Theo Karapiperis

Theo Karapiperis, Ph.D., studied physics at the University of Sussex (B.Sc.) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.). He worked in research before moving to the European Parliament, where he served in the secretariats of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology and the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy. He later became Head of the Policy Department for Scientific Policy. From 2010 until his retirement in 2022, he led a unit comprising the STOA Secretariat, the Scientific Foresight Service, the European Science-Media Hub, and STOA’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence. From July 2022 to February 2024, he served as Vice-President of EuroScience.