Dimitra Balla
Scientific Associate at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies, AUTh
Dimitra Balla is Dr. of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) and a Scientific Associate at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies, AUTh. Her research interests include Aristotle’s philosophy (mainly, ontology, biological science, and ethics) and contemporary philosophy of biology. Her master thesis is a comparative study on the affinities between Aristotle’s and Darwin’s biological views, while her doctoral research focused on Aristotle’s biology (dissertation title: “Morphē, eidos and matter in Aristotle’s biology: De Partibus Animalium, De Generatione Animalium and De Anima,” supervisor: Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou). She took part as a Doctoral Research Fellow in the Research Project “Aristotle as the Founder of Scientific Realism” (principal director: Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou) carried out within the framework of the O. P. THALES (2012-2015), and as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Research Project “The Moral Status of the Child in Plato and Aristotle: The Transition from Mere Living (ζῆν) to Living Well (εὖ ζῆν)” (funded by the Programme “Support of Young Scientists,” 2018-2019). Dr. Balla has participated with announcements in world congresses, as well as in international and national conferences, symposia, seminars, and classical philosophy workshops. She has also contributed with essays and articles in collective volumes, journals, and peer-reviewing journals. Some publications, indicative of her research work, are the following: “Aristotle’s Wondering Children” (co-author, POLITEIA - International Interdisciplinary Philosophical Review, 2019), “Likeness in Aristotle’s Theory of Natural Generation: The Use of the Terms Εἶδος and Μορφή” (Proceedings of the World Congress “Aristotle 2400 Years,” Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou, ed., Thessaloniki: A.U.Th. & DI.K.A.M., 2019, pp. 115-121), and “Aristotle and Darwin on the Birds’ Beaks: Evolutionary Affinities” (co-author with Zacharias Scouras, IDEE - Journal of Philosophy and Human Sciences, 2021).