THE SPEAKERS

Georgia Kalpazidou

Co-Founder of AMKE REVMA, PhD Candidate in Linguistics

Georgia Kalpazidou is a graduate of the Department of Philology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with postgraduate studies in Historical and Balkan Linguistics. She worked on a research program at the Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) from 2018 to 2021. Recently, she began her journey as a PhD candidate in Linguistics at Democritus University of Thrace (D.P.Th.), focusing on the study of the Romani language through the lens of linguistic contact. She started sharing her scientific interests—and especially her love for the Romani language—with the new sociolinguistics research team "AmalinoGlossa/Αμαλινόγλωσσα," based at the University of Volos. As an educator, she has provided her expertise to programs and initiatives of relevant bodies to support the social inclusion of marginalized Romani communities in Greece at both local and regional levels. Since 2021, she has been a founding member of the Urban Non-Profit Organization REVMA, which operates in the field of education by implementing interventions to combat the phenomenon of student dropout as both a cause and a result of poverty, marginalization, and social stereotypes.

Today, she works as a co-manager of REVMA’s programs. Additionally, she is engaged in writing children’s fairy tales. She has written the fairy tale “The Butterfly Eirini and the Magic Recipe” (Pigi Editions), which is used by AMKE REVMA as a tool to promote the value of education.