As an avid lover of mythology, reading the Iliad by Homer, a fellow İzmirite, led me to wonder whether human ideas of power, legitimacy, leadership, order, and authority have truly changed over the centuries, and what mythology might still teach us about the world today. This idea served as the starting point for this interview.

As an avid lover of mythology, reading the Iliad by Homer, a fellow İzmirite, led me to wonder whether human ideas of power, legitimacy, leadership, order, and authority have truly changed over the centuries, and what mythology might still teach us about the world today. This idea served as the starting point for this interview.

Volker Wittpahl: If I had a wish for Christmas, I would say if we had a kind of driving license for any smartphone and for every internet service for every citizen, no matter what age, then we wouldn't have this problem. But we will never get this license like a driving license for a car.

It is always super inspiring and encouraging for me to interview women in academics, to begin with. This interview was a little personal...