From 1997 to 2013 she was Deputy Director and Head of the Strategic Planning and Development Department of EKT.

From 1991 to 1997 she was the Technical Director of the Clothing and Fiber Technological Development Company (ETAKEI SA).

During her tenure at EKT, she has played a key role in the development and operation of infrastructures and services for the documentation, aggregation and digital dissemination of scientific knowledge and cultural content produced in Greece.

She has contributed to the improvement of academic communication through actions and e-publishing services, to the development of digital indexes for Social Sciences and the Humanities, to the establishment of a comprehensive systematic system for collecting and measuring the indicators of the Hellenic System of Research, Development, Innovation (through RDI) and the linking of research with entrepreneurship through the exploitation of research results.

She has the scientific responsibility for the development and research projects implemented by the organisation, undertaking the planning, co-ordination of implementation and integration of their results into the national infrastructure developed and operated by EKT.

In her position as scientific director, she has successfully completed more than 150 development and research projects with a total budget of about 100 million euros. As part of these projects, 80 new highly qualified scientific staff positions were created. This staff comprise working groups with know-how at the technological, scientific and operational levels at EKT. 

At the same time, the implementation of these projects provided the opportunity to employ hundreds of scientists who were practically trained in a highly advanced technological and business environment, enabling them to gain the tools needed for a good career in Greece and abroad.

She has sought the development of strategic collaborations with reputable national and international bodies that are part of EKT's operating environment and shape the ecosystem of production and dissemination of knowledge with very positive results.

She has repeatedly been a national representative and expert in thematic areas and programmes of the EU Framework Programmes. She represented the country at the Intergovernmental Meeting organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Daejeon, South Korea, on 'Creating our Common Future through Science, Technology and Innovation'.

She participated in the Ministerial Conference organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 'Strengthening SMEs and entrepreneurship for productivity and inclusive growth' in Mexico.

She participated as a co-ordinator for the 'Digital School' sector in the national dialogue on education. She also participates in scientific publications and conference presentations on EKT issues. As director she represents EKT in its public obligations.

With a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and studies in Economics (Department of Economics), she has worked in public interest bodies that have a profound business and development orientation.

She has specialised and distinguished herself in the field of scientific information, metrics and evaluation indicators for research, development and innovation activity, digital libraries and major infrastructure.

From the very beginning of her career, she has systematically followed European policies in her fields of activity, participating in the work of international organisations that were responsible for shaping them.

In addition, she participated in Greek and international fora on the dissemination and exploitation of research results, Open Access, digital libraries, digital infrastructure and knowledge management, the use of big data to support policy implementation etc.

In these positions of responsibility, she undertook initiatives using state-of-the-art technological and operational structures for the aggregation, documentation, dissemination and preservation of digital content. These infrastructures are used not only to meet the needs of the scientific community, but also as capital in strengthening the economy and social welfare.

Her administrative capabilities have developed in the area of strategic planning and targeting business, with a focus on leveraging and establishing efficient working relationships, creating a secure working environment with clear objectives, recognising opportunities and seeking funding for development.

Adopting a holistic approach to strategic targeting and focusing on ensuring the public interest, she takes advantage of her experience and knowledge to achieve the goals of the organisation she directs, investing in attracting high-level personnel and collaborations with other organisations.

Her experience in formulating and evaluating policy pillars in research and technology has enabled her to discern EKT's institutional relevance and operational maturity to undertake the production of official statistics on Research, Technological Development and Innovation in the country.

Her contribution to this action, which makes the best possible use of the operational and scientific know-how of the organisation, has been decisive, substantially strengthening the role of EKT in recent years.

Her long-term activity in knowledge-intensive fields, in which the development of collaborative relationships and highly demanding teamwork are necessary conditions for successful development, have strongly instilled in her the value of trust in human resources and faith in the strength of solid human relationships.

Her firm conviction is that the sustainable development of an organisation, network or sector can become a reality only if the use of the most advanced technological infrastructure coexists harmoniously with the investment in human capital..

Selected Scientific Publications

​​​​2023

• Labrianidis, L., Sykas, T., Sachini, E. & Karampekios, N. (2023). Socioeconomic status of international students and its relation to the brain drain: evidence from Greek PhD holders. International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print.
• Labrianidis, L., Sykas, T., Sachini, E. & Karampekios, N. (2023). The impact of highly skilled emigrants on the origin country's innovation performance: The case of Greece. International Journal of Manpower, 0143-7720. 

2022

• Sachini, E., Sioumalas-⁠ Christodoulou, K., Bouras, N. & Karampekios, N. (2022). Lessons for science and technology policy? Probing the LinkedIn network of an RDI organisation. SN Social Sciences, 2, 271.
• Sachini, E., Sioumalas-Christodoulou, K., Christopoulos, S. & Karampekios, N. (2022). AI for AI: Using AI methods for classifying AI science documents. Quantitative Science Studies, 3 (4), 1119-1132. 
• Labrianidis, L., Sykas, T., Sachini, E. & Karampekios, N. (2022). Innovation as a cause of highly skilled migration: Evidence from Greece. International Migration, 00, 1-15. 
• Sachini, E., Karampekios N., Chrysomallidis, C., Siganos, G. & Sioumalas-Christodoulou, K. (2022).Greek chemical engineers. Are they static or mobile? Evidence from the National Archive of PhD Theses. Collection and Curation, 41 (3), 87-96. 

2021

• Karampekios, N. & Sachini, E. (2021). The History of Scientific Collaboration Between Greek and Chinese Scholars Based on Their Co-publications, 2002-2016. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 4, 83-97. 
• Labrianidis, L., Sykas, Th., Sachini, E. & Karampekios, N. (2021). Highly educated skilled migrants are attracted to global cities: The case of Greek PhD holders. Population, Space and Place, 28 (4), 1-11.
• Sachini, E. &  Karampekios, N. (2021). The Role of Science and Technology on the International Relations of a Small Country: The case of Greece. Science Diplomacy Review, 3 (2), 25-31.
• Sachini, E., Labrianidis, L., Sioumalas-Christodoulou, K., Chrysomallidis, C., Siganos, G., Belouli, A. & Karampekios, N. (2021). Research on Researchers. Coping during COVID-19. Results on a Nation-Wide Survey. Science and Public Policy, 48 (4), 451-461. 
• Sachini, E., Sioumalas-Christodoulou, K., Chrysomallidis, C., Siganos, G., Bouras, N. & Karampekios, N. (2021). COVID-19 enabled co-authoring networks: a country-case analysis. Scientometrics, 126, 5225-5244.

2020

• Sachini, E., Chrysomallidis, C. & Karampekios, N. (2020). Research and Technology in Greece. Addressing aspects of the “triple helix” interactions. Region and Periphery, 10, 103-122.
• Sachini, E., Sioumalas-Christodoulou, K., Chrysomallidis C., Siganos, G. & Karampekios N. (2020). Identifying the intellectual capital of Greek defence firms: Science outputs and industrial considerations. Defense and Peace Economics, 33 (3) 366-385. 
• Sachini, E., Karampekios, N., Brutti, P. & Sioumalas-Christodoulou, K. (2020). Should I stay or should I go? Using bibliometrics to identify the international mobility of highly educated Greek manpower. Scientometrics, 125, 641-663. 
• Sachini, E., Malliou, N. Maniadakis, N., Megas, G. Varvara, V., Angelidis, A., Karampekios, N. (2020). The Greek National Documentation Centre - Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Triple Helix Association Magazine, 9 (2). 
• Sachini, E. Chrysomallidis, C. & Karampekios, N. (2020). Introducing Human Capital in Greek Higher Education Institutes in the Postcrisis Era. The Case of the “Acquisition of Academic Teaching Experience for New Scientists” Public Initiative. Journal of Knowledge Economy, 11, 1630-1645. 

2019

• Vasilogamvrakis, N., Bartzi, K., Lagoudi, E., Hardouveli, D. & Sachini, E. (2019). The Digital Repository Service of the National Documentation Centre in Greece: a model for Digital Humanities data management and representation. Paper presented in AIUCD 2019 Conference, Udine.
• Labrianidis, L., Sachini, E. & Karampekios, N. (2019). Establishing a Greek Diaspora Knowledge Network through “Knowledge and Partnership Bridges. Science and Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 8 (1). 
• Γεωργιάδης, X., Αγγελάκη, Γ., Παπανότη, Α., Λαγούδη, Ε. & Σαχίνη Ε. (2019).  Ο Ρόλος του Εθνικού Κέντρου Τεκμηρίωσης ως Εθνικού Συσσωρευτή Ψηφιακού Πολιτιστικού Περιεχομένου για τη Europeana, 3ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Ψηφιοποίησης Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς. 

2018

• Georgiadis, H., Papanoti, A., Paschou, M., Roubani, A., Chardouveli, D.& Sachini E. (2018). Using type and temporal semantic enrichment to boost content discoverability and multilingualism in the Greek cultural aggregator SearchCulture.gr. International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 13 (1), 75-92. 

2017

• Georgiadis, H., Papanoti, A., Paschou, M., Roubani, A., Chardouveli, D. & Sachini, E. (2017). The semantic enrichment strategy for types, chronologies and historical periods in SearchCulture.gr. MTSR, International Publishing AG. 
• Παπανότη, Α., Γεωργιάδης, Χ., Καμάτσος, Π., Χαρδούβελη, Δ. & Σαχίνη, Ε. (2017). Ο συσσωρευτής SearchCulture.gr: μια προσέγγιση για την ανάδειξη του ελληνικού ψηφιακού πολιτιστικού περιεχομένου, 23ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Ακαδημαϊκών Βιβλιοθηκών.

2016

• Georgiadis, H., Papanoti, A., Paschou, M., Roubani, A., Chardouveli, D., Sachini, E. & Pelekanou, D. (2016). Semantics.gr: A self-improving service to repositories and aggregators for massively enriching their content, DHC@MTSR.

2014

• Georgiadis, H., Banos, V., Stathopoulou, O., Stathopoulos, P., Houssos, N. & Sachini E. (2014). Ensuring the quality and interoperability of open cultural digital content: System architecture and scalability, IISA , 178-183, Chania.  
• Stathopoulou, O., Stathopoulos, P., Georgiadis, H., Houssos, N., Banos V. & Sachini E. (2014). An Open Cultural Digital Content Infrastructure, JCDL, 285-288.
• Houssos, N., Stathopoulos, P., Stathopoulou, O., Banos, V., Georgiadis, H. & Sachini E. (2014). Interoperability specifications and an automatic validation tool as a key factor for the support of a repository ecosystem, Helsinki. 
• Nafpliotis, A., Tsoukala, V., Houssos, N., Kalaitzis, A. & Sachini E. (2014). EKT ePublishing: Developing an Open Access publishing service for the Greek research community, Conference: Let's Put Data to Use: Digital Scholarship for the Next Generation: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (Ebook).
• Tsoukala, V., Panagopoulou, A., Stavrou, G., Angelidi, E., Nafpliotis, A. & Sachini E. (2014). Developing the Greek Reference Index for the Social Sciences & Humanities. In  Polydoratou, P. & Dobreva, M. (Eds.) Let’s Put Data to Use: Digital Scholarship for the Next Generation, Information Services and Use, 34 (3), 59-67. 

ΕΚΤ's Publications

Dr Evi Sahini is the scientific supervisor of the following editions.

• EKT (2022). The participation of women in Research & Development in Greece. 2021 Edition. Athens: National Documentation Centre. The publication is available here. 
• EKT (2022). The regional dimension of knowledge-intensive activities in Greece – Overview 2021. Athens: National Documentation Centre. The publication is available here. 
• Labrianidis, L., Sachini, E., Karampekios, N. (2022). Geographical, scientific and professional mobility of Greek doctorate holders, ΕΚΤ, Athens. The publication is available here. 
• ΕΚΤ (2021). Digital Transformation of Greek Enterprises. 2020: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Athens: National Documentation Centre. The publication is available here.
• ΕΚΤ (2020). Digital Transformation of Greek Enterprises 2016-2018. Athens: National Documentation Centre. The publication is available here.
• EKT (2020). Research and Development Expenditure and Personnel in Greece in 2018 – Main Indicators. National Documentation Centre. The publication is available here.
• EKT (2019). Research and Development Expenditure and Personnel in Greece in 2018 – Preliminary Data, National Documentation Center.  The publication is available here. 
• Sachini E., Malliou N., Chrysomallidis Ch., Karampekios N. (2018). Greek Scientific Publications 2002-2016: A Bibliometric Analysis of Greek Publications in International Scientific Journals, National Documentation Center. The publication is available here.
• EKT (2017). Research and Development Expenditure and Personnel in Greece in 2015 – Main Indicators, National Documentation Centre. The publication is available here.
• Pascual C., Sachini E. (2015). 7 years of Excellence in the European Research Area 2007-2013: the case of Greece, National Documentation Centre. The publication is available here.

Find more publications available in Greek here.