Professor in Sociology, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Sciences of Education, Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Integration, Department of Social and Political Science at the University of Cyprus. E-mail: [email protected]. Dr. Katsikides, (1953), has studied Social/Economic Sciences and Sociology at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria. He served as Assistant and Lecturer at the University of Technology in Vienna (TU), Austria (1988-1995). He has also held visiting professorships at Leeds Metropolitan University (PRU, UK, 1994-1995), Central Connecticut State University (Dept. of Sociology, USA, 1995), the University of Muenster (Germany, 2003/2004), & and Vienna University of Technology (2002). Visiting Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London.(2012). Visiting Professor at University of Graz, Austria. (2017). From 1995 to 1998 has served as Assistant Professor at the University of Cyprus, 1998-2007 Associate Professor of Sociology and since 2007 Professor of Sociology. Elected President of the Cyprus Sociological Association. (2009-2010). His research interests are in the areas of European industrial sociology, sociology of work, sociology of technology, organisational and sociological theory and European Economic and Social Integration. He has served as president of the European Community Studies Association – Cyprus (ECSA – Cyprus), Vice-President of the European Association of Telematic Applications, and Vice President of the Scientific Committee for Prevention of Drugs of the Anti-Drugs Council of the Republic of Cyprus (2001-2005). He was also a member of the permanent Bioethics Committee of the Republic of Cyprus (2002-2006). In 2004 has was awarded the Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Integration (Social Europe), (2004-2007). Since 2010 he has been the Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Cyprus.

European industrial sociology, sociology of work, sociology of technology, organisational and sociological theory, European Economic and Social Integration.Social Values in Digital Death, Social Europe.