Curriculum Vitae Giorgos Kentas Address: Office: University of Nicosia, 46, Makedonitissas Avenue, Nicosia 1700, Humanities Building, Room 101B Home: 4, Samothrakis, 2044 Strovolos Telephone: Office: (00357) 22 842228 Mobile: (00357) 99414638 Fax: (00357) 22 842222 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION Graduate work: • PhD in Political Science (2009) [Vrije Universiteit Brussel] • MA in International Relations (2002) [University of Kent] Undergraduate work: • BA in Political Science (2001) [University of Cyprus] 1 Positions Held • Tenured Associate Professor of Politics and Governance (2015 - ) • Tenured Assistant Professor (2014 - 2015) • Lecture at Cyprus Police Academy (2014 - ) • Member of the Jean Monnet Chair Program at the University of Nicosia (2011-2013) • Designer and Director, Master Program in Public Administration (2012 - ) • Program Coordinator, Bachelor Program in European Studies and International Relations (2010 – 2015) • Assistant Professor, University of Nicosia (2009- ) Courses Taught at the University of Nicosia • Politics and Economics in Public Administration, Strategy in Public Administration, Theory of International Politics, Political Theory, Philosophy and Epistemology in International Relations, Terrorism in the New Millennium, Theories of Democracy, European Governance and Institutions, Conflict Analysis, Strategy Planning Teaching Experience: • 10 years of autonomous teaching and research at the University of Nicosia (2007 - ) Areas of Concentration/ Research Interests: • Main areas: Public Administration, Strategy, Political Science • Other Areas: Philosophical and epistemological aspects of theory of International Politics, organized violence in world politics, regional cooperation in Eastern 2 Mediterranean and the Middle East, European defense and security policy, Strategy Planning in Public Administration Professional Affiliations Organization Position Duration SeeD Center for Sustainable Senior October 2016 - Peace and Democratic Researcher/Consultant – Development Security Dialogue Project Ministry of Defense, Board Member of Cyprus 2015- Republic of Cyprus Academy of Security, Defense, and Crisis Management Trans European Policy Elected Member/National 2015- Studies Association (TEPSA) Representative Insights Market Research Associate for Public Surveys 2014- Academic Affiliations Organization Title • Trans European Policy Studies Association (2015 - ) National Representative • Centre for International and European Affairs (2002 - ) Research Associate • Affiliated with Jean Monnet Chair (2011-2013) Associated Member • Thucydides Think Tank (2011 – 2014) Board Member • Nordic International Studies Association (2007 - ) Member 3 • EU-CONSENT (EU funded 2004-2008) Researcher • FORNET (EU funded 2005-2008) Researcher Funding • Security Dialogue Initiative (2016- ): Senior Researched (http://www.seedsofpeace.eu/) • Research Promotion Foundation (2012-2015): Research Associate to a an RPF project on Federalism and Federation • Foreign Policy Club and KFOS (2011): Position Paper on Kosovo (by invitation as national expert) • European Parliament (2008): Funding for preparing a Briefing Paper on the Selection of Candidates for the European Parliament by National Parties • European Council on Foreign Relations (2008): Grand for a Report on Cyprus’ Participation in ESDP- civilian missions • European Commission (2006): Funding for research and publication of a book (A. Emilianides, G. Kentas, M. Kontos, The European Union Facing the Future. Nicosia: PowerPublications: 2005 (in Greek) RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS Doctoral Dissertation: • “After the Statecentric Tradition: Toward an Open System Approach to the Organized Violence Problématique” MA Dissertation: 4 • “Perceptions and Misperceptions about the Security Dilemma” Books: • G. Kentas, Security in the Context of a Cyprus Settlement (Athens, A.A. Livanis, 2013) • Α. Emilianides, Μ. Kontos, G. Kentas, Marked Cards: Revealing the Background of Christofias-Talat Negotiations (Nicosia: Power Publishing, 2010), in Greek (bestselling, 2010) • Emilianides, C. Melakopides, G. Kentas, The Cyprus Yearbook of International Relations 2007 (Nicosia: KIMEDE and Power Publishing, 2007) • Emilianides, C. Melakopides, G. Kentas, The Cyprus Yearbook of International Relations 2006 Nicosia: KIMEDE and Power Publishing, 2006 • G. Kentas, Α. Emilianides, Μ. Kontos, The European Union Facing its Future (Nicosia: Power Publishing, 2006), in Greek. • A. Emilianides, G. Kentas, et. al. (eds) The Anan Plan: Five Papers (Athens: Ipsilon/Aigaion, 2003), in Greek Chapters in Books: • G. Kentas, "The peculiar concept of “balance” between Turkey and Greece in Cyprus" in M. Kontos, ed. Great Power Politics in Cyprus: Foreign Interventions and Domestic Perceptions (Cambridge: Cambridge Publishers, 2014) • G. Kentas and A. Emilianides, “The Emergence and Regulation of Minority Religious Groups in Europe" in F. Zuolo and B. Magali eds. How Groups Matter: Challenges of Tolerations in Pluralistic Societies (London: Routledge, 2013) • G. Kentas and Ch. Ioannou, “Social and Societal Aspects of EU Membership,” in James Ker-Lindsay, Hubert Faustman and Fiona Mullen, eds., An Island in Europe: The EU and the Transformation of Cyprus (London: I.B. Tauris, 2011) 5 • G. Kentas “The Cyprus Problem in the Post-Cold War Era”, in Theofanis Malkides ed., Aspects of South-Eastern Europe After 1991 (Athens: Gordios, 2006) • G. Kentas “The Turko-Cypriot Disputes in the EU Context”, in C. Melakopides, A. Aimilianides, G. Kentas eds., The Cyprus Yearbook of International Relations 2006 (Nicosia: KIMEDE and Power Publishing, 2006) • G. Kentas and A. Samaras “Campaigning Under the Shadow of the Annan Plan: The 2004 EP Elections”, in Michaela Maier and Jens Tenscher ed., Campaigning in Europe-Campaigning for Europe (Berlin/London: LIT Publishers, 2006) • “The ESDP and Cyprus’ Security and Defense Policy”, in Aimilianides, A. ed., One Year After Cyprus’ Accession to the EU (Nicosia: PowerPublications, 2005), in Greek • A. Samaras and G. Kentas “The Cypriot Referendum of April 24: The Greek-Cypriot Perspective”, in Election Time 2004. The European Yearbook of Political Campaigns (Vienna: Hartlinger Consulting, 2005) • C. Melakopides and G. Kentas “Beyond the Annan Plan: Is there a Role for the EU in Cyprus?” in Krassimir, Nicolov (ed.), More than a Dwarf? (Sofia: Bulgarian European Community Studies Association, 2004) • “The EU’s Aspiration for Common Foreign and Security Policy”, in (Nicosia: Kipriaki Martiria, 2004), in Greek • “The End of a Route”, in Th. Couloumbis, Th. Ntokos, and A. Kintis ed., Yearbook Greece and the World. 2002-2003 Review on Defense and Foreign Policy (Athens: Papazisis Publications), in Greek Peer Reviewed Journal Articles • G. Kentas and P. Papapoliviou (2015), “Nicosia: a divided capital in Europe” Eurolimes : journal of the Institute for Euroregional Studies 19: 19-36 6 • G. Kentas (2015), “The prospect of Cyprus accession to Partnership for Peace” Foreign Affairs (Hellenic Edition) March 2015 • G. Kentas, “Geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects of the discovery of hydrocarbon reserves in Eastern Mediterranean in relation with the interests of the Republic of Cyprus” Nea Politiki (Papazisis) July-August 2015 • G. Kentas (2013), “What future for the Cyprus Problem” Etudes Helleniques 21:1, pp. 91-121 • G. Kentas (2013) «The Cyprus Radio-Television Authority as an Actor of Political Violence » Columbia Journalism Review 1: 33-36 (Open University Cyprus, Greek Edition) • G. Kentas, (2013) « Political Communication Policy as Propaganda » Columbia Journalism Review 2: 16-19 (Open University Cyprus, Greek Edition) • G. Kentas (2012), “The Structural Crisis of the EU” EuroDialogue 2: 154-173 • G. Kentas, (2012) «EU-Cyprus Relations 1972-2004» International and European Politics 25(2): 149-164, in Greek • G. Kentas and Ch. Ioannou (2012) «The Social Dimension of Cyprus’ entrance to the EU» International and European Politics 25:2, 140-148, in Greek • G. Kentas and Ch. Ioannou (2009) “The Mediating Impact of Corporatism on the Europeanization of the Cypriot Labor Sector,” The Cyprus Review 21(2): 115-135 • G. Kentas, (2003) “A Realist Evaluation of Cyprus’ Survival Dilemma as Result of the Annan Plan”, The Cyprus Review, 15(2): 13-63 • G. Kentas, (2005) “Cyprus and CFSP: One Year after Accession”. FORNET, 3(3) 7 Conference Proceedings G. Kentas (2015) “The Emerging security structure in Eastern Mediterranean” National Guard and History Volume 34, pp. 18-25 (Conference Prospects and Challenges for Security in South Eastern Mediterranean, Dec. 2014) G. Kentas, Ch. Ioannou (2013), “The Europeanisation of gender issues in the labour sector: Normative vs. Cognitive Adaptation” (ISSEI conference, June 2012) Bulletins or Reports: • Kentas, Giorgos, “Cyprus: Position Paper on Kosovo”, Kosovo Calling: International Conference to Launch Position Papers on Kosovo’s Relation with EU and Regional Non-recognizing Countries, Kosovo Foundation for Open Society and British Council: 121-136, 2011. • Cyprus-EU Relations, Guest Contributor to Politis (Sunday Edition) Issue 162, 2011 • Position Paper on Kosovo, a Report prepared for the Foreign Policy Club and KSOR, October 2011 • Report on the prospect of Turkey’s accession to the EU, funded by the government of Cyprus (2008) • (co-author) “EU-25/27 Watch No.6” Published by the Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin, March 2008 • (co-author) “EU-25/27 Watch No.5” Published by the Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin, September 2007 • (co-author)