Our collaborative team includes faculty members and researchers from the Department of Education at the University of Nicosia.
Maria Evagorou
Professor
Google Scholar: Maria Evagorou
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1299-946X
Maria Evagorou
Scholar google profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4dWzc-cAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-946X
Christiana Karousiou
Assistant Professor
Google Scholar: Christiana Karousiou
- ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3767-0035
Maria Nicolaou
PhD Student
Maria Nicolaou
Maria has a background in physics and science education. She holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from University of Crete and a master’s degree in the Teaching of Science and Mathematics from University of Nicosia. With her academic training and expertise, Maria is deeply passionate about exploring the concept of physics identity, particularly within informal learning environments. Her research interests lie at the intersection of physics education, identity formation, and informal learning. She is committed to investigating how factors such as gender, and social interactions influence students’ development of physics identity in informal educational contexts.
Isabel Maria Cruz Lorite
Researcher
- Google Scholar: Isabel María Cruz Lorite
- ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6099-134X
Isabel Maria Cruz Lorite
Isabel holds two Bachelor’s Degrees in Environmental Sciences and Marine Sciences, from the University of Cádiz (Spain), a Master’s Degree in Environmental Education and a PhD in Science Education, both from the University of Málaga (Spain). Her research interests focus on science education using socio-scientific issues/socially acute questions related to environmental problems as a context. She is currently employed as a researcher at the Department of Education of the University of Nicosia (Cyprus) under the EU funded open schooling project “ICSE Science Factory”.
Sophia Sergiou
Researcher
Sophia Sergiou
Currently she is a member of the InSSTER team at the University of Nicosia and working as a researcher for the European funded programmes NBS Academy and NBS4S while at the same time she works as a teaching assistant at the University of Cyprus. She has participated in the organization of the 13th Conference of Didactics in Biology (Eridob, 2022) and contributed with the logistics needed for the publication of the conference’s book (Shaping the future of Biological Education Research). She was also involved in other EU-funded projects such as Evidence (Erasmus+). Her research interests focus mainly on the education of pre-service and in-service teachers regarding Environmental and Sustainably issues.
Dr Irene Drymiotou
Researcher
Dr Irene Drymiotou
Dr Irene Drymiotou is a researcher at the University of Nicosia and the University of Cyprus. Her research focuses on nurturing students’ interest in science and STEM-related careers through specially designed educational materials that promote the development of 21st-century skills in the context of socio-scientific issues. Irene has teaching experience as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Education of the University of Cyprus, and has been working for the last 10 years on various European-funded projects by Horizon 2020 and Erasmus + at the University of Cyprus, the Centre for the Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology (CARDET), GrantXpert Consulting LTD, and since March 2024, the University of Nicosia. Irene holds a double Ph.D. degree in Science Education from the University of Groningen and the University of Cyprus, and her master’s studies include an MA in Learning in Natural Sciences, an MA in ICT in Education, and a bachelor’s degree in Primary Education.
