Researchers
Maria Katsigianni is a researcher at the Laboratory for Educational Policy, Research, Development and Inter-University Cooperation (ERDIC) and a PhD candidate at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus, specializing in International/European Economic Negotiations. Her academic research interests include EU political and economic governance, European integration and EU financial assistance mechanisms.
Olga Sideri
Olga Sideri is a researcher at ERDIC Laboratory of the University of Piraeus. She has worked as a vocational guidance counselor for vulnerable groups of adults in a vocational training center, and at this time she works as a Market Liaison officer and Entrepreneurship advisor in the Career Office of the University of Piraeus.
Marianthi Pelekanaki
Marianthi Pelekanaki is the Dissemination, Communication & social media manager of MOTIVATE and a researcher at ERDIC Laboratory. She has been a columnist, translator & social media manager in the Greek department of the European media network Euractiv since 2021 and content manager and social media manager in a European magazine.
Dr. Rentzios Christos
Dr. Rentzios Christos holds a PhD in Educational Psychology in the Department of Psychology at University of Ioannina. He is a teacher and a Headmaster in primary school. For the last two years he has been teaching at Neapolis University Pafos of Cyprus as a collaborating Teaching Staff. His academic research interests include early experiences (attachment and mentalizing), epistemic trust, emotion regulation, academic emotions, and learning in Higher Εducation.
Dr. Eleftheria Ftaklaki
Dr. Eleftheria Ftaklaki is a collaborating Teaching Staff and a Post-doctoral researcher at the University of the Aegean. Her research interests include European integration, the EU in the World, the EU’s Enlargement, the Security and Defense Strategy, and International Policy issues.
Kleio Chatzidaniel
Kleio Chatzidaniel is a PhD Candidate, University of the Aegean, Dept., of Sociology working on the “The European Unification Idea in Greece during the Interwar period”. She holds a BA from the University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Philosophy, Dept., of History and Archaeology; a Post – Graduate Degree (two year program), University of the Aegean, Dept of Social Anthropology and History – Historical Anthropology and she followed a two year program on European citizenship and Human rights, University of the Aegean.
Dr Foteini-Vassiliki Kuloheri
Dr Foteini-Vassiliki Kuloheri (BA in Greek and English Language and Literature, NKUA; MA in Applied Linguistics, Essex University; Doctorate in Education, Warwick University; RSA DOTE Dist., Cambridge University) is an experienced EFL teacher, teacher trainer/mentor, Teachers4Europe Ambassador, educational researcher and author, with extensive involvement in evaluation in education, materials design and the design, coordination and implementation of innovative school programs. Her doctorate thesis comprised the first systematic, qualitative educational research on disciplined classroom behavior.
Varvara Dilari
Varvara Dilari holds a BA in French Language and Literature from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds a Master’s degree in “International and European Policies on Education, Training and Research”, Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus. She is a scientific collaborator of the Laboratory of Education Policy, Research, Development and Interuniversity Cooperation of the University of Piraeus (ERDIC). She was a UNESCO Key Partners network for the promotion of the Global Action Program on ESD (2015-2019.) She is a fellow researcher at the UNESCO Chair for Intercultural Policy for Active Citizenship and Solidarity at the University of Macedonia.
Dimitrios Kritas
Dimitrios Kritas is Political Scientists and PhD candidate of the Department of Political Science of the University of Crete, Field Manager of the Public Policy and Administration Research and undergraduate student in the Department of International & European Studies in University of Piraeus. He is Vice President of the Hellenic Association of Political Scientists.
Petros Tsachouridis
Petros Tsachouridis is a graduate Bsc (Hons) of the University of Piraeus department of International and European Studies. His research interests include the Common Agricultural Policy, European health policies with emphasis on health crises and health threats, and European integration.