George Malandrakis

George N. Malandrakis is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Education in the Department of Primary Education at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, appointed in 2018. Previously, he held positions as Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the University of Western Macedonia (2011-2018). He earned his Bachelor's (1992) and Master's (1996) in Primary Education from the University of Crete, and a PhD (2004) focused on environmental education interventions.

His research develops in three areas: investigating student conceptions of environmental issues; creating Teaching Learning Sequences for sustainability topics; and designing research tools for environmental education. Specific interests include climate change, sustainable nutrition, urban sustainability, and ecological footprint analysis.

Dr. Malandrakis has published 23 peer-reviewed international journal articles and supervised multiple doctoral and master's students. He has led four research projects, securing external funding for studies on environmental pedagogy and sustainability metrics.