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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Social Anthropology
University of Bristol, UK; Department of Archaeology and Anthropology; 2004-2009
(Funded by the Faculty of Arts, University of Bristol, UK)
Thesis title: Transplanted Selves: Kidney Transplantation in Cyprus and the Reconstruction of
Normality
Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare & Biomedical Education (PgCert HBE)
St George’s, University of London, 2012-2013, accredited by the Higher Education Academy, UK.
PgCert HBE is a teaching qualification in higher education.
M.A. in Sociology (Summa Cum Laude), accredited by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus; Department of Social Sciences, 2002-2004; CPA 4/4
Thesis title: The Differential Embodiment of Home: An Ethnographic Study of Constructing and
Reconstructing Identities among Refugees in Tahtakallas
B.A. in Psychology and Sociology
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Psychology, Department of
Sociology and Anthropology, 2000-2002 (transferred from the University of Cyprus, B.A.
program in Sociology, Department of Social and Political Sciences; 1998-2000).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACADEMICS
2012-today: Assistant Professor
St George’s University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia
Position
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Medical Sociology Lead
Community Placements Lead
Assistant SSC Lead
Duties and responsibilities:
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Delivering lectures in Medical Sociology and Qualitative Research Methods
Organization and coordination of Community Placements
Student Selected Components (SSC) – Student project supervisor and examiner
Communication Skills Tutoring
PBL Tutoring
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
2010-2013: Adjunct Faculty (Master level)
Open University of Cyprus, Progamme Management of Health Units
Thematic Unit: Sociological and Psychological Approaches to Hospitals / Health Care Services
Duties and responsibilities:
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Delivering lectures
Guiding students to prepare assignments
Marking final exams
Supervision of students’ Master’s Dissertations
Evaluation of students’ Master’s Dissertations
Spring Semester 2013, Academic Year 2013-2014: Expert Scientist
University of Cyprus, Department of Social and Political Sciences
Courses:
 Sociology of Health
 Anthropological Theory
Duties and responsibilities:
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Delivering lectures to third-year Sociology students
Guiding students to prepare assignments
Marking mid-term and final exams
Spring Semester 2013: Expert Scientist
Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Nursing
Course: Introduction to Sociology (as applied to health and nursing)
Duties and responsibilities:
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Delivering lectures to first-year Nursing students
Marking mid-term and final exams
2011-2012: Lecturer
St George’s University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia
Position
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Medical Sociology Lead
Community Placements Lead
Communication Skills Tutor
Duties and responsibilities:
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Delivering lectures and sessions
Organization and coordination of Community Placements
Communication Skills Tutoring
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
2004-2011: Associate Lecturer and Lecturer
School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
Courses offered to undergraduate students:
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Sociology of Health
Social Problems
Principles of Sociology
Duties and responsibilities:
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Delivering lectures
Responsible for the courses’ midterm and final exams
Supervision students’ projects of sociological interest
Supervision students’ final year projects
2006-2008: Lecturer in Social Psychology
KES College, Nicosia
2005-today: Research Coordinator and Researcher
RUBSI (Research Unit in Behaviour and Social Issues), affiliated with the University of Nicosia
RUBSI is an independent non-profit / non-governmental research organization affiliated with
University of Nicosia. The institute’s mission is to improve understanding of the processes and
mechanisms which influence the health and well-being of the Cypriot population. In doing so it
aims to contribute to the body of knowledge that informs the development of health policy,
education and practice in health interventions.
Duties and responsibilities:
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Coordination of social research projects
Senior Researcher
2002-2007: Researcher
Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus
Duties and responsibilities:
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Data collection
Analysis
Report preparation
Presentation of results
ADMINISTRATION
2013-2015: St George’s University of London Medical School
at the University of Nicosia
 Elected member of the Medical School Research Committee
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
2005-today: RUBSI, Research Unit in Behaviour & Social Issues, Nicosia, Cyprus
Duties and responsibilities:
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Director
Development of a researcher unit
Coordination and training of research teams
2013: Senior Research Officer
Research & Innovation Office, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Duties and responsibilities:
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Member of the Research Ethics Committee
Training faculty staff and researchers in preparing grant applications
Coordination of the competition “Research by High School Students”
2007-2013: Research Officer
Research & Innovation Office, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Duties and responsibilities:
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Member of the Research Ethics Committee
Training faculty staff and researchers in preparing grant applications
Coordination of the competition “Research by High School Students”
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
 Vice President of the Review Bioethics Committee for Biomedical Research, Cyprus
National Bioethics Committee, December 2011 – July 2012.
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Member of the Review Bioethics Committee for Biomedical Research, Cyprus National
Bioethics Committee, 2011-2013.
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Scientific Committee for the evaluation of conference abstracts, Conference Ageing &
Health, September 18-20, 2011, RUBSI, SAGE Journal Ageing & Health, University of
Nicosia.
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Scientific Committee for the evaluation of conference abstracts, Cyprus Sociological
Association, Conference Health & Society, 3-5 April 2009, University of Nicosia.
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Member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, 2007.
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Film Classification Board, Ministry of Interior, 2005-2008.
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Assistant Secretary, Cyprus Sociological Association, 2006.
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Media Representative and Public Relations, Cyprus Sociological Association, 2004
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INDEX – Foundation for Research and Dialogue, 2004
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Member of Cyprus Sociological Association, 1999
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
2012- Quality of Life of Patient with Thalassemia in Cyprus. (IPE – Cyprus Research Promotion
Foundation). [€110,000]
2011- HYPO – Diabetes in Cyprus. (funded by Novartis Cyprus). [€13,500]
2011- EUROPoPP-MH – European Profile of Prevention and Promotion of Mental Health
(funded by Executive Agency for Health and Consumers - EAHC). [€2,500]
2010- PROMOVAX – Promote Vaccinations among Migrant Populations in Europe (funded by
the Executive Agency for Health & Consumers). [€20,000]
2010- AURORA – European Network to Promote HPV Vaccination (funded by the Executive
Agency for Health & Consumers). [€20,000]
2009- STEPS - Strengthening Engagment in Public Health Research (EU 7th Framework
Programme – FP7), RUBSI, with University College London. [€18,000]
2008- Cancer in Cyprus and its Psycho-Social Aspects (IPE – Cyprus Research Promotion
Foundation), with Dr. Constantinos Phellas, Associate Professor, University of Nicosia,
Nicosia Cyprus, and Mr Alecos Stamatis, Oncology Centre, Nicosia Cyprus. [€99,424]
2008- Reducing Health Inequalities by Improving Healthcare (Health Programme 2008-2013),
with Dr. Constantinos Phellas, Associate Professor, University of Nicosia, Nicosia Cyprus,
and Mrs. Christina Loizou, RUBSI, Nicosia, Cyprus. [€42,300]
2008- European Model of HIV Prevention (PHEA – Public Health Executive Agency), with Dr.
Constantinos Phellas, Associate Professor, University of Nicosia, Nicosia Cyprus.
[€25,043]
2008– Belief and Practices Related to Breast Self Examination among a Sample of Young
Cypriot and Egyptian Women. (IPE – Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation), with Dr.
Vasilah Petro and the University of Cairo, Egypt. [€12,000]
2007- EVERYWHERE – Designing a Multisectorial Network for Prevention of HIV/AIDS amongst
Men Having Sex with Men (funded by the Executive Agency for Health & Consumers)
[€19,000]
2007- Understanding People with Cancer in Cyprus: A Preliminary Study (Oncology Centre),
with Dr. Constantinos Phellas, Associate Professor, Intercollege, Nicosia, and Mrs. Charis
Kaite. [£1000]
2007- Information for Life: An Educational Campaign on HIV/AIDS Preventive Measures
(UNDP-ACT), with Dr. Constantinos Phellas, Associate Professor, Intercollege, Nicosia,
and Mrs Charis Kaite. [£74,750]
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
2006- The Social Problems of the Elderly in Cyprus (IPE – Cyprus Research Promotion
Foundation), with Dr. Constantinos Phellas, Associate Professor, Intercollege, Nicosia
Cyprus, and Mrs. Christina Loizou, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus [£46,000]
2005- Investigating the Psychological and Social Needs of People with HIV/AIDS in Cyprus (IPE
– Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation), with Dr. Constantinos Phellas, Associate
Professor, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus and Dr. Yiannis Demetriades, Director of
Gregorios HIV Clinic, Ministry of Health [£30,000]
2005- Exploring the Social and Psychological Aspects of People living with Diabetes in Cyprus
(IPE – Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation), with Dr. Constantinos Phellas, Associate
Professor, Intercollege, Nicosia Cyprus, and Mrs. Christina Loizou, Intercollege, Nicosia,
Cyprus [£40,000]
2005- AIDS WORLD DAY – Media Campaign (UNDP-ACT), with Dr. Constantinos Phellas,
Associate Professor, Intercollege, Nicosia Cyprus [£8,000]
2004- Challenges of Biomedicine: Socio-Cultural Practices, Bioethics and European Governance
(6th Framework Programme – FP6), with Dr. Violetta Christophidou Anastasiadou,
Archbishop Makarios III Hospital, Ministry of Health [£33,000]
2002- Voices of the Mediterranean: Oral History and Cultural Practices. Euromed Heritage II,
with Dr Nicos Peristianis and Dr David Officer, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus [£100,000]
OTHER PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS INVOLVED
 Transcending Dislocation? Two Villages Health Study, with Professor Peter Loizos,
London School of Economics and Political Sciences, funded by ERSC.
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Bone Marrow Donors in Cyprus, with Dr. Stefan Beck, Humboldt University, Germany,
funded by Humboldt University.
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Apprehending and Analyzing the Referendum through Focus Groups. INDEX –
Foundation for Research and Dialogue.
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Eating Towards Unity project. Eurotoques, funded by UNOPS.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed journal articles
1. Petro W., Tsangari, H., Phellas, C. & Constantinou, S. C. (2013). Health beliefs and
practice of breast self-examination among young Cypriot women. Journal of
Transcultural Nursing.
2. Constantinou, S. C. (2012). Now I Am a Proper Human Being: Kidney Transplantation
in Cyprus. Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 31: 1-15.
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
3. Amelang, K., Beck, S. Anastasiadou-Christophidou, V., Constantinou, S. C., Johansson,
A. & Lundin, S. (2012). Learning to eat strawberries in a disciplined way: Normalization
practices following organ transplantation. Ethnologia Europaea. 41:2.
4. Constantinou, S. C. (2011). Chronic diseases as psychosocial disruption: The case of
kidney disease in Cyprus. Annuaire Roum. D’Anthropologie, 48: 55-67.
5. Constantinou, S. C. (2010). Gift-Exchange and Reciprocities in Kidney Transplantation
in Cyprus. Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 19(1): 105-124.
6. Loizos, P. and Constantinou, S. C. (2007). Hearts, as well as Minds: Wellbeing and
Illness among Greek Cypriot Refugees. Journal of Refugee Studies, 20(1): 86-107.
7. Constantinou, S. C. (2005). The Differential Embodiment of Home: An Ethnographic
Study on Constructing and Reconstructing Identities among Refugees in Tahtakallas.
The Cyprus Review, 17(2): 81-101.
8. Constantinou, S. C. (2005). The Differential Symbolic: The Changing Forms of the 1st
of October Commemoration in Cyprus through Newspapers. Journal of Mediterranean
Studies, 15(2): 393-410.
9. Constantinou, S. C. (in preparation). Synchronicity as a narrative mechanism.
10. Loizou, Ch., Phellas, C., Constantinou, S. C. & Karekla, M. (in preparation). Social
Aspects of Diabetes in Cyprus. European Journal of Public Health.
Chapters in books
1. Constantinou, C.S. (forthcoming 2014). ‘Clinical Communication and Cultural
Diversity’, in Brown, J., Noble, L., Papageorgiou, A. and Kidd, J. Clinical Communication
in Medicine. UK Council of Clinical Communication.
2. Κωνσταντίνου, Σ. Κ. (δημοσίευση Οκτώβριος 2013). Η Εθνογραφία στις Κοινωνικές
Επιστήμες. Εθνικό Κέντρο Κοινωνικών Ερευνών, Ινστιτούτο Κοινωνικής Πολιτικής.
3. Constantinou, S. C. (2013). Transforming Social Disability into Normality: Medical
Discourses on Kidney Transplantation in Cyprus. in Warren N. & Manderson L.
Reframing Disability and Quality of Life: A Global Perspective. pp. 111-128. Springer.
4. Κωνσταντίνου, Σ. Κ. (2012). Η Κοινωνική Διάσταση της Μεταμόσχευσης Νεφρού στην
Κύπρο. στο Το Κοινωνικό Πορτρέτο της Κύπρου 2011, Εθνικό Κέντρο Κοινωνικών
Ερευνών, Ινστιτούτο Κοινωνικής Πολιτικής.
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
5. Constantinou, S. C. (2010). The Anthropology of Personhood and Health in GreekCypriot Community. in Phellas C. Sociological Perspectives of Health & Illness (eds.).
p.78-96. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
6. Λοΐζος, Π. & Κωνσταντίνου, Σ. Κ. (2009). Ευημερία και Ασθένεια ανάμεσα στους
Ελληνοκύπριους Πρόσφυγες. Κ. Φελλάς. Κοινωνία & Υγεία: Ψυχοκοινωνικές και
Πολιτισμικές Προσεγγίσεις από τον Κυπριακό και Ελλαδικό Χώρο (επ.). σελ.277-307.
Αθήνα: Κριτική.
7. Κωνσταντίνου, Σ. Κ. (2009). Η Εμπειρία της Αιμοκάθαρσης: Μια Ανθρωπολογική
Προσέγγιση. Κ. Φελλάς. Κοινωνία & Υγεία: Ψυχοκοινωνικές και Πολιτισμικές Προσεγγίσεις
από τον Κυπριακό και Ελλαδικό Χώρο (επ.). σελ.: 227-248. Αθήνα: Κριτική.
Conference proceedings
1. Constantinou, S. C., Phellas, N.C., Loizou, C. & Karekla, M. (2010). Male Cancer
Patients in Cyprus and Quality of Life. Journal of Men’s Health, 7(3): 306.
Non-peer reviewed journal articles
1. Φελλάς, Κ. Κωνσταντίνου, Σ. Κ., Λοΐζου, Χ. & Καρεκλά, Μ. (2010). Ασθενείς με
Καρκίνο και Ποιότητα Ζωής. Health News. 2: 76-77.
2. Κωνσταντίνου, Σ. Κ. (2011). Η Αιμοκάθαρση και η Μεταμόσχευση Νεφρού στην
Κύπρο: Εμπειρίες των Ασθενών. Health News. 3: 78-79.
Books reviewed
 Sharp, A. L. (2006). Strange Harvest: Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the
Transformed Self. University of California Press, in Anthropology in Action, 15, 3 (2009):
53-57.
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Dent, M. (2003). Remodeling Hospitals and Health Professions in Europe: Medicine.
Nursing and the State. Palgrave Macmillan, in International Sociology Review of Books,
21, 3 (2006): 480-482.
PAPERS PRESENTED
 November 26, 2012: ‘AIDS and Social Discrimination’. The Grammar School, Nicosia,
Cyprus.
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September 18-19, 2011: ‘Health determinants in elderly people’s lives in Cyprus’.
Ageing & Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
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March 10, 2011: ‘Cancer Patients in Cyprus and their Quality of Life’ (Oral
Presentation). European Association for Cancer Education, 24th Annual Scientific
Meeting; Nicosia, Cyprus
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
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March 11-13, 2011: ‘Cancer patients in Cyprus and quality of life’, Advancing Cancer
Care through Research and Multidisciplinary Cooperation Oncology Symposium, Four
Seasons Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus
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November 11-14, 2010: ‘Cancer Patients in Cyprus and Quality of Life’, Conference
International Multidisciplinary Forum on Palliative Care, Budapest, Hungary.
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October 28-31, 2010: ‘Male Cancer Patients in Cyprus and Quality of Life’, 7th Men’s
Health World Congress 2010, Nice, France.
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May 20, 2010: ‘Organ Transplantation’, Seminars Health & Society organized by
Nicosia Municipality and the University of Nicosia, Old Market, Pallouriotissa, Nicosia.
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April 3-5, 2009: Chair of the Session ‘Suicide, Chronic Diseases, and Social Context’,
Health & Society Conference, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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June 16, 2007: ‘Donor – Organ Donor-Recipient Relations in Germany and Cyprus’,
Engineering European Bodies Conference, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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November 11, 2006: ‘Social Refractions of Anonymous Reciprocity: Imaginary Links in
Donor-Recipient Relationships in Cyprus’, Between Social Change and Nationalism
Conference, in honour of Dr. Michael Attalides, Cyprus Sociological Association,
Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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September 20, 2006: ‘The Global and Local in the Perceptions of Health Care in
Cyprus’, Europe and the World Conference, EASA (European Association of Social
Anthropologists), University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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April 13, 2006: ‘Health Problems of Cypriot Refugees’, with Dr. Peter Loizos. Open
University, UNESCO Amphitheatre, Intercollege, Nicoisa.
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December 7, 2005: ‘In Tahtakallas: Refugees’ Perceptions of a Place’ (Documentary),
with Chris Malapitan. Exhibition ‘Within’, Mediterranean Voices: Oral History and Cultural
Practices. Weaving Mill, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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November 18, 2005:
‘Refugees’ Perception of Home and Sense of Belonging’.
Nicosia: Past, Present and Future Conference. Cyprus Academic Forum, Sacakli Ev,
Nicosia, Cyprus.
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November 12, 2005: ‘The Changing Forms of the 1st of October Commemoration
through Newspapers’. Mediterranean Voices Final Conference. Bibliotecha Alexandria,
Alexandria Egypt.
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November 12, 2005:
‘In Tahtakallas: Refugees’ Perceptions of a Place’
(Documentary), with Chris Malapitan. Mediterranean Voices Final Conference.
Bibliotecha Alexandria, Alexandria Egypt.
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
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November 2, 2005: ‘Refugees in Tahtakallas: Identity, Attitudes and Experiences’,
Cyprus Sociological Association.
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November 28, 2004: Ethnographic Tour organized by INDEX: Foundation for
Research and Dialogue and Intercollege. An ethnographic/anthropological tour in
Tahtakallas refugee estate, the Green Line and the Municipality Market Area. The tour
was organized for a Palestinian delegation of Badil (www.badil.org).
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November 24, 2004: Refugees – past, present and future. A presentation of the topic
“Refugees” in an open forum. NGO Research Unit. Organized by Intercollege and INDEX.
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October 22, 2004: University of Cyprus, Guest Lecturer: Ethnography in Social
Sciences, for the course ‘Methodology of Social Sciences’, Instructor: Dr. Constantinos
Phellas.
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April 2004, Nicosia: Conference/workshop: Cyprus Cuisine through the Centuries:
Presentation on the Social History of Eating Habits in the 20th Century in Cyprus.
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November 2003, Nicosia: First Bi-communal Culinary Conference, Eating Towards
Unity: Presentation on Social History of Eating Habits in the 20th Century in Cyprus.
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
 Peer-reviewer, Sociological Inquiry, Wiley, 2012
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Peer-reviewer, Journal Anthropology Matters, Association of Social Anthropologists, 2010
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
 SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)
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Atlas Ti (software for coding and analyzing qualitative data)
HONORS AND AWARDS
 University of Bristol Postgraduate (PhD) Arts Faculty Full Scholarship, 2004.
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Best Student Award, Intercollege, 2005: is awarded to the student with the highest CPA
(4/4).
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Summa Cum Laude, Intercollege, 2004: is awarded to any student who has a
cumulative grade point (CPA) of 3.7 or higher.
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COSTAS S. CONSTANTINOU, Ph.D.
11 Costaki Xenofontos street, Pano Deftera, 2460, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
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University of Nicosia (Intercollege) Sociology Scholarship, 2002.
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Stanley Morisse Memorial College Transfer Entrance Full Scholarship, Simon Fraser
University, 2000.
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Certificate of Appreciation for achieving a 4.0, the highest CPA in the Master’s degree
level, while working full time as a researcher at the College; Intercollege, 2005.
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