Dr. Sophia Messini is affiliated with the CIVIS Office at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She holds a PhD in Big Data Analysis in Political Science and an MA in New Media & Journalism from Panteion University. She also holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting from the Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece and in Communication & Mass Media from the University of Athens. Since November 2021, Dr. Messini has served as Administrative Staff at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens within the CIVIS - European Citizens' University Office. Her duties include administrative support, financial management, coordinating academic travels, preparing sub-project budgets, processing payments, and managing partner contracts. Additionally, she works as a part-time external collaborator at the Career Office of Panteion University. Dr. Messini has contributed to various research projects since January 2020, including the Erasmus projects InterMEDs, RIPEC, ELIDEK SERP-19, DiFree Digital Freelancing, and currently coordinates the Erasmus project G-Force. She has presented at numerous conferences, with research interests spanning communication and media studies, political behavior analysis, big data mining, and political communication. She is a member of the Greek Society of Political Science, the Greek Association of Scientists in Communication, Journalism & Culture, and the Hellenic Semiotic Society.