Christina Ioannou - University of Nicosia

Curriculum VitaeName: Dr. Christina IoannouAddress (Office): University of Nicosia, 46 Makedonitissas Av.,P.O. Box 24005, 1700 Nicosia, Cyprus, Millennium Building, M107Telephone (Office): 22841758E-mail Addresses: ioannou.ch@unic.ac.cyNationality: CypriotEducation:Graduate work:PhD Politics, University of Manchester UK.September 2007MA (Econ) European Politics and Policy, University ofManchester, UK.Degree awarded with Distinction.September 2002Undergraduate work:B.Sc (Hons) Economics, University of Warwick, UK.July 2001Positions Held:Assistant Professor, Department of European Studiesand International Relations, University of Nicosia.Associate member at the Department of Law,University of Nicosia, teaching Labour LawSeptember 2011-presentLecturer, Department of European Studies andInternational Relations, University of NicosiaSeptember 2007-2011Research Fellow, Cyprus Center for European andInternational Affairs – September 2005-2007Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Politics,University of ManchesterSeptember 2003 – June 2005Areas of Concentration/ Research Interests:EuropeanisationEuropean IntegrationLabour LawSocial PolicyWelfare state politics3

Professional AssociationsOrganization/fieldAcademy of Public Management, Ministryof Finance (Republic of Cyprus)Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam,in the Diplomacy and Politics of EuropeanIntegration, University of NicosiaMediterranean Institute of AdministrationGlobal Learning InstituteTitleInstructor. Series of lectures, educatingpublic sector employees on the challengesof the forthcoming EU Presidency, andmedia people on how to effectively cover thePresidency (Jan. 2012– ).Instructor. Together with the holder of theChair, Rector Prof. Attalides, I teach 3courses every academic year: “EuropeanInstitutions and Governance”, “EuropeanIntegration”, “Current European Issues”.With the support of the LifelongLearning Programme of the EU.(2011-2014)Visiting Lecturer on European Union, MBAprogramme in Business Administration(2010-present)Visiting Lecturer on European Union, GlobalLearning Semesters” Programme(2006-present)Cyprus Center for European and Research Associate (2007-present) /Member of the International Affairs Member of Board of Management(2010-present)Centre for Scientific Dialogue andResearchResearch Associate / Member of Boardof Directors – Advisor to the Centre(2008-present)Institute of State and ChurchRelationsTeam Europe, European CommisionRepresentation Office (Cyprus)Member / Research Associate(2008-present)Member (2006-present)European Consortium for Political Research(ECPR)Member4

Funding (grants, contracts, research awards)Research Promotion Foundation (2012-2014), Funded project on “Network forFederal Studies and Governance in Bi-ethnic and Multiethnic State,” Main author ofthe proposal and key researcher (Funded amount: €60 000).Notre Europe (2010-2012), “Think Global Act European III – Poland-Denmark-Cyprus Trio Presidency of the EU”, Co-author and researcher, July 2010-December2012.Jean Monnet Module (2008-2013), Co-author of the proposal, co-organizer of theJean Monnet Module Lecture Series and Lecturer of Jean Monnet Modules:“Understanding European Integration”. The series has duration of three years.University of Nicosia. Decision No: 2008-2691 / 001-001. (Funded amount €23,000).The EEA Financial Mechanism & the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2004-2009Fund for Non-Governmental Organisations (2009-2010), “Multi-Culturalism andChild-Caring” (NGOFUND/CY/014), Participant and Conference Organiser.European Parliament Contract (2008-2009) on “The Selection of Candidates for theEuropean Parliament by National Parties and the Impact of European PoliticalParties”, Co- author and researcher, October 2008 – January 2009.European Commission Contract (2006-2007) on “The Evolution of Labour Law in theNew Member States of the European Union 1995-2005: Country Study on Cyprus andMalta” (Tender Specifications VT/2005/68), Co-author and key researcher –Completion date: January 2007.SOCRATES (2007-2009), Bridging Insula, SOCRATES Programme, Comenius,Participant.SOCRATES (2006-2009), Insula Europae (Training of School Educational Staff),SOCRATES Programme, Comenius Action 2.1, Participant (Expert on History ofEuropean Integration).SOCRATES (2007-2009), LE.TH.E – LEarning THrough Emotions, Insula Europae(Training of School Educational Staff), SOCRATES Programme, Comenius Action2.1, Participant.EUCLIDES (2007-2009), Enhancing the Use of Cooperative Learning to Increase theDevelopment of Science Studies, Comenius.Research Promotion Foundation (2005-2006), 12-month project on “Coordination andFormulation of EU Policy in a Federal Cyprus” (ΑΠΟΝΕ 05/04), Main Author ofproposal and key researcher – Completion date: Jan. 2005 – Nov. 2006.5

Awards/Distinctions/Other Certificates:Certificate of completion of an E-Learning course on the “History of EuropeanIntegration,” University of Nicosia, 2007.The A.G. Leventis Foundation Educational Grant, awarded for my doctoral researchfor the academic sessions 2003-2005.Overseas Scholarship Scheme (OSS) Award, received from the University ofManchester for my doctoral studies, during the academic sessions 2002-2005.School of Social Sciences Bursary, awarded from the University of Manchester formy doctoral studies, during the academic sessions 2003-2005.Distinctions awarded for my MA Degree and my MA Thesis from the University ofManchester, Department of Government in September 2002.Certificate for Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Manchester, 2002.German Certificate “Zertifikat– Grundstufe” for German as a foreign language,Goethe-Institut, 1995.Student Excellence Award (GC results), English School, Nicosia (2006).Languages:Greek (Fluent – Mother tongue)English (Fluent – Bilingual)German (Competent – Conversational)French (Competent – Basic)Research & PublicationsDoctoral Dissertation:Title: “The ‘Eager Europeanisation’ of Cypriot Social Policy: When Accessionbecomes a ‘National Goal’.” Supervisor: Professor Michael Moran.Books Edited, Written or TranslatedChapters in BooksIoannou, C. (Forthcoming), “Responding to Social Challenges: The Resilience of the‘Corporatist Model’ in Cyprus,” in Andreas Theophanous and Nicos Peristianis (eds.),The Republic of Cyprus at Crossroads: Past, Present and Future, University of NicosiaPress, Nicosia.Ioannou, C. and Kentas, G. (2011), “Social and Societal Aspects of EU Membership,”in James Ker-Lindsay, Hubert Faustman and Fiona Mullen (eds.), An Island inEurope: The EU and the Transformation of Cyprus, I.B. Tauris, London.Shekeris, A., Ioannou, C., and Panagiotopoulos, C. (2009). “Welfare Adaptation in aDivided State: The Cypriot Welfare System”, in Klaus Schubert, Simon Hegelich and6

Antoniou, A., Ioannou, C., Kentas, G., Melakopides, C. and Sasmatzoglou, K..(2008), “Cyprus”, EU-27 Watch, Institute for European Politics, Berlin, No. 6, March2008.Theophanous, A., Antoniou, M., Tirkides, Y., Ioannou, C., Azzopardi, R. andGeorgiou K. (2007). “The Evolution of Labour Law in the New Member States of theEuropean Union: 1995-2005 Country Study on Cyprus and Malta”, Study undertakenby the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, for the Employment,Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Directorate-General of the EuropeanCommission.Conference ProceedingsFabrizio Boldini, Maria Rita Bracchini, Philippos Pouyioutas, Emilios Solomouand Christina Ioannou (2009),“The EUCLIDES (Enhancing the Use of CooperativeLearning to Increase Development of Science studies) Project - An On-Line LearningPortal Utilizing Problem-Based Learning, 8 th International Conference on Web-BasedLearning, August, 2009, Germanyhttp://www.hkws.org/events/icwl2009/program.html, Springer Verlag, LectureNotes in Computer Science, LNCS 5686, ISBN: 0302- 9743 pp. 73-77.Pouyioutas P., Solomou E. and Ioannou C. (Fabrizio Boldini, Maria Rita Bracchini)(2009), “The LETHE (LEarning THrough Emotions) Project - A Collaborative On-Line Learning Portal for Utilizing Emotions in the Learning Process” m-ICTE2009, VInternational Conference on Multimedia and Information CommunicationTechnologies in Education, Portugal, April, 2009,http://www.formatex.org/micte2009Pouyioutas P., Solomou E. and Ioannou C. (2008). “Emotional Intelligence – TheCyprus Perspective”, Paris International Conference on Education, Economy andSociety, Paris, France, July 2008, Actes Proceedings, Vol 3. pp. 262-268,http://education-conferences.org/default.aspxPouyioutas P., Solomou E. and Ioannou C. (Boldini F., Bracchini M.) (2008). “TheInsula Europae Project – A Multimedia Application Portal for Teaching the History ofEuropean Integration”, 20 th World Conference on Educational Multimedia,Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Vienna, Austria, June 2008 , pp. 34-41http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/default.htmNewsletters:Ioannou, C. (Dec. 2010). “Reflections on the Lisbon Treaty a Year on: While the‘traffic jam’ persist...” In Depth, Vol. 7(6), Cyprus Center for European InternationalAffairs.Ioannou, C. (Dec. 2009). “EU ‘Supremos’ anxiously await the Kissinger call,” InDepth Vol. 6(6), Cyprus Center for European International Affairs.Kentas, G. and Ioannou, C. (June 2009). “What else can the EU do for us?” TheBridge, Issue 13.Ioannou, C. (May 2009). “European Elections 2009: Democratic Deficit VsParliamentary Deficit – A Problem of Causality,” In Depth Vol. 6(3), Cyprus Centerfor European International Affairs.Ioannou, C. (June 2008). “Europeanisation in Cyprus: Luring Pictures and RoughRealities,” In Depth Vol. 5(3), Cyprus Center for European International Affairs.8

Conference PresentationsIoannou, C. (Forthcoming), “Non-state Actors as Mediating Agents in theEuropeanization Process: The Case of Cypriot Social Policy”, Conference on“Comparing and contrasting “Europeanization”, Institute of International EconomicRelations in collaboration with European Institute & Hellenic Observatory (London),Athens, Greece, Forthcoming, 14-16 March 2012.Ioannou, C. (Forthcoming), “The Cognitive Gap of Social Transformation in Cyprus”,13 th International Conference of International Society for the Study of EuropeanIdeas, Forthcoming, 2-6 July 2012.Ioannou, C. (2011), “Examining Social Change in the Cypriot Labour Sector and theCase of Gender: Normative and Cognitive Aspects of Europeanisation”, 6 th ECPRGeneral Conference, University of Reikjavik, Reikjavik, Iceland, 24-27 August 2011.Ioannou, C. (2009), “Internalising EU Pressures in Cyprus: The Cypriot CorporatistTradition and Political Sophistication amidst EU Adaptation Forces” (co-authored),5 th ECPR General Conference, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, 10-12September 2009.Symposium PresentationsIoannou, C. (2010), “Responding to Social Challenges: Cypriot Industrial Relations atHistorical Milestones”, Symposium on the 50 years of the Republic of Cyprus: “TheRepublic of Cyprus at Crossroads: Past, Present and Future,” 18-19 February 2010.Invited SpeakerIoannou, C. (2008), “The EU’s Democratic Deficit and the likely Effects of the NewReform Treaty”, Co,nference on “Europe in Dialogue with its Citizens: Europe in theDaily Lives of Cypriot Citizens” (Invited Speaker), Co-organised by Index – Researchand Dialogue, the Cyprus Centre of European and International Affairs and theUniversity of Nicosia Students Affairs, with the support of the European CommissionDG Education and Culture, and the Association of Local Democracy Agencies, 5 May2008Ioannou, C. (2006), “Gender Equality and the European Union”, Conference on“Gender Equality in Cyprus and the EU” (Invited Speaker), Organised by theRepresentation of the European Commission and the European Parliament in Cyprus,in the framework of Plan D (for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate with the citizensand the society), 1 November 2006.Round Table DiscussionsIoannou, C. (2007), “A Cross-National Comparison of Federal Experiences andFormulation of Policy on EU Related Issues”, Round Table Discussion on“Coordination and Formulation of EU Policy in a Federal Cyprus”, Organised by theCyprus Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia, 22January 2007Ioannou, C. (2006), “Coordination and Formulation of EU Policies: The Challengesfor National Governments and Federal State Systems”, Round Table Discussion on9

“Federalism and Subsidiarity in the EU – Lessons for Cyprus”, Organised by theCyprus Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia, 10 April2006.ColloquiaIoannou, C. (2005), “Gender Equality in the Labour Sector and the EuropeanChallenge of Compliance: The Case of Cyprus”, Colloquium on “Welfare in Europe:Theory and Practice”, European Policy Research Unit (EPRU) and ManchesterCentre for Political Thought (MANCEPT), University of Manchester, UK, 29 April2005.Invited Talks & Seminars“Cyprus: A Europeanized Country? Legal vs. Cognitive Aspects of Adaptation” (coauthored),Research Seminar, Department of European Studies and InternationalRelations, University of Nicosia, 23 March 2011.“EU welfare systems and the impact of Europeanization on Cyprus”, Jean MonnetSeminar, Department of European Studies and International Relations, University ofNicosia, 23 June 2009.“The Impact of European Integration on the Economic and Business Environment”,Jean Monnet Seminar, Department of European Studies and International Relations,University of Nicosia, 9 June 2009:“The Harmonisation of Cypriot Social Policy: An ‘Apolitical’ EuropeanisationProcess?”, Research Seminar, Department of European Studies and InternationalRelations, Intercollege, Nicosia, 16 May 2007“European Social Policy Adaptation in a Small Corporatist and Divided State: TheCase of Cyprus”, Research Day Seminar, Business School, Intercollege, Nicosia, 23January 2006.Other Scholarly ActivitiesConference OrganizingPanel Chair in 13 th International Conference of International Society for the Study ofEuropean Ideas (ISSEI). Panel Title: “Europeanisation and Social Transformation:Legal vs. Cognitive Aspects of Change”, FORTHCOMING, 2-6 July 2012.Conferences organized in the framework under the EEA Financial Mechanism & theNorwegian Financial Mechanism 2004-2009 – Fund for Non-GovernmentalOrganisations, Participant, 2009-2010.Collaborations / CommitteesAcademy of Public Management, Ministry of Finance of Republic of Cyprus,Instructor - I have been asked by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus todesign and give a series of lectures, educating public sector employees on thechallenges of the forthcoming EU Presidency and media people, such as journalists,on how to effectively cover the Presidency in the second half of 2012 (Jan. 2012– ).10

Jean Monnet Chair Ad personam, in the diplomacy and politics of Europeanintegration, University of Nicosia (2011-2014)Mediterranean Institute of Administration, Visiting Lecturer on European Union,MBA programme in Business Administration (Sept. 2010-present)Jean Monnet Module, University of Nicosia, Instructor of two Jean Monnet Modules:“Introduction to European Integration”, “European Social and Economic Policies”.(Decision No: 2008-2691 / 001-001). With the support of the Lifelong LearningProgramme of the EU (2008-2013 (2008-2013).Centre for Scientific Dialogue and Research, Member of the Board of Directors –Advisor to the Centre (Jan. 2008-present). Research Associate (2008-present).Institute of State and Church Relations, Member (Jan. 2008-present), ResearchAssociate (2008-present).Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, Member of the Board ofManagement (Nov. 2010-present). Research Associate (2007-present).Team Europe, Member of Team Europe, European Commission Representation(2006-present).Global Learning Institute, Visiting Lecturer on the European Union in the “GlobalLearning Semesters” Programme (2006-present)European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Member (2002-present).EPRU – Member of the European Policy Research Unit (2002 – present).ExperienceAdministrativeMarch 2008-present: Research Teaching Faculty representative of the Department ofEuropean Studies and International Relations to the School Council.AdvisoryCompleted 10 undergraduate Final Year Project supervisions on issues related to theEuropean Union.Completed 3 MA Thesis supervision.Currently supervising 2 undergraduate Senior Year Projects and 6 MA Theses onEuropean politics and policy affairs.TeachingDepartment of European Studies and International Relations, University of Nicosia:Introduction to the European UnionEuropean Social PoliciesEuropean Economy and PoliciesCyprus and the European Union (BA and MA level)11

European Social and Economic PoliciesDepartment of Law, University of Nicosia:Labour LawJean Monnet Chair Ad personam (modules):Current European Issues (BA and MA level)European Integration (BA and MA level)European Institutions and GovernanceJean Monnet modules:The History of European IntegrationThe Economic and Social Aspect of European IntegrationDiplomacy and Interest Representation in an Integrated EuropeAcademy of Public Management, Ministry of Finance of Republic of Cyprus:Ιστορική Αναδρομή (Historical Evolution)Τα Θεσμικά Όργανα της ΕΕ και η διαδικασία Λήψης Αποφάσεων (Institutions andDecision-Making in the EU)Mediterranean Institute of Administration:Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (European Union)Global Learning Institute:Introduction to the European UnionUniversity of Manchester (GTA):Politics of the European UnionSupranational PoliticsExtra Curricular ActivitiesEditor, «Σύγχρονη Άποψη» Monthly magazine (2007-10)Civil Defence Trainer12