Eleni Maragkou

Eleni Maragkou is an interdisciplinary researcher, editor, and writer based in Amsterdam. Her research focuses broadly on themes of online (sub)culture, vernacular creativity, playfulness, and ambivalence, topics she has explored in data sprints, academic conferences, and workshops. At the moment, Maragkou is a research assistant in the Playing Politics project at Leiden University, which explores the intersection of play and politics from a variety of disciplines and frameworks, including law, philosophy, and media. Beyond academia, Eleni works as a digital producer and editor for the non-profit Next Nature Network and in her free time tries to conceptualise ways of making nightlife safer and more equitable.