Dr. Zoí N. Mágari completed her undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral studies in Ethnology, Anthropology, and Kinesiology. Her expertise lies in the anthropological study of the intangible dimensions of folk culture, with a focus on the analysis of customary ritual manifestations of the performing arts and an emphasis on the ethno-anthropological approach to folk performances and dance.

From 1999 to 2009 she served as a Scientific Associate (1999–2002), Lecturer in Applied Practice (2002–2005), and Permanent Lecturer in Applied Practice (2005–2009) in the Department of Folk and Traditional Music at the Epirus Technological Educational Institute (ATEI), for whose establishment she co-authored the scientific founding study together with G. Kokkónis and M. Zoumpoúlēs. In May 2008 she was elected Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Greek Folklore of the Academy of Athens, where she continues to serve to this day as a Senior Researcher.

She has participated as a scientific collaborator, researcher, and research director in numerous research projects, has conducted extensive anthropological fieldwork in Greece and abroad, and has contributed to international research initiatives of a similar scope. Additionally, from 1999 to the present she has taught continuously in undergraduate and postgraduate programs at several Higher Education Institutions (HOU, NKUA, ESDAA, among others).

She has taken part in Greek and international conferences and has published books and articles in Greek and international scholarly journals, presenting ethnographic and theoretical studies on contemporary ethno-anthropological approaches to folk culture. She is a member of the National Scientific Committee for the Implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and serves on four scientific working groups of international academic bodies and organizations focusing on the anthropological study of performative cultural practices.