Basic studies at the University of Cyprus, Department of Education (BA in Educational Studies, Primary Education, 1996). MA in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching at the University of Southampton (1997) and PhD in Language and Education, University of Southampton (2003).

Research fellow at the University of Southampton (2005-2008, Department of Modern Languages and Centre for Applied Language Research). Work package leader in the 7th European Framework Network of Excellence for Languages (LINEE, www.linee.info), led projects on multilingualism and education and pedagogic cultures in language teaching.

Language pedagogy, language education policy, bidialectalism and education, developing multicompetence through language teaching, interrelations of language and identity, multilingualism and multiculturalism in education.

Ioannidou, E., & Sophocleous, A., in press (2010), “Now, is this how we are going to say it?” Comparing
teachers’ language practices in primary and secondary state education in Cyprus. Linguistics and Education

Ioannidou, E (2009) “Using the improper language in the classroom: the conflict between language use and legitimate varieties in education. Evidence from a Greek Cypriot classroom”, in Language and Education 23 (3): 263

Ioannidou, E. (2008) “Language policy and ethnic identity in Greek Cypriot education”, in Cornillie, B; Lambert, J and Swiggers, P Linguistic identities, language shift and language policy in Europe Leuven–Paris: Peeters

Ioannidou, E (2007) "Using the improper language as a marker of ethnic identity in a Greek Cypriot classroom", in Papapavlou, A and Pavlou, P (Eds) Sociolinguistic and pedagogical dimensions of Dialects in Education, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Ioannidou, E (2004) «Language attitudes and adopted ethnic identities among Greek Cypriot students», Cyprus Review, September 2004