Konstantina Olioumtsevits, PhD

📖 Bio

Konstantina Olioumtsevits has a background in linguistics and completed her PhD at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), specializing in second language learning and teaching in populations with a migrant and refugee background. With a passion for breaking down linguistic barriers, in her current postdoctoral position as a member of the Aalto Machine Learning Research Group, she works in developing and translating a machine learning dictionary, which can be used as a specialized information, reference, learning, and teaching resource in the field.

📚 Selected Publications

• J. E. Bosch, K. Olioumtsevits, S. A. A. Santarelli, F. Foppolo, F. Faloppa, and D. Papadopoulou, “Teaching L2 learners during a pandemic: A cross-country investigation of teachers’ challenges and needs,” in Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in Language Education, S. Karpava, Ed., Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2025, ch. 13, pp. 253–276.
• J. E. Bosch, K. Olioumtsevits, S. A. A. Santarelli, F. Faloppa, F. Foppolo, and D. Papadopoulou, “How do teachers view multilingualism in education? Evidence from Greece, Italy and the Netherlands,” Language and Education, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 337–356, Jul. 2024.
• K. Olioumtsevits, J. Franck, and D. Papadopoulou, “Breaking the language barrier: Why embracing native languages in second/foreign language teaching is key,” in Myths and Facts about Multilingualism, J. Franck, F. Faloppa, and T. Marinis, Eds., New York, NY, USA: CALEC - TBR Books, 2024, ch. 12, pp. 164–172.
• K. Olioumtsevits, D. Papadopoulou, and T. Marinis, “Vocabulary teaching in refugee children within the context of the Greek formal education,” Languages, vol. 8, no. 1, 2023, Art. no. 7.
• K. Olioumtsevits, D. Papadopoulou, and T. Marinis, “Second language grammar learning in refugee children: Is group dictation an effective teaching technique?,” Pedagogical Linguistics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 50–76, Jan. 2023.

🏢 Contact

📍 Aalto University, Finland
📧 konstantina.olioumtsevits@aalto.fi
🔗 GitHub | LinkedIn

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