 2023
In recent years, the global economy has received blow after blow. And while the headlines focus on inflation, the energy crisis, and the latest round of bank failures, the slow creep of rising inequality and climate change is becoming more evident by the day.
Topics
Thursday 27 April 2023
Inaugurating the new category Topics, SNF Dialogues discuss with American ex-diplomat Brady Kiesling on today's geopolitics.
Events
Wednesday 25 November 2020
18:30
18:30
The SNF Dialogues discussed the quality of public discourse and the importance of dialogue in an era of intense polarization.
Events on demand
2:22'
Dome, Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center (SNFCC)
The SNF Dialogues hosted an open discussion, in collaboration with the SNF Agora Institute, as part of the SNF Nostos.
1:07'
Alternative Stage, Greek National Opera
The SNF Dialogues discussed social media and young people’s mental health as part of the 2022 SNF Nostos Conference dedicated to Health.
snfdialogues.org
The SNF Dialogues discussed new geopolitical balances and evolving relations between countries.
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QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, DEVELOPMENTS, AND NEW DATA ARE UPDATED CONSTANTLY. IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD IN AN INCREASINGLY DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT, WE ALL SEEK ANSWERS FOR THE PRESENT, AND GUIDANCE AS WE ENVISION THE FUTURE, THROUGH IDEAS, INSPIRATION, AND ACTION.
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Dialogues
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Unique Speakers
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Different Locations
OPINIONS
Speakers, experts, and citizens share their knowledge and experience on every possible field of science, culture, or just everyday life, keeping the Dialogue alive.
A few words about Trump’s Indictment
Brady Kiesling
2023: In Which Direction Are We heading?
Christoforos Pissarides
Global warming is not an exclusively contemporary phenomenon
Niki Evelpidou
Speakers

Esther Duflo
Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
The…mistake is that we are focusing too much on economic growth. That should not be an end, that should be a means. The end would be welfare in developing countries. Simple things, like being alive, not dying in infancy or in childbirth, being able to go to school…

Foteini Tsalikoglou
Author - Professor of Psychology
Our psyche is a product of dialogue, as, from the moment that we are born, we are part of a relationship. There is no ‘I’ without an ‘other.’ From this initial condition derive the difficulties, but also the beauty, that shape the adventures of our psyche.
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The Psychological Effects of a Year Living with Covid-19

Nikos Alivizatos
Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Athens
Everyone has the right to define themselves as they wish, and to believe whatever they want, but when they coexist with others, they cannot set the rules of the whole game.
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Τhe Power of Dialogue

Alondra Nelson
President, Social Science Research Council Harold F. Linder - Professor, Institute for Advanced Study
More than ever before it’s both important to have real experts at the table and those who are not experts but live with the consequences of the decisions that are being made by a technocratic society.
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The Interplay between Technology and Democracy: Pοtential and limitations

Dimitris Christopoulos
Professor in the Department of Political Science and History at Panteion University
The purpose of dialogue is not to deliver compliments. Dialogue is necessary in difficult situations and arguments, where our patience and tolerance are being tested.
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Τhe Power of Dialogue

Thodoris Chondrogiannos
Journalist
Dogfighting is inextricably linked to other crimes. When we investigate the issue of dogfighting, it's like investigating arms and drug dealing.
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Cruelty toward Animals

Mary-Ann Nobele
Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee
I have a very good relationship with social media. And I think it’s because of how intentional I am in terms of my use of social media. I think I’m very particular about who I follow, why I’m keeping up with them, what I’m taking from that experience, and how they affect me. To a certain degree, we’re all influenced. It might not be direct, we might not acknowledge it immediately, but slowly things do begin to influence you.
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Generation Social

Alex Piquero
Chair, Department of Sociology & Criminology and Arts and Sciences Distinguished Scholar, University of Miami
One of the strongest risk factors for later violence is exposure to violence.
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Manifestations of violence

Giannis Vassilopoulos
Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee
Social media has found a way to satisfy a need that is not met by our social circles.
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Generation Social

Eric Klinenberg
Professor of Social Sciences at New York University
A public space is an essential part of modern democratic life.
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The Return to Public Space,
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Manifestations of violence

Walter Puchner
Professor Emeritus NKUA
Ancient tragedy had a mechanism that starts with hubris, which involves a human being, a mortal, transgressing the laws of the gods and being punished for it. And, today, we are in a parallel situation, in the sense that we are breaking the laws of nature, the absolute standard.
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Modern political values, ancient drama

Irene Moundraki
Dramaturg, Head of Drama, Library, Archive & International Relations Departments National Theatre of Greece
Theater does not simply reflect the ideas of philosophy, but also raises big questions that concern humankind and, I think, will always concern it.
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Modern political values, ancient drama

Thibeaux Hirsh
Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee
I’ve found social media to provide a sort of distorted reality as a result of the algorithms, the feedback loops, and for myself it has resulted in a lower general appreciation for life than when I’m off social media.
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Generation Social

Stelios Virvidakis
Professor of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
We cannot always decide on a moral dilemma on the basis of the use of algorithms.
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Humanity - AI Symbiosis

Isobel Bruce
Digital Campaign Director, Purpose
Many movements have behaved intelligently. They’ve been able to use social media to enhance campaigns, enhance the dissemination and diffusion of messages, to reach out to more and diverse audiences.
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Social Media and Social Change

Rinu Oduala
Founder, Connect Hub Nigeria
Social media platforms allow young people to drive meaningful political discussion and dialogue about what is happening. The platforms have provided the necessary space.
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Social Media and Social Change

Joy Fan
Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee
We have a lot of this unverified, un-peer-reviewed information that is wandering unfettered, especially in the realm of social media.
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Generation Social

Beatrice Nyamwenge Okech
Member of the SNF Nostos Youth Advisory Committee
Social media are a learning platform, and also my window into the outside world.
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Generation Social

Steven Kushner
Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute
It's highly likely that in the next five to ten years, we’re really going to see a dramatic breakthrough in the development of new treatments.
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Mental Health

Konstantinos Kotsis
Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Ιn psychiatry, we see that the stigma is usually greater in children, greater than in adults.
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Mental Health

Marina Economou – Lalioti
Professor of Psychiatry of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
There is a lack of information on mental health issues, and that’s where we need to factor in political accountability and trust in institutions.
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Mental Health

Harold S. Koplewicz
Founding President and Medical Director of the Child Mind Institute
The stigma attached to mental disorders for years prevented parents from seeking help. It is time, because of the pandemic, to think about our mental health, especially that of our children.
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The Psychological Effects of a Year Living with Covid-19,
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Mental Health