Despina Papadopoulou is Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her research focuses on multilingualism, language acquisition and processing in monolingual and multilingual populations, migrant/refugee education and cross-linguistic/multilingual approaches to language teaching. She is the Director of  the Linguistics Lab in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Within the ACTIN project, she is the Coordinator and contributes to the activities designed and implemented by the AUTH team.

Nikos Dalampouras is a PhD student in Linguistics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research focuses on pedagogical translanguaging and teaching Greek as a second/foreign language to migrant/refugee children and adults. He has experience in teaching Greek to these populations through almost 10 years being a part of SN’s educators in the programs of HELIOS and UNICEF. Within the ACTIN project, he is involved as a researcher of pedagogical translanguaging and as project manager of the AUTH team, and thus, being involved in all the Work Packages.

Maria Martzoukou is a PhD holder in Psycholinguistics – Neurolinguistics. Her research focuses on typical (monolingual or bilingual) language development and developmental and acquired language disorders. She is a member of the “With two languages” at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Greek partner organisation of the Bilingualism Matters network. In ACTIN, she is involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of the language learning activities (WP2) and in the co-coordination of teachers’ training seminars (WP5).

Dr. Anastasia Paspali is a post-doctoral researcher at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a linguist focusing on  psycholinguistics, language teaching and language acquisition, bilingualism, language processing, first and second language teaching, migrant education as well as language disorders. Within the ACTIN project, she works on the creation, implementation and evaluation of teaching methods and materials for migrant students in formal education settings. She has worked as a lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Konstanz, University of Crete, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and New-York College Thessaloniki. She has published articles in international peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Language Acquisition, Applied Psycholinguistics, Frontiers in Psychology, Glossa, Education Sciences, Journal of Language teaching).

Nina Douka holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her research primarily focuses on sentence processing in first and second language. In addition to her academic work, Nina has considerable experience teaching Greek as a second/foreign language. Within the ACTIN project, she is involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of language learning activities (WP2) and contributes to organizing and conducting teachers' training seminars (WP5).

Athena Nachopoulou is a PhD student in Linguistics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her research focuses on pedagogical translanguaging and the didactics of second and foreign language teaching. She also has experience teaching Greek as a second or foreign language. Within the ACTIN project, she is involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of language learning activities (WP2).

Stella Vogiatzi is a postgraduate student in Applied Linguistics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her research focuses on didactics of second and foreign language teaching. She also has experience creating texts for the Greek Language Certification. Within the ACTIN project, she is involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of language learning activities (WP2).