Domna (Mika) Kakana is the dean of the Faculty of Education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Professor in Educational Sciences at the School of Early Childhood Education (Auth). She has over 170 publications, 10 books (6 editing), and articles in Greek and English spoken journals, chapters in books and in conference proceedings. Her recent research interests focus on designing contemporary developmental environments  of teaching and learning, such as collaborative or/and cooperative,  on improving the quality of the pedagogical environment and school space, on developing curricula and new teaching approaches (such as differentiate instruction, collaborative/cooperative teaching and learning, learning and teaching through play), on  improving the pre-service and in-service teacher education and professional development, and on proceeding the educational evaluation and self-assessment of school unit.  She is also interested in social inequalities in education caused by financial or health crises (such as covid19).