Antonios Petras holds a BA in History and a BA in Anthropology and is currently an MA student of Mobility Studies at the University of Thessaly. He is a student member of the "decolonize hellas" initiative. His research topics include, among others, the anthropology of infrastructure, environmental humanities, colonial history, and decolonization.
Thalia Marou is a Ph.D. of the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly (2023). She holds an MSc in the Environmental Design of Cities and Buildings (Hellenic Open University, 2007) and a Diploma in Forestry (AUTH, 1997). Her Ph.D. thesis subject is "Nature–culture Networks and Urban Home Food Gardening in the Contemporary City of Volos". Her research interests focus on the interactions of the practice of urban food gardening with everyday life, culture, and urban resilience and also nature–culture and care in more than human worlds. Since 2014, she has been teaching at the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly.
Romanos Ioannidis an Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher at Politecnico di Milano, in the Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering. His research focuses on crowdsourcing the public perception of landscapes and architecture, as well as on landscape planning and the architectural design of large infrastructure works, including renewable energy and water infrastructure.
He earned his PhD and Civil Engineering diploma from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). His postdoctoral research included a year of collaborative research visits with Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Forschungszentrum Jülich (Helmholtz Association), and Politecnico di Milano.
His research and teaching have been supported by scholarships from prestigious institutions such as the French Government, the German Government (DAAD), the Bodossaki Foundation, the Eugenides Foundation, the Greek Ministry of Education, and NTUA.
He has received both international and national distinctions, including the Seal of Excellence from the European Commission, the Best Scientific Publication Award from the Metsovion Interdisciplinary Research Center, and the Ecopolis Award for Best Diploma Thesis.
In addition to contributing to various European and national research projects, he has also gained professional experience as a freelancer collaborating with engineering and architectural firms.
