Founder · Researcher · Educator
Dr Giota Kotsoni — Knowledge made practical.
PhD, neurolinguist and special educator. She brings together scientific research, university teaching and publications with what she tests every day in two award-winning inclusive schools.
Scientific profile
Research, credibility and living practice environments.
Her work connects three worlds that too often remain separate: university knowledge, teacher development and everyday classroom application.
Education
PhD
Learning disabilities in foreign-language teaching — Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Doctoral research: L2 vocabulary teaching strategies in children with and without learning disabilities.
MSc
Neurolinguistics — Language Disorders and Educational Intervention, with a thesis grade of 10/10.
MA
Special Education — Open University of Cyprus, with a focus on differentiated instruction and inclusive practice.
Curriculum vitae
The science behind the methodology.
Selected details from Giota Kotsoni’s complete academic and professional profile.
Research & publications
- Peer-reviewed journal articles and international conference proceedings.
- Book chapters on differentiated instruction and computer-supported vocabulary teaching.
- Research spanning memory, vocabulary, reading fluency and inclusive foreign-language education.
University instruction
- Teaching undergraduate and graduate students at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
- Courses on learning differences, communication, vocabulary and digital tools.
- Academic coordination and teaching at a European summer school.
Innovation & schools
- Inclusive classrooms where neurotypical and neurodivergent learners learn together.
- Founder of Kotsoni Language School & Research Centre and Brainy Hub.
- Connecting neuroscience, learning-space design and everyday pedagogy.
Psychometric tools
- Contributed to the development and standardisation of tools for Greek-speaking children.
- Screening phonological short-term memory and reading fluency.
- Research collaboration with Aristotle University and Université Paris Cité.
Awards
- Educator of the Year — Greece & Cyprus, 2023.
- Gold Award for School Facilities, 2025.
- Gold Award for Learn through Art, 2022.
- Awards for Special Education & Inclusive Practices, 2021 and 2022.
International presence
- Research presentations at scientific conferences across Europe and Asia.
- Researcher in Digital Tools for Inclusive Foreign Language Education.
- Teacher and student training in Greece and across Europe.