Ioanna is a PhD candidate at the Energy, Environment and Water Research Center(EEWRC) of the Cyprus Institute since February 2018. She completed her MSc in Energy Science at the University of Utrecht in 2015 and her BSc in Biology at the University of Sheffield in 2012. Her MSc thesis was titled “Energy performance and CO2 emissions in conventional and urban agriculture systems”, using an urban farm in Utrecht as a case study. Her main interests involve sustainable energy use in the urban environment, urban vulnerabilities and energy poverty. She has participated in international conferences, workshops and training schools and is an active member of the COST project Engager 2017-2021. She has published her research as conference proceedings, book chapters and in peer reviewed scientific journals.