Theodoros Kyriakides is a social anthropologist with extensive research experience and publications on science and technology studies and the social dimensions of illness. He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology (2016) from the University of Manchester. He has previously collaborated with KIOS on the PathoCERT project and, in collaboration with the UCY Department of Social and Political Sciences, he is currently participating as a part-time Research Associate in the SPARROW project, which focuses on enhancing societal resilience and crisis management in the face of digital breakdowns.