Staff Profile

I am a lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University (Fixed-Term). I'm also temporarily serving as Degree Programme Director for the PG Certificate in Research Training with Researcher Education Development (RED).



My expertise lies in the fields of modern European philosophy, phenomenology, and philosophy for/with children. I also have a vivid interest in Ancient Philosophy.

Prior to Joining Newcastle University, I worked as a teaching fellow at University College Dublin (UCD) and as a Research Fellow at the UCD Centre for Ethics in Public life. Additionally, I participated in the Irish Research Council-funded BodyDementia project and actively engaged in public outreach by organizing philosophical events and co-organizing the Irish and International Young Philosopher Awards.

My interests span across classical, critical, and applied approaches to phenomenology. Currently, I co-edit a special issue on "Embodied Accounts of Dementia," drawing on critical and applied perspectives to understand the lived experience of dementia. Additionally, my research focuses on the phenomenology of addiction. Beyond phenomenology, I hold a strong interest in the philosophy of education, particularly the "philosophy for/with children" pedagogy and the philosophy of childhood. My work has been published in journals such as the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, Critical Horizons, Childhood & Philosophy.

I currently teach Ancient Philosophy II: Aristotle and Beyond, Introduction to Moral Philosophy and supervise Stage 2 projects.

• Articles

  • Petropoulos G. Heidegger and Fink: From the Futurism of Care to the ‘Now’ of Play. Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities 2024, 29(5). In Press.
  • Petropoulos, G. Challenging Adult-centrism: Speaking Speech and the Possibility of Intergenerational Dialogue. Childhood & Philosophy 2023, 19.
  • Petropoulos G. Heidegger's Reading of Plato: On Truth and Ideas. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 2021, 52(2), 118-136.
  • Petropoulos G. Fink's Notion of Play in the Context of Philosophical Inquiry with Children. Childhood & Philosophy 2021, 17, 1-24.
  • Petropoulos, G. Actuality without Existence: The Jewish Figure in Heidegger's Notebooks. Critical Horizons 2020, 21(2).
  • Petropoulos, G. The Political Implications of Heidegger's Reading of the Allegory of the Cave. Sofia Philosophical Review 2019, XII(2).

• Book Chapter

  • Petropoulos, G. Pyrrhonian Epoché, Mindfulness and Being-in-the-World. In: Susi Ferrarello & Christos Hadjioannou, ed. The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Mindfulness. 2023.

• Editorials

  • Petropoulos, G. The Present and the Future of Doing Philosophy with Children. Childhood & Philosophy 2023, 19.
  • Petropoulos G. Phenomenology and Ancient Greek Philosophy: An Introduction. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 2021, 52(2), 95-97.