Education:
-PhD Candidate, Department of and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens;
-MSc, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian -University of Athens (2020);
-BS in Mathematics, University of Patras (2016).
Dissertation title:
The History of the Concept of “Technology” in Greece
Publications:
Kazantzas, P., Kechrimparis, A. & Tympas, T. (2024). The Importance of History in Shaping Energy Policy: Studying the Proceedings of the Conferences on Soft Energy Forms by IHT, 1982-2021. In Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Soft Energy Forms by IHT, Athens.
Conferences:
-Kechrimparis, A. & Kazantzas, P. “From “Soft Energy Forms” to “Renewable Energy Sources”: Greek Engineers and the Environment”. 1st Conference on Environmental History: “Conversations between Environmental History and the History of Science and Technology”, Athens, Greece, 2025.
-Kechrimparis, A. “The History of the Concept of ‘Technology’ in Greek Engineering Journals: From ‘Mihaniki Epitheorisis’ [Mechanical Review] to ‘Tehnika Hronika’ [Technical Chronicles]”. 1st Scientific Meeting on the History of Science and Technology, Athens, Greece, 2025.
-Kazantzas, P., Kechrimparis, A. & Tympas, T. “Resources and their discourses: From ‘soft energy’ to ‘renewable energy sources’”. 11th Tensions of Europe Conference, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, 2024.
-Kazantzas, P., Kechrimparis, A. & Tympas, T. “The Importance of History in Shaping Energy Policy: Studying the Proceedings of the Conferences on Soft Energy Forms by IHT, 1982-2021”. 13th Conference on Soft Energy Forms by IHT, Athens, 2024.
-Tympas, T., Kazantzas, P. & Kechrimparis, A. “History of Renewable Energy Sources, Issues of Definition and Periodization: Contributions from the History of Science and Technology, Conceptual History, and Environmental History”. 2nd NKUA Conference on Climate Crisis, Athens, 2023.
-Kechrimparis A., Kazantzas, P. & Tympas A. “Concepts and Materialities in the History of Renewable Energy Technology: The Paradigmatic Case of Greece”. Workshop: Histories of Technology Acceptance in the 20th Century, Berlin, Germany, 2023.
Fellowships/ Awards/ Distinctions:
-Scholarship under the Konstantinos A. Tsagadas Trust Fund for the academic year 2023–2024.
-Scholarship from IMS/FORTH for the project “FORTHistory 1983–2023” (December 2021–September 2022).
