Dr Christina Papagiannouli is Assistant Professor in Multimedia, Intermediality and Performance: Artistic Research and Practice at the Department of Performing and Digital Arts, University of Peloponnese (Greece). Between 2014-2025 she worked as Research Fellow in Performance and Interactive & Immersive Technology and Research Assistant at the University of South Wales (UK). During this period she taught a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in UK-based Higher Education Institutions. Since 2023 she serves as External Examiner for the MA Scriptwriting and BA Drama, Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, University of Essex and as Reviews Editor for the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media (IJPADM).

Education

• Ph.D. (Practice-based), University of East London Thesis Title: The Etheatre Project. Directing Political Cyberformance, 2014
• Postgraduate Certificate in Research, University of East London, 2011
• MA in Theatre Directing, University of East London, 2010 
• Integrated Master in Drama, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2009
• Degree in Violoncello, Modern Conservatory of Thessaloniki, 2009
• Diploma in Drama, University of Kent, 2007
• 2002: Degree of Music Theory and Harmony, Municipal Conservatoire of Veria

Employment History

• Assistant Professor: Multimedia, Intermediality and Performance: Artistic Research and Practice, Department of Performing and Digital Arts (DPDA), University of Peloponnese, 2025-
• Research Fellow: Performance and Interactive & Immersive Technology, Faculty of Creative Industries, University of South Wales (USW), 2019-2025
• Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Creative Industries Research, USW, 2014-2019 
• Hourly-paid Lecturer in Performing Arts, USW, 2015-2016 
• Hourly-paid Lecturer in Performing Arts, University of East London (UEL), 2012-2015
• Hourly-paid Research Assistant, UEL, 2013-2014
• Graduate Assistant Tutor in Theatre Studies, UEL, 2012

Her research focuses on online theatre and the use of interactive and immersive technologies in theatre and performance. She has published widely in the field, including a Palgrave Macmillan monograph titled Political Cyberformance: The Etheatre Project in 2016. Her work has been presented in international festivals and conferences.

Professional and Academic Memberships

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Date of recognition: 07/12/2016.
• Co-Convener of Intermediality in Theatre and Performance working group, International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), 2021-2024. (member since 2012)
• Co-Convener for Performance & New Technologies working group, Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA), 2016-2021 (member since 2012).
• Member of the International Brecht Society (IBS), 2016-Pres
• Member of the International Society for Intermedial Studies, 2013-Pres.
• Academic member of Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 2012-Pres.

PhD Supervision

Eirini Koutelieri, Storytelling Using Myths Through A Range Of Media In The Foreign Language Classroom: Enhancing The Motivation Of Primary School Learners Of English In Greece, PhD by Portfolio, University of South Wales