Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus. In 2001 she was awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration. Agapiou-Josephides holds a PhD in Political Science from Sorbonne University, PARIS I Pantheon-Sorbonne, a Post Graduate Diploma in High European Studies, a Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.) in History of the XXth Century (International Relations) from the Robert Schuman STRASBOURG III University and a Degree in Applied Foreign Languages (French-English-German) from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University PARIS III. Her current research interests and publications include: European Political Integration, Human Rights and Democratisation, Women and Politics, Europeanization/Cyprus-EU relations, EU Mediterranean Policy/ Partnership. She has undertaken/participated in several nationally and internationally funded research projects. She is serving/has served as an expert to the European Union, to Council of Europe and to several European Governments on European affairs.

European Political Integration, Human Rights and Democratisation, Women and Politics, Europeanization/Cyprus-EU relations, EU Mediterranean Policy/ Partnership.