DrOlga Ioannidou

Dr Olga Ioannidou is an Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow) at UCD, School of Education, and an Honorary Norham Fellow at the University of Oxford. Prior to her appointment at UCD, Olga held academic and teaching positions in the UK (University of Oxford) and Germany (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München). She has been part of various externally-funded national and international research projects, such as the EU-funded project FEDORA, as well as SciKids project, which aims to assess the nature of science teaching in early years education.

Her research interests include teacher education, 21st century skills in education, as well as pathways to research impact. For her work on bridging the gap between research and policymaking, she has been awarded by the University of Oxford as an Oxford Policy Engagement Network Leader 2021. Olga received her PhD in Learning Sciences from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), as part of the REASON International Doctoral School. She holds a MEd in Research on Teaching and Learning from Technische Universität München (TUM) and a BA in Primary Education from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

She is a member of various international professional and academic groups, such as the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA). She serves as a reviewer for a range of academic journals including, the International Journal of Science Education, Science and Education and Research in Science & Technological Education.