My name is Ioanna Lialiou and I am a researcher and lecturer in the field of education and linguistics, with a focus on migration, multilingualism, and teacher professionalisation.
I hold a Bachelor’s degree in German Language and Philosophy, with a specialisation in didactics and linguistics, from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I also obtained a Master of Arts in Linguistics: Communication, Variation, and Multilingualism from the University of Potsdam.
I am currently completing my PhD at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Faculty of Educational Sciences). My doctoral research examines language norms, linguicism, and professional identity in the context of internationally trained teachers and refugee teachers in the German education system.
My research interests include sociolinguistics, language ideologies, multilingualism, migration and education, teacher professionalisation, biographical research, and qualitative methodology, particularly the Documentary Method and praxeological sociology of knowledge.
Alongside my academic work, I have extensive teaching experience in German as a foreign and second language (DaF/DaZ) in adult education and higher education contexts.