(MA in Contemporary European Studies (1999), cceia of Sussex, UK, MA in International Relations (1998), cceia of Indianapolis, USA, BA in Business Administration with major in Marketing (1996), Cyprus College) is currently working for the Unit of Environmental Studies of the Cyprus Center of European and International Affairs (formerly the Research Center- Intercollege) as a Research Officer. Her duties include general administrative duties, project management and research proposal preparation and submission as well as research in her areas of interest. She has very good organizational and administrative skills that were acquired by previous employment in PricewaterhouseCoopers as an administrative and corporate officer. Her research interests include social and cultural issues and concerns and their interrelation to personal behaviour and attitude, environmental problems and policies for the promotion of sustainable development and any other issue relating to the preservation of tradition, mores and customs, language, etc. of communities and civilizations in general.