Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Christidou, V., Bonoti, F., & Hatzinikita, V. (in press). Drawing a scientist: Using the Emo-DAST to explore emotional aspects of children’s images of scientists. Research in Science & Technological Education. doi: 10.1080/02635143.2021.1998770
• Koutsikou, M., & Christidou, V. (in press). Address and involvement in e-books about COVID-19 for young children: an analysis of the visual mode. Journal of Visual Literacy. doi: 10.1080/1051144X.2022.2057650
• Bonoti, F., Christidou, V., & Papadopoulou, P. (2022). Children’s conceptions of coronavirus. Public Understanding of Science, 31(1), 35–52.
• Christidou, V., Papadopoulou, P., & Bonoti, F. (2021). Greek children’s views of COVID-19 preventive practices. Mediterranean Journal of Education, 1(2), 1-7. Available at https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/mje/article/view/3664
• Koutsikou, M., Christidou, V., Papadopoulou, M., & Bonoti, F. (2021). Interpersonal meaning: Verbal text–image relations in multimodal science texts for young children. Education Sciences, 11(5), 245. doi: 10.3390/educsci11050245
• Koutsikou, M., & Christidou, V. (2019). The interplay between interpersonal and compositional meanings in multimodal texts about animals for young children. Punctum, 5(1), 114-137.
• Bonoti, F., Christidou, V., & Spyrou G. M. (2019). ‘A smile stands for health and a bed for illness’: Graphic cues in children’s drawings. Health Education Journal, 78(7) 728–742.
• Christidou, V., Hatzinikita, V., & Kouvatas, A. (2019). Public visual images of Greek scientists and science: tracing changes through time. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 9(1), 82-99.
• Christidou, V., Theodosiou, M., & Hatzinikita, V. (2018). Teaching chemistry concepts through multiple analogies. International Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Learning, 25(3-4), 37-51.
• Christidou, V., Bonoti, F., & Kontopoulou, A. (2016). American and Greek children’s visual images of scientists. Enduring or fading stereotypes? Science & Education, 25(5), 497-522.
• Christidou, V., Dimitriou, A., Barkas, N., Papadopoulou, M., & Grammenos, S. (2015). “Young noise researchers”: An intervention to promote noise awareness in preschool children. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 14(5), 569-585.
• Koutsikou, M., Bonoti, F., & Christidou, V. (2015). The effect of explanatory captions on understanding a scientific explanation. International Journal of Research in Education Methodology, 7(2), 1127-1138.
• Anagnostopoulou, K., Hatzinikita, V., & Christidou, V. (2015). Comparing international and national science assessment: What we learn about the use of visual representations. Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair, 2(1), 96-110.

Editor of collective volume

• Christidou, V. (ed.). (2015). Teaching science to young children: Research orientations and pedagogical practices (2^nd Edition). Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Bros. (in Greek).

Chapters in books

• Christidou, V., Hatzinikitas, A., & Dimoudi, A. (2005). Explanatory modes and their consistency in early childhood. In D. Koliopoulos & A. Vavouraki (Eds.), Science Education at crossroads: Meeting the challenges of the 21th Century. Athens: Association for Science Education (EDIFE), 199-212.
• Hatzinikita, V., Christidou, V., & Bonoti, F. (2009). Teachers’ pictorial representations of the scientist. In A. Selkirk & M. Tichenor (Eds.) Teacher Education: Policy, Practice and Research (pp. 233-249). Hauppauge NY: Nova Science Publishers.
• Dimitriou, A., & Christidou, V., (2011). Causes and consequences of air pollution and environmental injustice as critical issues for science and environmental education. In Μ. Khallaf (Ed.) The Impact of Air Pollution on Health, Economy, Environment and Agricultural Sources (pp. 215-238). Rijeca, Croatia: InTech Open Access Publisher.

Publications in conference proceedings

• Christidou, V., Kouvatas, A., & Hatzinikita, V. (2011). Greek scientists’ contemporary and historical self-images. In F. Seroglou, V. Koulountzos, and A. Siatras (Eds.) 11^th International IHPST and 6^th Greek History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Joint Conference, Thessaloniki, 1-5 July 2011, Greece. Science & Culture: Promise, Challenge and Demand. Book of Proceedings (pp. 138-143). Thessaloniki: Epikentro.
• Anagnostopoulou, K., Hatzinikita, V., & Christidou, V. (2012). PISA and biology school textbooks: the role of visual material. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46, 1839-1845.
• Kavalari, E., Kakana, D. M., & Christidou, V. (2012). Contemporary teaching methods and science content knowledge in preschool education: searching for connections. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46, 3649-3654.
• Samaras, G., Bonoti, F., & Christidou, V. (2012). Exploring children’s perceptions of scientists through drawings and interviews. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46, 1541-1546.
• Christidou, V., Hatzinikita, V., & Gravani, M. (2012). Pedagogic practices promoted by distance learning educational material on adult education. . Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 46, 1988-1996.
• Tsirogiannis, I. L., Antoniadis, D., Katsoulas, N., Lykas, C. H., Christidou, V., Kitta, E., & Kittas, C. (2012). Application of microclimatic landscape design in schoolyards in Greece. In II International Symposium on Horticulture in Europe 1099 (pp. 935-941).
• Christidou, V. (2020). When graphs are more than ‘pictures’: Visual literacy as a challenge for STEM education. In M. Pantazidou, M. Calvello, & M. Pinho Lopes (Eds.), Proceedings of the online International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Education 2020 (GEE2020). Athens. Retrieved from https://www.issmge.org/uploads/publications/3/102/Christidou.pdf 

Poster and oral presenttions

• Anagnostopoulou, K., Hatzinikita, V., & Christidou, V. (2010, November). Assessed students’ competencies in the Greek school framework and the PISA survey. Oral presentation at the Colloque 2010 - Enseigner les sciences et technologies: représentations, activités, intéractions, pratiques, formations… Marseille, France.
• Samaras, I., Christidou, V., & Bonoti, F. (2010, December). Children draw and talk about scientists. Poster presented at the 3^rd International Conference of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece. Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Christidou, V. (2013, June). Images and representations of scientists: two sides to the story. Oral presentation at the ECSITE Annual Conference 2013. Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Christidou, V., Hatzinikita, V., & Grammenos, S. (2013, October). Visual self-representations of Greek scientists: changing signs yet enduring stereotypes. Oral presentation at the 10^th International Conference on Semiotics. Volos, Greece.
• Bonoti, F., Christidou, V., & Spyrou, G. (2017, August - September). Graphic cues of illness and health in children’s human figure drawings. Poster presented at the 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (EADP2017). Utrecht, Netherlands.