Our team

Elissavet Lykogianni

Founding Partner and Managing Director

Elissavet Lykogianni, PhD, is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Open Educational Hub. She has extensive expertise in the policy domains of Research & Innovation, Digital market and Employment, Skills, Migration, Education and Social affairs. With her research background (PhD in Applied Economics), she has led numerous projects involving large, multi-disciplinary and international research teams of Universities and Research institutes and possesses a very strong network of researchers in the academic sector in Europe.
During the past 15 years she has built considerable expertise in the coordination of policy-related studies and the management of international consortia for a variety of (framework) contracts for DG Research, DG Education, DG Competition, Cedefop, DG Connect, among other, such as the EC Multiple Framework Service Contract for Expert Support with the Production and Analysis of R&D Policy Indicators, Horizon projects and Grants in the areas of Migration and Inclusion, as well as studies in the areas of Employment, Education and Skills, Cultural Heritage, Digital policies, R&D and Innovation policies.
Elissavet speaks fluently English, Dutch and Greek and understand French at intermediate level.

Vera Gospodini

Project Manager

Vera is a passionate Greek teacher with a strong commitment to fostering social inclusion, empowering young people, and promoting intercultural education. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Education from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and successfully completed a seminar in Teaching Greek as a Second/ Foreign Language. From an early age, she has actively participated in numerous educational and community development initiatives both voluntarily and professionally, where she organized creative workshops, coordinated events and managed volunteer teams. Vera explored various fields within youth work, environmental education, photography and teaching, which have enriched her ability to adapt to different roles and discover her passion. Driven by her dedication to social impact, she aims to connect her educational background with youth work and project coordination to foster initiatives that promote social integration, international development and sustainability.

Fanis Pantelogiannis

Policy expert

Fanis has extensive experience in the fields of Learning & Development, Regional & local policies, Participation in democratic life, common values & civic engagement, ICT and Digital Transformation, and Inclusion (focusing mainly on access to the labour market, and overcoming geographical barriers). He has more than 20 years of experience in the delivery/management of EU projects and large EU Framework Contracts in the above fields, as well as in the development of successful proposals and tenders for EU Institutions and International Organisations. Fanis also has a long experience in the building and management of successful cross-national teams and in the development/delivery of trainings on EU policies and procurement processes. He enjoys harvesting global expertise and converting it to services for the EU Institutions and for the citizens of the EU. Fanis holds a Master in Political Sciences from Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and a Master of Advanced European and International Studies from CIFE in Nice. He speaks fluently Greek, English and French and understands German, Romanian, Russian and Italian