Maria Hadjipavlou
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.
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 Women's NGO, Hands Across the Divide[4] (President for two terms). She also served as advisor in many peace projects such as Technology for peace, the Young Journalists Project and the New Media Landscape project in Cyprus[5]
Key publications and Books
- Maria Hadjipavlou (2010). Women and Change in Cyprus: Feminisms and Gender in Conflict; I B Tauris & Co Ltd.[6]
- 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.