Kyriaki Papageorgiou Author

Kyriaki Papageorgiou has a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, with an emphasis on Science and Technology Studies, from the University of California, Irvine. Her current research draws on anthropological theories and ethnographic methods to critically examine social, technological and business innovation side-by-side. She is particularly interested in the discourses and practices of innovation in tackling big societal challenges, and the emergent role of robotics and AI in transforming work and our daily lives. As the Director of Research at Fusion Point, an initiative between ESADE, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Kyriaki leads a collaborative research program on prototyping the future of education that is challenge-driven, multidisciplinary, experiential, experimental, socially relevant and impactful.