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Spyros Kokkotas has studied law in Greece (LLB 1994) and holds an LLM in European Law from the University of Southampton (1995) and a PhD from the Faculty of Law of the University of Edinburgh (2006) with a thesis titled “The contradictions of labour and the legal regulation of employment” which dealt with legal philosophy, sociology of law, labour law and industrial relations.
He has participated in the S@TM project and is co-editor of the e-book “Storytelling in science education- experiences and perspectives” which was the outcome of the experiences of that project. So far, he has successfully  coordinated two project for Research Paths: STEM4Youth and NARSPI.
He practices law at the Piraeus Bar Association and specialises in labour, contract and company law.

Evangelia Panou is a research fellow in the Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art, University of West Attica, Greece, since 2020. She has studied Physics (2006) at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental issues and Development (2008, National Technical University of Athens) and a master’s degree in Nuclear and Particle Physics (2010, National Kapodistrian University of Athens) as well. Her thesis (2016, National Kapodistrian University of Athens) is focused on applied sciences in Greek and Roman antiquities (Greco-Roman sundials) and on educational activities based on inquiring-based learning with technology-enhanced learning methods in STEAM Education. She has conducted post-doctoral research for the University of Aegean from 2017 until 2020 and for the University of West Attica from 2020 until 2023. Both her postdoctoral researches were on the application of Physics and Chemistry in antiquities. Since 2008, she has been working as science teacher in Greek public schools, whereas since 2016, she has been involved as researcher in European Projects concerning STEM-STEAM education and cultural heritage issues. Over the last three years, she has been working as a part-time lecturer in the University of West Attica, Greece. Her interests focus on the multidisciplinary research field of applied sciences to cultural heritage and on the research field of teaching science through art (STEAM education).

Michael Kasoutas is a primary school teacher (2008- today). He participated at an International Visitor Leadership Program of the U.S. Department of (2010). He served as Educational Counselor of the Special Secretary of the Ministry of Education (2012-2013). Starting from 01-09-2017 he was seconded after an open invitation at the Authority for Quality Assurance in Primary and Secondary Education (A.Q.A.P.S.E.) in Greece, as specialized scientific personnel. He holds a Bsc(Hons),  a Master’s Degree in “Applied Pedagogy” and a Ph.D. in the field of “Educational Assessment” under Scholarship from Greek State Scholarships Foundation from the Faculty of Primary Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and a BSc(Hons) Psychology degree from The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. He has completed the Program of Specialization at Counseling and Guidance at the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Athens, Greece. He has participated in National and International Conferences in topics concerning science education, teaching using aspects of History of Science & Nature of Science, storytelling and digital storytelling and he has published papers in Greek and International scientific journals. He has participated in the funded by European Union projects: (a) S@TM (Storytelling @Teaching Method) for which he has co-designed the two distance learning platforms (b) STEM4youth project. He has also participated successfully at the MOOC: “Addressing Global Citizenship Education through Digital Storytelling” (an “Erasmus+” project). His research interests include: educational evaluation and assessment, in-service teacher training, reflective thinking, critical thinking, constructivism teaching approaches, (digital) storytelling, counselling, History of Science and Science Education, ICT exploitation in teaching and learning.