Short CV - STYLIANOS MYSTAKIDIS

Dr. Stylianos Mystakidis is an innovator and researcher on Educational Technology at the University of Patras, Adjunct Faculty member at the Democritus University of Thrace, the Hellenic Open University, the Open University of Cyprus and Visiting Professor at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, Italy. He has published over 120 works in peer-reviewed international journals, conferences and books on Immersive Learning, Metaverse, Extended Reality, Virtual Reality, Gamification, Storytelling, Serious Games, Instructional Design, Open and Distance Education, Artificial Intelligence. His works have generated considerable impact as he is included in the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in Education (Elsevier & University of Stanford’s list, 2023, 2024, 2025). He has participated as a researcher and project manager (PMI/PMP) in 20 international and European projects. He is serving as General Chair of the Annual Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN). His formal studies include a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science at the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä (Finland), MA in Education in Virtual Worlds at the University of West of England Bristol (UK), MSc in Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece) and Postgraduate Certificate at the Open University of Catalonia (Spain). Professional Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stylianosm/ Research publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stylianos-Mystakidis