Antonios I. Christou studied Psychology at the University of Ioannina and, with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), pursued postgraduate studies in Special Education and completed his doctoral dissertation in Child Neurocognitive Development at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). Following the completion of his PhD, he undertook two cycles of postdoctoral research in the United Kingdom and Cyprus.

He has taught at distinguished universities abroad as a permanent and visiting faculty member, including the University of Birmingham, De Montfort University, the Open University, and the University of Cyprus. Since 2022, he has been serving at the University of Thessaly, where he combines teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities. He is Director of Program Development of the joint Master’s program “Joint Executive Masters in Global Disability Leadership and Systems Transformation” in collaboration with Georgetown University (USA). His academic career has been supported by research funding exceeding €2 million as principal investigator and project team member, from organizations such as the Wellcome Trust (UK), the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation, and the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

His work has been recognized with international distinctions, including his selection as an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Fellow in the United States, by invitation of the U.S. Department of State, the Study UK Alumni Award of the British Council, and the Award for Teaching Excellence from the Open University of Cyprus. He has been invited to give talks at international conferences and educational events in Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

He has published numerous scientific papers, presented at international conferences and published in leading journals of the American Psychological Association (APA), Nature, Frontiers, and with Cambridge University Press.