Sofia Topakas

Sofia Topakas is a researcher at Sheffield University Management School. She contributes to the EU-CoWork project by supporting the evaluation of compassionate workplace interventions. Her skills involve managing and analysing both qualitative and quantitative process and outcome data, as well as contributing to the dissemination of findings through project reports and outputs.

Sofia's research focuses on social and organisational change, workplace collaboration, and the institutionalisation of workplace interventions, with a particular interest in sensemaking and discursive approaches to organisational processes. She brings advanced expertise in qualitative research, including interview-based project design, data coding and management (NVivo), and methods such as thematic, content, and critical discourse analysis, alongside strong experience in survey methodologies and quantitative analysis.