Supervisory Research Areas

Dr. Tsatsou welcomes enquiries from potential research students in the following research fields:

• New media, politics and civic participation
• Digital inclusion and policy provision
• European Information Society
• Children and new/digital media
• New media and gender representations
• Digital Business Ecosystems

Biography

Dr. Panayiota Tsatsou graduated from the University of Athens with a BA Honours degree in Political Science. She completed her Master of Arts in Political Science at the University of Birmingham, and her Master of Science and PhD in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.

She researches the areas of information society, Internet studies, digital divides, new media policy and regulation, new media and civic participation. new media and children, new media and gender, and digital ecosystems. Her research work examines various phenomena in relation to new media technologies, with an emphasis on regulation and policy creation, as well as on the role of ordinary people (e.g. citizens, women, children) as new media/Internet users and actors in the information society. Her publications aim to report on innovative and evidence-based solutions to issues arising in the information society.

Positions Held

2010 Lecturer Grade B in Media and Communication - Department of Political and Cultural Studies, Swansea University.

2009-2010 Lecturer Grade A in Media and Communication - Department of Media and Communication Studies, Swansea University.

2006-2007 Tutorial Fellow in Media and Communications - Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science. 

2005-2009 Research Assistant in Media and Communications - Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science. 

2005-2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Media and Communications [MSc/postgraduate teaching] - Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science.

2002-2003 Educator [international journalism, political reportage, writing of press text, business administration] - Vocational Training Institutes, Athens.

Current Research

She has recently conducted an AHRC funded research project on digital inclusion and minority communities in Wales and is currently involved in a British Academy funded research on digital identity, literacy and economy in Wales. She is involved in the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Programme and collaborates with researchers from across Europe in the areas of broadband society and cyberbullying. In addition, she has been involved for several years in various European research networks and has been involved in a number of European research projects on information and communication technologies and their complex socio-cultural and policy ramifications.  

Research Grants

• AHRC funded Research: Understanding the role of ICT use in the connectivity of minority communities in Wales

Dr. Tsatsou had headed up a successful application to the AHRC under their 'Connected Communities' programme. She has led research that aims to enhance understanding of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on changing cultures and patterns of connectivity within and between minority communities, and the potential of multifaceted digital divides in constraining or shaping these forms of connectivity in Wales. If you are interested in finding out more about this research, please check at http://www.wiserd.ac.uk/research/cc.

• British Academy funded research: 'Discovering Digital Me': Forging Links between Digital Identity, Digital Literacy and Digital Economy

Dr. Tsatsou is the Co-Investigator of a BA funded project coordinated by Prof. Gillian Youngs at the University of Wales, Newport. The purpose of this research project is to explore varied relationships to online technologies and the bases for them in identity and digital literacy terms. Through mixed research methods of interviews, online diaries and podcasts and videocasts made by the research participants, this research aims to identify key themes that bring social and technical issues and questions into relationship, recognizing that an inclusive digital economy will require deeper understanding of the wide range of ways in which people do or do not relate to the technologies or the opportunities and possibilities they open up. If you are interested in finding out more about this research, please check at http://www.newport.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/Institutes/iab/projects/Pages/DiscoveringDigitalMe.aspx

Other Awards and Prizes

• 2010, ESRC Methods Training Bursary Scheme, Higher statistics training, University of Hertfordshire.
• 2006-2008 LSE Postgraduate Scholarship, London School of Economics and Political Science.
• 2007, Best Young Researcher Nomination¿The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected Conference, Moscow.
• 2003-2007, State Scholarship for Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies,¿ Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Greece.
• 1999-2000, N.A.T.O Science Fellowship Program, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels.
• 1996-1998, Prize of Academic Excellence, Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Greece.
• 1992-1993, Prize of Excellence for the University Entry Exams, Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IK