Her research interests, they focus on the development of teaching materials with environmental content and the implementation of Environmental Education programs (e.g. School Kitchen-gardens, Climate Change) for elementary-school students as well as the study of the participation of students of this age in environmental actions. The findings of her research have been presented at international and Pan-Hellenic conferences and she has published research articles in international and Greek scientific magazines and books.

Thesis

• Petrou, S. (2017). Seeds of Change for Sustainability: Developing Elementary Students’ Environmental Literacy and Citizenship through School Kitchen-Garden Communities (in Greek). PhD Thesis. Nicosia.
• Petrou, S. (2011). The Dimensions of Elementary Students’ and Pre-service Teachers’ Environmental Interest (in Greek). Master Thesis. Nicosia.
• Petrou, S. (2009). The Endemic Plants of Cyprus (in Greek). Graduation Thesis. Nicosia.

Published Chapters in Books

• Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2018). Multiple Learning Environments: Communities of School Kichen-gardens as a Tool for Developing Environmental Literacy and Empowerment for Action (In Greek). In the dedicatory volume: Paidagwgos in honor of Professor Mary Ioannidou-Koutselini (pp. 387-410). Nicosia: University of Cyprus.
• Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2016). School Kitchen-Gardens as Innovative Learning Environments for Supporting Environmental Education Pedagogies: Opportunities and Challenges for Teachers, Students and the Community. In: Kristy Wallace (ed.), Learning Environments: Emerging Theories, Applications and Future Directions (pp. 51-72). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

 Published Articles in Scientific Journals

• Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2022). Transformations of children’s environmental conceptions through their participation in a school kitchen-garden project. Environmental Education Research, 28(4), 524-544. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2051440
• Korfiatis, K., & Petrou, S. (2021). Participation and why it matters: children’s perspectives and expressions of ownership, motivation, collective efficacy and self-efficacy and locus of control. Environmental Education Research, 27(12), 1700-1722. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2021.1959900
• Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2019). School Kitchen-gardens as an Example of Participatory Environmental Education: Theoretical Documentation and SWOT Analysis in 6 Schools in Cyprus. Educational Sciences, an issue dedicated to his memory: Yannis Pantis and Environmental Education,49-74, (in Greek). Grete: University of Grete. http://www.ediamme.edc.uoc.gr/index.php?id=235,0,0,1,0,0
• Korfiatis K., Photiou M. & Petrou S. (2020). Effects of eco-animations on nine and twelve-year-old children’s environmental conceptions: How WALL-E changed young spectators’ views of Earth and Environmental Protection. Journal of Environmental Education, 51(), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2020.1747965
• Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2015). School Kitchen-Gardens as Innovative Learning Environments: The Educational Material «School Kitchen-Gardens: Think-Collaborate-Act» (in Greek). About the Environmental Education, 8(53), http://www.peekpemagazine.gr
• Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2013). The effect of a digital learning environment on children’s conceptions about the protection of endemic plants. Journal of Biological Education, 47(3), 150-156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2013.821354

 Published Summaries in Scientific Journals

• Petrou, S. (2018). Seeds of change for sustainability: developing elementary school students’ environmental literacy and citizenship through school kitchengardens communities. Environmental Education Research, 24(8), 1228-1228, DOI:10.1080/13504622.2017.1402172

Published Articles in Conference Proceedings

• Petrou, S. (2020). My Reflection on My Relationship with School Kitchen-gardens: Research and Educational Implications (in Greek). 8^th Pan-Hellenic P.E.EK.P..E, 732-739. Patra: https://8cae4888-c422-468c-8c52-014899adf21b.filesusr.com/ugd/5d0af8_6be652a42874431880af01df4eedf8c4.pdf
• Korfiatis, K. & Petrou, S. (2020). Filming Climate Change: Findings from a Participatory Action Program with Elementary School Students (in Greek). 8^th Pan-Hellenic P.E.EK.P..E, 739-745. Patra: https://8cae4888-c422-468c-8c52-014899adf21b.filesusr.com/ugd/5d0af8_6be652a42874431880af01df4eedf8c4.pdf
• Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2017). School Kitchen-Gardens, Children Participation and Environmental Literacy (in Greek). 10^th Pan-Hellenic Conference ENEPHET- Bridging the Gap between Natural Sciences, Community and Education, (ed. Stavrou D., Michaelides A., & Kokolaki, A), pp. 162-167 Rethymno: University of Crete. http://synedrio2017.enephet.gr/images/Praktika-10ou-Synedriou_Teliko.pdf
• Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2015). Journey to the World of Cultivation of the Earth: Reflections of Elementary School Students from their Participation in the Creation of School Kitchen-Garden (in Greek). 7^th Pan-Hellenic P.E.EK.P.E-Environmental Education and Education for Sustainability. Volos: PEEKPE. http://www.kpe.gr/7_congress/papers/sun_fourteenth/petrou_korfiatis.pdf
• Christodoulou, Α., & Petrou, S. (2015). The Development of Elementary School Students’ Pro-environmental Motivation after their Participation in the Environmental Action Program «School Kitchen-Gardens: Think-Collaborate-Act» (in Greek). 7^th Pan-Hellenic P.E.EK.P.E-Environmental Education and Education for Sustainability. Volos: PEEKPE. http://www.kpe.gr/7_congress/papers/sun_fourteenth/christodoulou_petrou.pdf
• Photiou, M., Petrou, S., & Korfiatis, K. (2013). The Effects of Eco- Animations on Children’s Environmental Conceptions. Proceedings of 42^nd Conference of North American Association for Environmental Education-Celebrating the Power of Environmental Education. Baltimore: NAAEE. https://naaee.org/search/site/proceedings