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Mathematician, with studies and a doctoral thesis in the Didactics of Mathematics at the University of Athens and the University of Paris 7.
He has taught at the University of the Aegean since 1989 and has collaborated with the Universities of Athens and Patras and with the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines as a Visiting Professor.
His scientific work lies in the field of the Didactics of Mathematics, with an emphasis on Educational Engineering and Learning Technology.
In recent years his work has turned to Systemic Models of the Learning Organisation, applied to school units. He has published a large number of scientific papers in Greek and international journals, edited scientific books and directed international research projects.
He has organised scientific conferences and international research meetings. For many years he chaired the Editorial Board of “Euclid C”, the mathematics education review of the Hellenic Mathematical Society (HMS), and he is Chief Editor of the International Journal for Mathematics in Education (JME). He served as President of the Conference of Presidents of the Pedagogical Departments of Greece and Cyprus (2004–2006) and as Head of the Department of Sciences of Preschool Education and Educational Design (2002–2006). He is also the founding Director of the Learning Technology and Educational Engineering Laboratory (LTEE), where he has supervised doctoral theses.
He has served several terms on the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Mathematical Society (HMS), and since 1998 he has been an elected permanent member of the Commission Internationale pour l’Étude et l’Amélioration de l’Enseignement des Mathématiques (CIEAEM).
