Dimitra Kofti

Dimitra Kofti is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Panteion University. Her research focuses on labor studies, globalization, and Balkan societies, with a particular emphasis on capitalism's moral dimensions, work transformations, and socio-economic dynamics. She teaches courses such as Anthropology of Work, Global Transformations in the Balkans, and Ethnography and Cinematography. Her work bridges historical and contemporary perspectives, exploring topics like labor precarity, financialized kinship, and transnational elite mobility.

Her courses include

• Anthropology and History
• Introduction to Social Anthropology I
• Contemporary Anthropological Theory
• Global transformations and the Balkans

reflecting her interdisciplinary approach.

Research interests span labor dynamics in post-socialist economies, cultural responses to capitalism, and the interplay between households and global markets. Her recent work analyzes moral economies of production and the socio-cultural impacts of financialization. She has published widely on Bulgarian labor conditions, Greek-Bulgarian economic interactions, and urban political dynamics in Sofia.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed, but her prolific publication record highlights sustained academic engagement. She advises no listed students but contributes to mentoring through her teaching roles. Her work intersects with global studies, making contributions to broader socio-economic debates within anthropology.