Sofia Koukouli is an Assistant Professor in Social Policy at the Social Work Department of the Hellenic Mediterranean University, and also a Founding member of the Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Approaches for the Enhancement of Quality of Life at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, School of Health and Social Welfare, and a Member of the Institute of Agri-Food and Life Sciences in Hellenic Mediterranean University. She completed her two BA degrees—first in Sociology and second in Political Science, both from the University of Paris X-Nanterre, her MA in Political Science from New York University, and received her PhD in Social Medicine from the School of Medicine, University of Crete. Prior to her current position, Sofia Koukouli served as an Assistant Professor of Social Policy at Technological Educational Institute of Crete, School of Health and Social Welfare, from 2004 to 2019, and was also an invited professor in the Master’s Program of “Public Health and Health Care Management” at the University of Crete since 2003. Her work in the Field has resulted in over 50 publications in various journals, with her research interests focusing on health and social care policy, social policy for vulnerable groups, and family policy.