Sofia Nikolidaki

Sophia Nikolidáki was born and raised in Athens. She graduated from the Department of Preschool Education and the Department of Philosophical and Social Studies at the University of Crete. She pursued postgraduate studies as an IKY scholar, focusing on kindergarten pedagogy and teaching methodology, as well as the philosophy of modernity. She studied with a scholarship from the Academy of Athens at the University of Wales in the United Kingdom, where she earned her Ph.D. in the philosophy of education (philosophy with children). She has worked as a kindergarten teacher in schools in the Rethymno region, as an instructor for student teaching practice at the Department of Preschool Education in Crete, and as a visiting lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Theological Studies at the University of Wales. She has volunteered with children's philosophy groups in Crete and Wales, taught philosophy for children in English-speaking schools in Wales, and at the Greek school in Cardiff. Currently, she works as an educator at the School of European Education in Heraklion, organizes philosophy seminars with children, and writes and illustrates stories, some of which have won awards in competitions.