Stavroula Sokoli
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Research

Subtitling, audiovisual translation, and AI in education.

My work has two long-running strands and one newer one. Since 2025, the newer one is also the subject of my postdoctoral research at the Hellenic Open University: artificial intelligence in education and audiovisual creation (expected completion 2028).

Subtitling and audiovisual translation

Subtitling norms, quality, and reception; language learning through subtitling. This includes the EU-funded projects ClipFlair and Learning via Subtitling, both concerned with subtitling as a pedagogical tool rather than only a professional output.

AI in design and translation education

A within-subjects study of 22 students producing two posters each, with and without AI assistance, followed by peer evaluation. The study looks at perceived creative agency, experienced control during AI-assisted workflows, and what students choose when asked to submit their best work.

Two papers come out of this study:

  • “AI as Co-Designer or Co-Author? Creative Ownership, Agency, and Self-Efficacy in AI-Assisted Graphic Design Education,” accepted at I-HE 2026 (The Hague, October 2026).
  • A companion paper on student poster design with and without AI assistance, accepted at EAI ArtsIT 2026.

Edited volumes

  • Dore, M., Bolaños, A. & Sokoli, S. (eds) (2026, forthcoming) "Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility in Education." Peter Lang.
  • Pięta, H., Valdez, S., Menezes, R. & Sokoli, S. (eds) (2023) "Pivot Audiovisual Translation: A Burning Issue for Research and Training" (special issue). Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice.

Publications

  • Dore, M., Bolaños, A. & Sokoli, S. (forthcoming) "Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility in Language Education: Looking Back and Moving Forward." Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility in Education, Peter Lang.
  • Sokoli, S., Laskari, I. & Mavrommati, I. (forthcoming) "Collaborative curation in distance education for design." EAI ArtsIT 2025 proceedings, to be published in 2026.
  • Sokoli, S. & Aleksandrowicz, P. (2026) "Subtitling for Translation and Accessibility." The Routledge Handbook of the Translation Industry, Lambert, J. & Walker, C. (eds), Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003381303-8
  • Sokoli, S. (2026) "El flujo profesional en la traducción audiovisual y la accesibilidad en los medios." Presente y futuro de la traducción audiovisual y accesibilidad en los medios, Ávila Cabrera, J. et al. (eds), Editorial UNED.
  • Laskari, I., Sokoli, S. & Mavrommati, I. (2026) "From Isolation to Community. Collaborative XR curation for distance education in design." International Conference for Open and Distance Education, 13(7). doi:10.12681/icodl.8629
  • Zotaki, M., Manias, D., Mavrommati, I., Laskari, I. & Sokoli, S. (2025) "AI and universities: Critical thinking, personalised pathways, recognised skills." Engage, Adapt, Include. Proceedings of the Innovating Higher Education Conference 2025, EADTU. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17813119
  • Manias, D. & Sokoli, S. (2025) "IdeasLand: Sculpting Creativity with Constraints in Human-AI Collaboration. An AI-first approach." International Conference for Open and Distance Education, 13(6), pp. 291–314. doi:10.12681/icodl.8564
  • Agulló Garcia, B., Orrego-Carmona, D., Spiteri Miggiani, G., Menezes, R., Valdez, S., Sokoli, S. & Pięta, H. (2024) "Indirect (pivot) audiovisual translation: a conversation." Perspectives, 32(5), pp. 849–866. doi:10.1080/0907676X.2024.2374643
  • Sokoli, S. & Zabalbeascoa, P. (2019) "Audiovisual Activities and Multimodal Resources for Foreign Language Learning." Using Film and Media in the Language Classroom, Herrero, C. & Vanderschelden, I. (eds), Multilingual Matters, pp. 170–187. doi:10.21832/9781788924498-015
  • Sokoli, S., Pujol, M. & Santamaría, L. (2019) "Researching the Presence of Third Languages (L3) in AV Fiction." Translating Audiovisuals in a Kaleidoscope of Languages, Corrius, M. et al. (eds), Peter Lang, pp. 69–87.
  • Sokoli, S. (2018) "Exploring the possibilities of interactive audiovisual activities for language learning." Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts, 4(1), pp. 78–101. doi:10.1075/ttmc.00005.sok
  • Zabalbeascoa, P. & Sokoli, S. (2018) "The Trafilm Guide: how the trafilm database works." Repositori UPF. link
  • Strani, K., Fountana, M., Sokoli, S. & Monteoliva, E. (2016) "Attitudes to 'Race' in the Media: Evidence from Greece and the United Kingdom." Rivista VOCI, XIII, pp. 148–170.
  • Sokoli, S. (2015) "Foreign Language Learning through Interactive Revoicing and Captioning of Clips." Subtitles and Language Learning, Gambier, Y., Caimi, A. & Mariotti, C. (eds), Peter Lang, pp. 127–147.
  • Baños, R. & Sokoli, S. (2015) "Learning foreign languages with ClipFlair: Using captioning and revoicing activities to increase students' motivation and engagement." 10 Years of the LLAS Elearning Symposium: Case Studies in Good Practice, Research-publishing.net, pp. 203–213. doi:10.14705/rpnet.2015.000280
  • Sokoli, S., Zabalbeascoa, P. & Fountana, M. (2011) "Subtitling Activities for Foreign Language Learning: What Learners and Teachers Think." Audiovisual Translation. Subtitles and Subtitling: Theory and Practice, Incalcaterra McLoughlin, L., Biscio, M. & Ní Mhainnín, M.Á. (eds), Peter Lang, pp. 219–242.
  • Romero, L., Torres-Hostench, O. & Sokoli, S. (2011) "La subtitulación al servicio del aprendizaje de lenguas para traductores: el entorno LvS." Babel: Revue Internationale de la Traduction, 57(3). doi:10.1075/babel.57.3.04rom
  • Kostaras, N., Stavrinoudis, D., Sokoli, S. & Xenos, M. (2010) "Combining Experimental and Inquiry Methods in Software Usability Evaluation: The paradigm of LvS Educational Software." Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 12(2), pp. 120–139. doi:10.1108/13287261011042921
  • Sokoli, S. (2009) "Subtitling Norms in Greece and Spain." Audiovisual Translation: Language Transfer on Screen, Díaz Cintas, J. & Anderman, G. (eds), Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230234581_3
  • Sokoli, S. (2006) "Learning via Subtitling (LvS): A tool for the creation of foreign language learning activities based on film subtitling." Audiovisual Translation Scenarios: Proceedings of the Marie Curie Euroconferences MuTra, Carroll, M. & Gerzymisch-Arbogast, H. (eds). link
  • Sokoli, S. (2005) "Omisión y Distribución de Subtítulos en España y Grecia: Cómo y Por Qué." Trasvases Culturales 4: Literatura, Cine y Traducción, Merino, R. et al. (eds), Universidad del País Vasco, pp. 271–283.
  • Sokoli, S. (2005) "Temas de investigación en traducción audiovisual: La definición del texto audiovisual." La Traducción Audiovisual: Investigación, Enseñanza y Profesión, Zabalbeascoa, P. et al. (eds), Editorial Comares, pp. 177–185.
  • Hadzilacos, T., Papadakis, S. & Sokoli, S. (2004) "Learner's Version of a Professional Environment: Film Subtitling as an ICTE Tool for Foreign Language Learning." Proceedings of E-Learn 2004, Richards, G. (ed.), AACE, pp. 680–685.
  • Sokoli, S. (2002) "Catálogo de herramientas para la localización de software y páginas web." Revista Tradumàtica: Traducció i Tecnologies de la Informació i la Comunicació, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
  • Sokoli, S. (2001) "El uso de cuestionarios como método para la búsqueda de normas de traducción." Últimas corrientes teóricas en los estudios de traducción y sus aplicaciones, Barr, A., Martín Ruano, M.R. & Torres del Rey, J. (eds), Universidad de Salamanca, pp. 772–775.

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