Collaboration has proven to be similarly important in her professional life. In 2016 she co-edited – together with historians Dr. Kostis Kornetis and Dr. Nikoloas Papadogiannis – the volume Consumption and Gender in Southern Europe since the Long 1960s. The idea, she says, was to examine southern European countries from a time-period of political instability and dictatorships, to that of the re-instatement of democracy. The collaborative nature of the project was vital to its success: “it allowed for fascinating discussions amongst contributors and editors who were in different parts of Europe and North America. Most importantly, the volume became the first transnational analysis of consumer cultures and gender in contemporary Spain, Portugal and Greece, placing the Southern European region in a wider European, a transatlantic, context.”
This reflects what Kotsovili says motivates and excites her: “the endless possibilities that literature offers us to understand ourselves and others, establishing new links between individuals from all over the world…I am thinking of celebrated authors, past and present: for instance, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and their exploration of dystopian futures, to the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood. My main objective is to re-introduce important works to students and to showcase their relevance in today’s society; to open their minds to new interpretations, to challenge them, and to offer opportunities for critical reflection, and independent thinking.”