Elena Tsigki is the User Experience and Services Lead at ECIU University, a unique endeavour to build the first European University, as part of the ECIU alliance, and make real impact connecting learners, teachers, and researchers with cities, communities, and businesses and together working towards solving real-life challenges – and foster change. Elena is responsible for designing and providing excellence experience to all users of the ECIU University platforms and products and works closely with users to understand their needs and translate those into digital developments and infrastructure.
She has also worked as the Project Leader of CuriousU, the festival style summer school organised by the University of Twente (UT) between 2019-2022. In her role as CuriousU Project Leader, Elena is responsible for the overall organisation and coordination of CuriousU and strive to find new ways to develop short-term and internatioalisation programmes and expand UT's existing offering.Previously, she has worked for the University College Groningen and as a project coordinator for the Shelter City Groningen project and also as the Secretary to the Faculty Board. Prior to this, she has also worked fpr NGOs as a project leader and conference organiser.
Organisations
- Strategy and Policy (SP)
- International Affairs (SP-INT)
- 2024: Lean Green Belt (certificate), University of Twente
- 2022: Team Leadership Module (certificate), Rotterdam School of Management
- ECIUn+, 2022-currently
- ECIUn, 2019-2022
Address

University of Twente
Spiegel (building no. 02), room 418
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
Netherlands
University of Twente
Spiegel 418
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Netherlands
Organisations
- Strategy and Policy (SP)
- International Affairs (SP-INT)