Ivan Sotiriadis 
With the support of the Creative Europe programme, the call for residency hosts of the Culture Moves Europe mobility scheme provides financial support to organisations and individual artists that want to host artists and cultural professionals for a residency project. Who can apply? The call is open to legal entities who are registered and based …
Culture and environment experts from EU countries highlight the key role of the arts in envisioning and creating a more sustainable world. The report “Creative shifts: empowering culture for sustainable living”, written by culture and environment experts from EU countries, highlights greening practices from the cultural and creative sectors. Cultural and creative sectors as drivers …
Europe brings together industry and research in a Virtual Worlds Partnership to accelerate innovation, develop skills and advance immersive applications across sectors. The European Commission launched the European Partnership for Virtual Worlds, bringing together industry, academia, research organisations and end-users to support research and innovation in this area. Virtual worlds are persistent, immersive environments based on …
The Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium has been officially launched in The Hague, with the Commission welcoming the initiative having strong potential to strengthen European digital sovereignty. DG Connect’s Director for Future Networks, Thibaut Kleiner, represented the Commission during the launch event. The DC EDIC represents a significant step in Europe’s efforts to strengthen …
On 9-11 December The Cyprus Institute hosted representatives from 15 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Asia, in the last meeting of the project “Analyzing Low Carbon Pathways towards an Ambitious Decarbonized Energy Sector by 2050” organized and funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Local organizers were Constantinos Taliotis and Theodoros Zachariadis. …
The research initiative CLEAR (Cryptosporidium species and Giardia duodenalis in Cyprus’ Leafy Greens and Water Resources) has recently secured funding under the Thalia 2021–2027 Social Cohesion Programme, which is co-funded by the European Union through the Research and Innovation Foundation. Led by Principal Investigator Professor Panagiotis Karanis, the CLEAR project unites a multidisciplinary team including …
Two fourth-year graduate-entry medical students, Diana Saabneh and Ali Azam Ali Zaher, have co-authored a case study on combined treatments for treatment-resistant depression, published in the international journal Psychiatria Danubina. The two students worked with Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UNIC Medical School, George Mikellides, to document a case involving the combination of repetitive transcranial …
Extensive scholarly activity by Associate Professor Maria Gravani, Director of the Master’s Programme in “Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning” at the Open University of Cyprus The first book featuring contributions from Dr Gravani in two chapters—one co-authored with PhD candidate E. Koutoulianou—is titled: “Adult Educators in the Face of Crisis in Europe: Managing Challenges, Shaping …
Cambridge University Press has published the new edited volume Conflict and Change: Integrating Social and Developmental Psychology, a pioneering work that brings together leading international scholars to examine how psychological processes shape conflict, cooperation, and social transformation. Edited by Professor Charis Psaltis, Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology at the University of Cyprus, the volume …
The EIC Fund Board launches the open call for expression of interest to recruit an independent fund manager to become the investment adviser and portfolio manager of the Scaleup Europe Fund, a new multi-billion fund aimed at making major investments in fast-growing companies in strategic tech sectors across Europe. The fund manager will play a central role in unlocking the value of Europe’s flourishing …