Eleni Katsarou, Ph.D., is Professor of Curriculum Theories and Instruction at the Department of Primary Education, University of Crete, Greece. She graduated from the School of Philosophy at EKPA (University of Athens, B.Sc. 1987), where she also did her postgraduate studies (Ph.D. 1998 and post-doc 2002). She has worked as a teacher in secondary education for more than ten years. She started working at the Higher education in 2000.
Her current research and publications focus on curriculum studies, teaching theory, educational research (especially action research), literacies, and pre- and in-service teacher education. She is also interested in the teaching of Modern Greek as L1 within the framework of New Literacy Studies. She is the (co)author of many educational materials taught at secondary schools in Greece, of three scientific books that refer to action research and democracy in school, and of several articles (more than 60) published in international and Greek journals and volumes on educational action research and its use in teaching, curriculum development and teachers’ professional development.
Currently, she participates in the research teams that implement seven projects, five funded by E.U., one by National Resources (ESPA), and one by the University of Crete. Some of these projects concern teaching and learning in Higher Education and some others focus on making school more just and inclusive. Her more recent projects investigate the complex concepts of critical digital literacy and Artificial Intelligence literacy. Finally, she is a member of the Steering Committee of the HORIZON Project TALOS-AI4SSH (Artificial Intelligence for Humanities and Social Sciences, and leader of the Research Topic “Digitalization of Education”.