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The instructors of the Master's Program are both faculty members and researchers of the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting and other Departments of the Ionian University as well as other Greek and foreign universities and research centers. Their fields of knowledge and research interests adequately cover the subject matter of the Master's Program, as they deal with issues from the fields of security, cultural heritage, cultures, intercultural communication, and the analysis of political and social events and factors, geography, etc.

Updated: 31-01-2025

Stefanos Vlachopoulos

Professor

Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting

Head of the Interpreting Specialisation Committee

Interlingual Communication in Multicultural Environments

Stavros Katsios

Professor

Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting

Chair Holder of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and .... at IU
Director of the Hellenic Sinology Center at IU
Director of the Laboratory for Geo-cultural Analyses (GeoLab)
Director of the Institute for Language, Translation and Inte

International Economic Relations and International Economic Crime

Professor

Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting

Institutional Erasmus Coordinator

Applied Linguistics: English Language and Intercultural Communication

Professor

Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting

Politics and Society in Middle East

Vilelmini Sosoni

Associate Professor

Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting

Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting
Departmental Internship Coordinator

Economic, Legal, and Political Translation from Greek into English

Elena Avramidou

External Partner

Associate Professor of Greek Studies at Perking University, China

She is a Special Advisor to the World Center for Sinology at Beijing Language and Culture University, a Member of the Steering Committee of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-Related Activities, and the Executive Director of the Center for Sinology at the Ionian University.

Ioannis Blatsos

External Partner

PhD candidate in the Department of Business Organization and Management of the School of Business Administration of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

The topic of his PhD thesis was: “Asymmetry of Conflict: A Multilevel Approach to its Impact on Team and Individual Outcomes”. He is also a negotiation consultant in various organizations and businesses. His research interests focus on the field of Conflict Management and more specifically, on Asymmetric Conflicts.

Kalliopi Chainoglou

External Partner

Associate Professor at the Department of International & European Studies at the University of Macedonia, with a focus on “International Law and International Institutions with an emphasis on Security and Culture”

Research interests: international peace and security, law of war, terrorism, international and European institutions, cultural rights and cultural policies.

Alex Papadopoulos

External Partner

Professor Papadopoulos (DePaul University, Chicago, USA) is a Fulbright Scholar (2023) at GEOLab and the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and Cultural Heritage-Related Activities

His teaching and research focuses on Geography and Sustainable Urban Development and Global Islamic Studies. He is a member of the Grace School of Applied Diplomacy.