GAIA Research Team
Angeliki Gazi, PhD
Associate Professor, Panteion University, Athens
Principal Investigator
Angeliki Gazi, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Research Methods in Media Psychology and Technology at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens and Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Athens. She served as a Lecturer and Assistant Professor at Cyprus University of Technology (2009 – 2018).
Angeliki Gazi, PhD
Associate Professor, Panteion University, Athens
Principal Investigator
Angeliki Gazi, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Research Methods in Media Psychology and Technology at the Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens and Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Athens. She served as a Lecturer and Assistant Professor at Cyprus University of Technology (2009 - 2018).
Her research interests concerns the fields of Self, Identity, Interpersonal Communication, Place Representations in Media, Mediated Experience Applications, Social Media, Mobile Phones and Technopsychological Systems.
She is a founding member and Chair of the Division: Media Psychology and Technology, of Hellenic Psychological Association, founding and former member of the Scientific Board of Social Computing Research Center, Cyprus University of Technology, a member of Scientific Committee of Groupe de Recherches et d’ Etudes sur la Radio (GRER), a founding member and former Vice Chair of the Radio Research Section of European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).
She has been involved in several EU and National funded research projects, she has published articles in refereed international journals and three books.
Dimitris Vagianos, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Dimitris Vagianos, PhD, holds a PhD from Panteion University in Political Sociology. Dimitris is a Postdoctoral researcher who has teached at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, University of Patras and University of Crete, in the Greek area. Dimitris contributes to the research team in the interdisciplinary feedback involving specific thematic units or individual disciplines on political sociology, social inclusion, gender inequalities, gender-based discrimination and education (third degree). He also has an interdisciplinary mutual feed focus on computational sciences, big data, and machine learning.
Dimitris Vagianos, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Dimitris Vagianos, PhD, holds a PhD from Panteion University in Political Sociology. Dimitris is a Postdoctoral researcher who has teached at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, University of Patras and University of Crete, in the Greek area. Dimitris contributes to the research team in the interdisciplinary feedback involving specific thematic units or individual disciplines on political sociology, social inclusion, gender inequalities, gender-based discrimination and education (third degree). He also has an interdisciplinary mutual feed focus on computational sciences, big data, and machine learning.
Kalliopi-Evangelia Stavroulia, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Kalliopi-Evangelia Stavroulia, PhD, is a Postdoctoral researcher at CYENS Centre of Excellence and she holds a PhD related to the use of Virtual Reality in education from the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology.
Kalliopi-Evangelia Stavroulia, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Kalliopi-Evangelia Stavroulia, PhD, is a Postdoctoral researcher at CYENS Centre of Excellence and she holds a PhD related to the use of Virtual Reality in education from the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology.
She holds an MSc in the Design and Development of Computer Games and Interactive Technologies from the Cyprus University of Technology and the University of Cyprus (2016). She also holds a Master of Arts in Education (Education Sciences) with distinction from Roehampton University of London and The Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education-ASPETE (2010).
She graduated in 2006 from Panteion University of Athens with a degree in International and European Studies. Her research interests focus on the scientific field of new technologies and specifically on the use of Virtual Reality for training purposes. She has developed and implemented VR applications in teacher training and was the principal investigator of the Erasmus+ VRTEACHER project related to VR-based teacher training approaches that were among the three finalists for the SALTO 2023 award.
She has been involved in several EU-funded research projects, has attended and participated in workshops, seminars and conferences and has published her work in journals and conferences related to this specific area.
Konstantinos Theodoridis, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Konstantinos Theodoridis, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences.
Konstantinos Theodoridis, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Konstantinos Theodoridis, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences.
He has taught in the wider scientific area of Digital Media and Culture at Panteion University and at the University of Patras. He completed his PhD in the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University.
He has worked as a research associate in various EU funded research projects. In GAIA, his research interests focus on the psycho-sociological dimensions of gender-based violence and discrimination. He also participates in the project management and the dissemination strategy regarding the project findings.
Efstathia Ntrouva, PhDc
Member of the Research team
Efstathia Ntrouva, is a Project Coordinator and Dissemination Manager for the Erasmus+ ICM Programme in the IR&EU Department at Panteion University since 2018. She is a PhDc in Sociology, holds two bachelor degrees in human and social sciences respectively and a master in gender studies.
Efstathia Ntrouva, PhDc
Member of the Research team
Efstathia Ntrouva, is a Project Coordinator and Dissemination Manager for the Erasmus+ ICM Programme in the IR&EU Department at Panteion University since 2018. She is a PhDc in Sociology, holds two bachelor degrees in human and social sciences respectively and a master in gender studies.
She has been working as a Project Manager and researcher in European projects since 2014 and she is responsible for planning, implementation, evaluating, and monitoring (HORIZON, KA2, and CBHE).
She participates as researcher in the following research activity: "Analysis and geo-social impact of Data Sciences and digitalization in European projects" (DISCUSOM, UniTus). She has co-authored scientific presentations and participated in several scientific and technical conferences.
Her role consists mainly of the communication and dissemination throughout GAIA project.
Eirini Spanopoulou
Member of the Research team
Eirini Spanopoulou is an information technology professional and a certified Cisco Instructor that has served as an educator affiliated with several Cisco authorized Networking Academies.
Eirini Spanopoulou
Member of the Research team
Eirini Spanopoulou is an information technology professional and a certified Cisco Instructor that has served as an educator affiliated with several Cisco authorized Networking Academies.
She works as Red Hat Certified Operating Systems Administrator with Linux servers in heterogeneous environments. She holds a bachelor degree in economics, a Master's degree in English literature from the University of Indianapolis and a Master's degree in gender studies from Panteion University of Athens. Also, she has designed and implemented adult educating projects for refugee support structures, specializing in the areas of computer networks, first level support and operating systems. Her research interests focus on the gendered language of technology, the modern forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence, and how technology can be used as a means for cyber resistance against gender-based violence.
In GAIA, she will contribute to the research, through the interdisciplinary field of gender and informatics, in the study of the phenomenon of harassment of women in higher education.
