Ioannis E. Paparrigopoulos holds a BA in History and Philosophy of Science from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a Master’s degree in International Relations from Goldsmiths University of London and an MLitt degree in Transnational, Global and Spatial History from the University of St. Andrews. His main research interests revolve around the digital humanities, historical GIS mapmaking and cartography, as well as the history of ideas and cross-cultural encounters. He is currently working as a researcher in the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications (ITT) at the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.