Dr. Aspasia Chatzidaki is Professor in the Department of Primary Education at the University of Crete. Since 2012 she has been Director of the Centre for Intercultural and Migration Studies, affiliated with the same Department. In her research, Dr. Chatzidaki focuses on sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism (e.g. translanguaging, family language policies) and on teacher education for (i) diversity and inclusion in the Greek educational system and (ii) teaching Greek as a second and heritage language.

She has participated in numerous research and teacher education projects and has published on issues of minority/heritage language maintenance and inclusive/empowering approaches to education with regard to bilingual students. In the past five years she has published two books “Teaching bilingual students; theoretical issues and educational approaches” (2020, Pedio publications) and “Community-language development among minority-group children: the role of family and school” (co-author: Christina Maligkoudi, Κallipos/Open Academic Editions) and co-edited three collective volumes in international publishing houses on ‘new’ migration from Greece and on refugee education in the Greek context