Education
She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Social and Political Change from Boston University (1987).
She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Social and Political Change from Boston University (1987).
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.
Maria Hadjipavlou is currently Professor at the Social and Political Science Department of the University of Cyprus.
She has been a post-doctoral research associate of the Harvard Program in International Conflict Analysis and Resolution (PICAR). She represents Cyprus in Cooperation in Science and Technology Action 180805: New Challenges of Peacekeeping and the European Union’s Role in Multilateral Crisis Management.
As a visiting scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Columbia University in 1996-1997, she co-founded the Center for International Conflict Resolution. She also served as advisor in many peace projects in Cyprus such as Technology for peace, the Young Journalists Project and the New Media Landscape project in Cyprus.
Her work is documented in many newspaper articles and videos, Journal of Peace Research, 44 northern
She is also a founding member of the Cyprus Peace Center (1989. President for over ten years), of the Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group and of the first international Cypriot Women"s non-governmental organization, Hands Across the Divide (President for two terms).