International Olympic Committee presidents Juan Antonio Samaranch[6] and Jacques Rogge both specifically credit Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki for the success of the games.

[10] In 1994, she was appointed vice-chairman of the Dean's Council of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government,[11] where she continues to serve today.

In 1995, Angelopoulos-Daskalaki co-chaired, along with Kennedy School Professor Graham Allison, a Harvard Leadership Symposium titled The Greek Paradox: Promise vs.

The program provides opportunities for high-profile leaders who are transitioning out of public office or other leadership positions to spend time in residence at Harvard for teaching, learning and research.

[15] In 2013, Angelopoulos-Daskalaki established the Angelopoulos Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) Fellowship program to recruit, select and sponsor Greek students with implementable entrepreneurial ideas.

In February 2019, Gianna Angelopoulos established an innovative program at Cambridge University that further reflects her commitment to education, entrepreneurship and economic growth.

[17] The Gianna Angelopoulos Programme for Science, Technology and Innovation will be an internationally unique ecosystem of training, research and entrepreneurial activity.

The Programme will support PhD students and four academic positions based at the university's Cavendish Laboratory in the fields of energy materials and devices and computational multiphysics.

She is the author of My Greek Drama: Life, Love, and One Woman's Olympic Effort to Bring Glory to Her Country.