Dionysia Bakogianni

My research addresses the transformation of education in the age of data and artificial intelligence. Situated within sociocultural and activity-theoretical traditions, I examine how educational systems respond to emerging epistemic infrastructures and how teachers, teacher educators and academic staff renegotiate professional practice in digitally mediated environments. I lead and contribute to international research initiatives that develop conceptual, curricular, and methodological frameworks for integrating data science into school and teacher education programs, for understanding generative AI as a systemic force in higher education, as well as for supporting sustainable professional learning through resource-oriented approaches. This work combines empirical investigation with theoretical development and is grounded in large-scale European collaboration. My research advances scholarship on data literacy, civic engagement, and digital responsibility, positioning teacher education as a strategic site for educational change. By bridging classroom practice, teacher education, and higher education reform, I contribute to the international research agenda on the societal, epistemic, and institutional implications of AI and data-driven educational practices.

Research projects

Currently involved in the Erasmus+ projects DataScEd4CiEn (https://datasc4ed.euc.ac.cy) and DataSETUP (https://datasetup.euc.ac.cy), focusing on data science education, STEAM education, civic engagement, responsible AI, and teacher education. Serving as Leader of the Research & Evaluation Work Package and member of the Scientific Teams.

Previous participation in European funded projects includes LESSAM (https://www.ucy.ac.cy/lessam/), FORMAS, and Mascil (https://simplexportal.ro/mascil-project.ro/index.html), with a focus on mathematics education, formative assessment, inquiry-based learning, and teacher professional development through lesson study.

Editorial roles

• Meletiou-Mavrotheris, M., Leavy, A., Frischemeier, D., Kazak, Z., Paparistodemou, E., & Bakogianni, D. (forthcoming). Guest editors, Special Issue: Theory and Research in Data Science Education. Education Sciences.
• Chernoff, E. J., Paparistodemou, E., Bakogianni, D., & Petocz, P. (2016). Guest editors, Special Issue: Research on learning and teaching probability within statistics. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16(2).

Bakogianni, D., Liljekvist, Y., & Bui, P. (2026). GenAI as a runaway object in higher education: A socio-cultural view on AI-influenced academic practice in mathematics. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 11, Article 100637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2026.100637

Meletiou-Mavrotheris, M., Bakogianni, D., Danidou, Y., Paparistodemou, E., & Kofteros, A. (2025). Investigating student teacher engagement with data-driven AI and ethical reasoning in a graduate-level education course. Education Sciences, 15(9), 1179. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15091179

Triantafillou, C., Psycharis, G., Potari, D., Bakogianni, D., & Spiliotopoulou, V. (2021). Teacher educators’ activity aiming to support inquiry through mathematics and science teacher collaboration. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 19, 21–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-021-10153-6

Bakogianni, D., Potari, D., Psycharis, G., Sakonidis, C., Spiliotopoulou, V., & Triantafillou, C. (2021). Mathematics teacher educators’ learning in supporting teachers to link mathematics and workplace situations in classroom teaching. In Goos, M., & Beswick, K. (Eds.), The Learning and Development of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62408-8_15

Bakogianni, D., & Potari, D. (2019). Re-sourcing secondary mathematics teachers’ teaching of statistics in the context of a community of practice. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 56, 100699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2019.03.006

Bakogianni, D. (2019). Conceptualizing human resources in the study of developing statistical teaching. Proceedings of the 9th National Conference of Hellenic Association for Research in Mathematics Education.: Current approach in teaching mathematics. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Papadatos, C., Bakogianni, D. & Zachariades T. (2019). Students’ attitudes towards two famous examples of paradoxes. Explanations and strategies in various school grades. In J. M. Contreras, M. M. Gea, M. M. López‑Martín y E. Molina‑Portillo (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third International Virtual Congress on Statistics Education (CIVEEST). Available in www.ugr.es/local/fqm126/civeest.html

Triantafillou, C., Psycharis, G., Bakogianni, D. & Potari, D. (2018). Enactment of Inquiry‑Based Mathematics Teaching and Learning: The case of statistical estimation. In E. Bergqvist, M. Österholm, C. Granberg, & L. Sumpter (Eds.). Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Umeå, Sweden: PME.

Bakogianni, D. (2017). Negotiating the content and the teaching of statistics: Two complementary processes in teachers' professional development. In Dooley, T., & Gueudet, G. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Tenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME10, February 1‑5, 2017) (pp. 708‑715). Dublin, Ireland: DCU Institute of Education and ERME.

Triantafillou, C., Bakogianni, D., Kosyvas, G. (2016). Tensions in students’ group work on modelling activities. Proceedings of the 40th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Szeged, Hungary.

Bakogianni, D. (2015). Studying the process of transforming a statistical inquiry‑based task in the context of a teacher study group. In K. Krainer & N. Vondrová (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME9, 4‑8 February 2015) (pp. 615‑621). Prague, Czech Republic: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education and ERME.

Bakogianni, D., Paparistodemou, E., & Potari, D. (2014). Transforming media items into classroom tasks in the context of a study group. In K. Makar (Ed.), Sustainability in Statistics Education. Proceedings of ICOTS9, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Bakogianni D., Potari D., Paparistodemou E. (2013). Integrating Statistics in Mathematics Teaching: Teachers’ Understandings related to Sample and Sampling notions.In Lindmeier, A. M. & Heinze, A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 2, pp. 57‑64. Kiel, Germany: PME.