Despoina Livieratou was the Academic and Administrative Assistant from November 2021 until September 2024. Leaving her full-time position at the ISRF to take up a role Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at University College London and NHS Hillingdon Trust, Despoina continues to work with the ISRF on a part-time basis supporting the Book Launch programme and the Political Affect programme.

Despoina holds an MSc in History and Philosophy of Science, from UCL, and an MSc in Psychology - accredited by the British Psychological Society - from Birkbeck, University of London. Her academic interests include Aristotle’s philosophy and theory of mind and the History of Psychology.