Pedro M. G. Dotto earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from The New School for Social Research (NSSR) in 2023. He was awarded the Hans Jonas Award for Best Dissertation in Philosophy. He received the Onassis Foundation Fellowship in Ancient Greek Studies (2020-2021). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (2009-2013) and a Master’s degree in Philosophy (2014-2016) from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), having been a scholarship holder from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) during his MA. Currently, he is conducting a postdoctoral research in the Graduate Program in Philosophy at PUC-SP with a scholarship from the Institutional Postdoctoral Program (PIPD) by CAPES, focusing on the psychology of the tripartite soul in Plato. He is also a fellow researcher of the Archai/UNESCO Chair in the Graduate Program in Metaphysics at the University of Brasilia (UnB) since 2023. He serves as an associate editor and editorial production coordinator, as well as an assistant reviews editor for the journal Archai, and as an assistant editor for Plato Journal.

He published the book Usos da liberdade e agonismo em Michel Foucault (Intermeios, 2018) with a publishing grant from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). His most recent academic contributions include the papers “‘Phaedrus at the Crossroads: The Intertextuality between Heracles’ Apologue and Plato’s Phaedrus” (Revue de Philosophie Ancienne, 42(1), 2024), “The Consistency of Plato’s Treatment of Rhetoric” (Doispontos, 21(2), 2024) and “Foucault, leitor de Platão: Psicagogia, parrésia e o cuidado da verdade” (Poliética, 12(1), 2024). As a postdoctoral fellow on the project “Mapping Philosophy as a Way of Life: An Ancient Model, a Contemporary Approach” (2022.02833.PTDC), he conducted research at IFILNOVA in the first semester of 2024.