Vassilios Paipais

Vassilios Paipais is Professor of International Political Theory and Director of the Institute of International Relations (IDIS) at Panteion University, Athens. He has previously taught at the Universities of St Andrews, Edinburgh, and at the LSE. His work focuses on International Relations (IR) theory, political theory, political ontology, and political theology. His articles have appeared in leading IR, political theory and political theology journals. He is the author of Political Ontology and International Political Thought: Voiding a Pluralist World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). He has edited three volumes: Theology and World Politics: Metaphysics, Genealogies, Political Theologies (Palgrave McMillan, 2020), Perspectives on International Political Theory in Europe (Palgrave McMillan, 2021), and The Civil Condition in World Politics: Beyond Tragedy and Utopianism (Bristol University Press, 2022).