Sofoklis Sotiriou

Background

About Sofoklis Sotiriou

Dr. Sofoklis Sotiriou holds a PhD in High Energy Astrophysics (University of Athens, Greece) and a PhD in the Use of Advanced Technologies in Science Education (University of Bayreuth, Germany). He has worked at CERN (1992-1996), at the National Center for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" in Athens and in the Physics Laboratory of Athens University (1996-1998). He is the Head of R&D Department of Ellinogermaniki Agogi (since 1998), one of the biggest schools in Greece, where has been active in the coordination and development of research projects on implementation of advanced technologies (e.g, mobile applications, wearable computers, VR and AR applications, robotics, AI) in science education and training. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences (since 2003), member of the board of ECSITE (2004-2007) and has served as Expert Evaluator to the European Commission FP5 & FP6 Programmes. In July 2025, he was elected as President of the Balkan Physical Union. He is qualified Science Teacher and Science Teachers Trainer. He is the author of the Science Textbooks that are used in all primary Greek schools since 2003. Since 2002 he is the Director of the Ellinogermaniki Agogi Center for Teachers Training. The Center is certified by the Ministry of Education. In 2011 he received the European Physical Society Outreach Award for his work on the development of resources that are promoting Astronomy and High Energy Physics Research in European Schools. In the framework of the recent EU HORIZON project Stories of Tomorrow, his work in the design of AR ebooks has been characterized as Major Innovation in the field of Education. He has coordinated a long series of EU joint research and technology funded projects. He has 167 publications with more than 2847 references to his work (h-index 22).