| Role/Grade | Research Associate |
| Team | Quantitative research methodology and statistical analysis specialist (cross-project) – SET, NAMER, IJE, TIMSS, PIRLS |
| Research Interests | Research methodology, Statistical analysis, Psychometrics, Measurement, Assessment |
| Professional profile | Vasiliki is a Research Associate at the ERC, specialising in quantitative research methodology and statistical analysis techniques. She is involved in national and international large-scale assessments, including the National Assessments of Mathematics and English Reading (NAMER), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). Additionally, she is an Associate Editor of the Irish Journal of Education and contributes to the international FLIP+ IRT and Psychometrics working group. Vasiliki has acquired a broad range of research experience through her roles as a researcher, data analyst, and psychometrician on various projects in Ireland and Greece, and as a consultant at the World Bank Group. She also has extensive teaching experience, delivering lectures on research methodology, statistics, measurement, and assessment to postgraduate students and staff at academic institutions across Europe and workshops on statistics within the ERC. Her research has attracted grants, including the Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, and awards, such as the AEA-Europe Kathleen Tattersall New Assessment Researcher Award, and it has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and presented at national and international conferences. Vasiliki holds a BEd in Primary Education from the University of Ioannina, Greece, an MSc in Quantitative Methods and Statistical Analysis in Education from Queen’s University Belfast, and a PhD in Educational Assessment from Dublin City University. Her research interests and areas of expertise include research methodology, statistical analysis, psychometrics, measurement, and assessment. |
| Researcher Profiles | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8172-0397
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hegyJCYAAAAJ&hl=en LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/vasiliki-pitsia ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vasiliki-Pitsia?ev=hdr_xprf |
