Bessie Mitsikopoulou

Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She holds a PhD in Critical Discourse Analysis (NKUA), an MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Reading, UK), a Postgraduate Specialist Diploma in Computers in Education (Institute of Education, UCL, UK) and a BA in English Language and Literature (NKUA).
She is the Director of the Centre of Self-Access Learning and Materials Development of the Department of English Language and Literature and has participated in various projects in the areas of language education, curriculum reform and digital media in foreign language education. Over the last ten years she has coordinated  the Digital School Projects I and II for the English language; the AESOP (Advanced Electronic Scenarios Operating Platform) project for the English language; and the B-level ICT Teacher Training programme for foreign languages. Since 2016 she has also coordinated seven projects in the area of refugee language education. 
Her recent book publications include Digital media in foreign language education (Athens: Pedio, 2022), The political and pedagogic discourse of foreign language education (Athens: Pedio, 2020, with E. Karavas), Developments in glocal language testing: The case of the Greek national foreign language proficiency exam (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2018, with E. Karavas), Rethinking online education: Media, ideologies and identities (New York: Routledge, 2015). She has published articles and book chapters on the recent economic crisis in Greece and critical digital literacies. 
She has supervised a number of PhD and MA theses. Her research interests are in the areas of critical discourse analysis, applied and educational linguistics, and digital media in foreign language education.