Kyriaki (Kiki) Messiou is Professor of Education within Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton. Her research interests are in the area of inclusive education and, in particular, in exploring children’s and young people’s voices to understand notions of marginalisation and develop inclusive practices in schools. She is particularly interested in research with children and young people and methodological issues related to this issue. Kiki is a regular contributor to international conferences, such as AERA, BERA and ECER. She has presented invited keynote presentations in various countries, such as Cyprus, Spain, Austria and South Africa. She has led big teams of international researchers in the field of inclusive education. Kiki started her career as a primary school teacher in Cyprus and completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Manchester. She has extensive experience of working in schools as a teacher and as a researcher. In universities she developed and led undergraduate and postgraduate courses about inclusive education. She also established a research centre involving researchers and practitioners.