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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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].
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).