Education:
-PhD Candidate, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA);
-MSc. in Philosophy of Science and Technology, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) (2024);
-BSc. in History and Philosophy of Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) (2022).
Dissertation Title:
The New Demarcation Problem and Gender Biases: A Feminist and Queer Critique of Quantification
Publications:
Amiridi-Wiedenmayer, M. “Reclaiming the Witch: Feminist Epistemologies and the Politics of Resistance in Contemporary Witchcraft Podcasts.” In You Can’t Burn Us All: Witches, Contemporary Media, and the Politics of Resistance (edited volume under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing, Library of Gender and Popular Culture series; chapter in preparation).
Conferences:
-Amiridi-Wiedenmayer, M. “Feminist philosophy of science: Gender biases in the life sciences.” 8th Panhellenic Conference in Philosophy of Science, NKUA, Athens, Greece, 5–7 December 2024.
-Amiridi-Wiedenmayer, M. “The reappropriation of the witch myth: An alternative epistemology.” Lisbon International Conference on Feminist Epistemology, organized by CFCUL, CEI-ISCTE, CRIA-ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal, 28–29 October 2024.
-Participation in the thematic panel “On the Sociotechnical Challenges of European Migration and Border Control, or why Pylos “Data Matters”.” 11th Tensions of Europe Conference, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, 19–21 September 2024.
-Presenter: “Die Wiederaneignung des Rembetiko durch die queere Gemeinschaft” [“The Reappropriation of Rebetiko by the Queer Community”]. BIP of the CIVIS Alliance “Multicultural and Multilingual Mediation,” Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 27–31 May 2024.
-Member of the organizing committee, 7th Panhellenic Conference in Philosophy of Science, NKUA, Athens, Greece, 1–3 December 2022.
Fellowships/ Awards/ Distinctions:
-Young Envoys Scholarship (YES) Program – Short-Term Academic Mobility Programme, China, 15–24 December 2025. Student talk delivered within the official program: Classical Wisdom in Academic Governance.
-BSc. in History and Philosophy of Science with distinction (GPA: 9.75/10), Department of History and Philosophy of Science, NKUA, 2022.
Research Projects:
-Research team member, European project TETHICS GAME: A Serious Game for Innovative Education in Ethics of Technology, Erasmus+ (EU), 2023–2025. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Aristotelis Tympas, NKUA.
-Research team member, TECHNO-LOGIA: Dissemination of Research on Art in a Techno-Logical Society, H.F.R.I. project “Science and Society – Hubs of Research, Innovation and Dissemination,” 2021–2023. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Aristotelis Tympas, NKUA.