The Rector’s Council of the NTUA, in its meeting on 13/2/2023, approved the establishment of the spin-off company “R-AMS Spin-off IKE” and the participation of NTUA in the shareholding of the company. R-AMS was founded by Prof. Costas Charitidis of the NTUA School of Chemical Engineering and Evangelia Karaxis (CONIFY SMPC), Anna Karatza (BIOG3D SMPC) …
As cities around the world become more digitalised and interconnected, the need for trained professionals to plan and build resilience in Smart Cities is urgent. In response to this need, we are excited to offer a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the Smart City Resilience Officer (SCRO) starting on March 20th. The SCRO …
The 62nd UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) meeting took place on the 27th and 28th February 2023 at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris. At the meeting, the bureau adopted the establishment of the ECOMED Academy and The Cyprus Institute as the official host. Cyprus is now officially represented in the ECOMED Academy Task Force following the …
Frederick University ongratulates Dr Paris Fokaides and Dr Byron Ioannou, members of Frederick University academic community, for co-authoring the study, which focuses on city climate plans, involving more than 300 European cities. According to the research study published in the Nature journal Urban Sustainability, as of the end of 2020, only 167 out of 327 …
Limassol has been selected as one of the 100 EU cities in the EU Net Zero Cities project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through climate action, with the ambitious target of achieving ‘climate neutrality’ by 2030. Funding in the order of €1bn will be available for a 7-year action plan to be developed for Energy, …
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) participates in experiments at CERN, mainly through the Experimental Particle Physics group of the Physics Department of the School of Applied and Physical Sciences, for about 50 years training many young scientists who currently hold positions in university and research institutions in Greece and abroad. For the past …
Winter School 27 February 2023 – 03 March 2023 Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf) Freising, Germany The University of Nicosia participates in the European Research Program Erasmus+ Geo-CLIC (Geoinformatics Climate Change, https://geoclic.be/) which aims to contribute to the reversal of climate change and the return of the global climate to a more sustainable …
The SIEQUA-CERT project (Real-time monitoring and decision support for indoor environmental quality certification) is funded by the Research and Innovation Foundation under the “Collaborative Development – Co-Develop” programme. The project, which started on 1 January 2023 and will run for 2 years, will lead to the creation of a system that can be used by …
On February 21st and 22nd, 2023, Prof. Fadi G. Comair Director of the Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) of The Cyprus Institute participated in the Arab Water Convention in Dubai. The said convention is part of a series of regional events organised by the Arab Water Council AWC to address a specific water …
Frederick University is partnering with nine academic and research institutions for the project “Twinning Research and Innovation Institutions to Design and Implement Inclusive GEPs (NEXUS), aiming to offer support for the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans in Universities. The project secured funding of 1 million euros from the European Commission’s highly competitive HORIZON EUROPE …