Αίγλη Χατζούλη

Aigli Chatjouli is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology and History at the University of the Aegean, specializing in Medical Anthropology. She received her Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of the Aegean in 2009. Her undergraduate studies were in Molecular-Cell Biology (King’s College London, B.Sc., 1996). In 1997, she completed her postgraduate studies in Human Biology (University of Oxford, M.Sc.). Her research interests include the intersection of biology and anthropology, the normative dynamics of (bio)difference, the (a)continuities around the understanding of nature, the nature/culture dichotomy, the cultural construction of health and illness, health politics, and the interrelation between health and the environment. She has conducted research on Thalassemia in Greece, infertility, and assisted reproduction. As the scientific coordinator of the research project BIO-AGE, “The Biocultural Experience of Aging During the Covid-19 Pandemic,” she conducted research on the multiple dimensions of the aging experience during the pandemic. Selected publications: Chatjouli, A., 2023 (edit.). Third Age, Vulnerability, and Care Relations in the Pandemic Age: Anthropological Reflections on the Experience of Ageing. Athens: Alexandreia; Chatjouli, A., Daskalaki, I., and V. Kantsa, 2015. Out of Body, Out of Home: Assisted Reproduction, Gender, and Family in Greece. Athens: Alexandreia; Chatjouli, A., 2012. Thalassemic Lives: Biological Difference, Normality, and Bioculturality. An Anthropological Approach. Athens: Patakis.