Spyros Doukakis completed undergraduate studies in Mathematics at the University of Patras and at the University of Amsterdam (with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation). He also holds a second degree in Computer Science from the University of West Attica.

He pursued postgraduate studies in “Computer Communications and Networks” at Leeds Beckett University (UK), in “Basic and Applied Cognitive Science” through the inter-institutional program of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), and in “Education Studies” at the Hellenic Open University (HOU).

Following the completion of his PhD in Education with a focus on digital technologies at the University of the Aegean, he conducted postdoctoral research in educational neuroscience at the Ionian University.

He currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics at the Ionian University. Since August 2023, he has been serving as President of the Institute of Educational Policy.

He has worked as Head of the academic department and educator at the American College of Greece, as a special advisor on professional development for teachers at the Institute of Educational Policy, and has taught in undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the HOU, the University of Thessaly, the former TEI of Athens, ASPAITE (School of Pedagogical and Technological Education), and the Hellenic Police Academy.

He received a Fulbright scholarship for research in the United States and was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by the Harvard Club of Boston.

His research interests include computer science education, educational neuroscience, distance learning, and educational technology.