- Maria Hadjipavlou
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Maria Hadjipavlou is a well-known expert in conflict resolution and feminism. She has promoted peace across the divide in Cyprus for the last twenty-five years. She is a trainer in conflict resolution and gender-raising consciousness. She has published widely in the fields of conflict resolution, Cyprus and gender issues.
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Academic
Maria Hadjipavlou is currently Professor at the Social and Political Science Department of the University of Cyprus. She holds a PhD in Comparative Social and Political Change from Boston University (1987). She has been a post-doctoral research associate of the Harvard Program in International Conflict Analysis and Resolution (PICAR)[1]. She represents Cyprus in COST Action IS0805: New Challenges of Peacekeeping and the European Union’s Role in Multilateral Crisis Management[2].
International pioneer in peace issues
As a visiting scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Columbia University in 1996-97, she co-founded the Center for International Conflict Resolution. She is also a founding member of the Cyprus Peace Center [3] (1989; President for over ten years), of the Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group and of the first international Cypriot Womens’ NGO, Hands Across the Divide[4] (President for two terms).
Key publications and Books
- Maria Hadjipavlou (2010). Women and Change in Cyprus: Feminisms and Gender in Conflict; I B Tauris & Co Ltd. [5]
- Maria Hadjipavlou-Trigeorgis and Lenos Trigeorgis (1993). Cyprus: An Evolutionary Approach to Conflict Resolution. The Journal of Conflict Resolution. Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 340-360.
- Maria Hadjipavlou (2006). No Permission to Cross: Cypriot women's dialogue across the divide. Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography. Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 329 - 351
- Maria Hadjipavlou (2007). The Cyprus Conflict: Root Causes and Implications for Peacebuilding. Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 44 no. 3, 349-365.
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Categories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group
- Cypriot political writers
- Cypriot social scientists
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