Maria Ntaliani is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Agricultural University of Athens with specialization in “Digital Services and E-Government in Rural Areas”. She has received a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation for her doctoral research. She has previous teaching experience at the Hellenic Open University, the University of West Attica, the University of Piraeus, and the Technological Educations Institutes of Sterea Ellada and Western Greece. She has participated in European and national research and development programs. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, in special volumes/ collections of articles, and in peer-reviewed conferences (international and national). She has been a reviewer of international scientific journals and a member of conference organizing and scientific committees.

Her research interests include e-government, e-business, e-learning, and digital services and applications for agriculture and rural areas.