Dr. Kalliopi-Evangelia Stavroulia is a Research Associate at CYENS Centre of Excellence, with the Visual Media Technologies Co-Lab research group. She holds a PhD in Virtual Reality in education from the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology. She also holds an MSc in the Design and Development of Computer Games and Interactive Technologies from the Cyprus University of Technology and the University of Cyprus (2016), as well as a Master of Arts in Education (Education Sciences) with distinction from Roehampton University of London and The Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education-ASPETE (2010). She earned her Bachelor’s degree in International and European Studies from Panteion University of Athens in 2006. Her research focuses on emerging technologies in education and training, with particular emphasis on the use of Virtual Reality for teacher training and professional development. She has designed and implemented VR applications in the context of teacher education and served as the principal investigator of the Erasmus+ VRTEACHER project (www.vrteacher.eu), which explored VR-based approaches for teacher training and was recognized as one of the top three finalists for the SALTO 2023 award. Dr. Stavroulia has participated in numerous EU-funded research projects, delivered workshops and seminars, and presented her work at international conferences. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings in the fields of educational technology and virtual reality. In addition to her research work, Dr. Stavroulia has teaching experience at the American College of Greece, where she has delivered courses in areas related to design thinking, multimedia, and emerging technologies in design