Dr Kalyva is currently Reader, Research Coordinator, and RT3 Track leader at City, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, where she has been working for the past 15 years. Dr Kalyva has taught in the past 20 years as visiting lecturer several courses at the Institute of Education, at South Bank University, at the University of Indianapolis in Athens, at University of Macedonia and Aristotle University. She is also a Research Associate of the 1st Pediatrics Department of Aristotle University.
Special educational needs and neurodevelopmental disorders (treatment, intervention); counselling families and professionals working with individuals with special educational needs; quality of life and chronic illness; impact of violence and drug use on child development.