Eugenia Roussou

Eugenia Roussou is an Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at the Department of Social Anthropology and History, University of the Aegean (since May 2025). She holds a PhD from University College London (UCL, 2010), a Master's from Goldsmiths College (2004), and a BA from the University of Thessaly (2003). Her research focuses on the anthropology of religion, New Age spirituality, ritual practices, and religious pluralism in Greece and Portugal. She has held postdoctoral and principal investigator roles at Portugal’s Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CRIA, leading projects like ReSpell (FCT-funded) on religion, spirituality, and wellbeing in Southern Europe. She co-edits journals such as Religion and Society and participates in networks like the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA).

• Education: BA (University of Thessaly), MSc (Goldsmiths College), PhD (UCL)
• Research: Expertise in transreligiosity, ritual healing, and comparative religious practices
• Grants: Portuguese FCT funding for projects on spirituality and crisis
• Labs: Collaborates with CRIA’s Ethnography Laboratory and the Department’s research groups

Research interests include the interplay between Orthodox Christianity and New Age spirituality, the role of ritual in health, and the impact of crisis on religious practices. Recent work explores pandemic-era adaptations in spiritual practices and transreligious healing modalities.