UoL

Dr Afxentis Afxentiou

About Dr Afxentis Afxentiou

Lecturer
Director of Research Centre

 
EXPERTISE

My research expertise is interdisciplinary combining approaches of political theory, historical analysis and international politics and law. My current research focus is on processes of democratization, and methods and approaches to creating societies that are inclusive, sustainable and just.

SHORT BIO

I am a lecturer in the CIIM Business School at the University of Limassol. My academic background is in history, political theory and global politics. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics (2012), a Master of Arts in Global Politics and Law from the University of Sheffield (2014), and a Doctorate in Political Theory from the University of Brighton (2019).

My current research interests and expertise center around the challenges of social inclusion, with a specific focus on processes of democratisation and the development of inclusive, sustainable, and just societies. I have published extensively in international journals on topics related to international politics, security studies, political theory, and pedagogical practices.

In addition to my academic background, I have experience in project management, having worked on several EU-funded programs including Erasmus+, AMIF, ISF, COSME, CERV, and Horizon Europe. My interdisciplinary background and expertise have given me the opportunity to participate in a core position to the UoL’s Research Centre, where I continue to explore the intersection of politics, social inclusion, and sustainable development in my capacity as the Academic Research Manager.

Personal Information

  • Name Afxentis Afxentiou
  • Address Nicosia Campus: 21 Glafkou Clerides Avenue, 2107 Aglantzia Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Email Afxentis.afxentiou@uol.ac.cy
  • Phone +357 22462224

Publications

  • Mattila, M., Koliandris, M., Afxentiou, A., Liopetriti, A., et. al, 2022. Evaluation tool for sports clubs on the move.
  • Afxentiou, A., Frühmann, P., Kyriakidou, M., et. al. 2022, October. A Case Study on Gaming Implementation for Social Inclusion and Civic Participation. In Information and Software Technologies: 28th International Conference, ICIST 2022, Kaunas, Lithuania, October 13–15, 2022, Proceedings (pp. 305-314). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • García-Holgado, A., García-Peñalvo, F.J., Vázquez-Ingelmo, A., Frühmann, P., Kyriakidou, M., Gudoniene, D., Patsarika, M. and Afxentiou, A., 2022, September. Preliminary study of the usability of the INGAME game for social inclusion and civic participation. In Proceedings of the XXII International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (pp. 1-7).
  • Kyriakidou, M., Fruhmann, P., García-Peñalvo, F.J., Blazauskas, T., Zangrando, V., Afxentiou, A., Gudoniene, D., García-Holgado, A., Kersiene, V. and Patsarika, M., 2021. Learning to cope with tomorrow’s reality: serious gaming for civic participation and social inclusion.
  • García-Peñalvo, F.J., García-Holgado, L., García-Holgado, A., Zangrando, V., Romaniuc, L., Kyriakidou, M., Patsarika, M., Gudoniene, D., Rak, K., Frühmann, P. and Afxentiou, A., 2021, September. Gaming for Social Inclusion and Civic Participation: the INGAME project. In 2021 International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
  • Espinoza, M. and Afxentiou, A., 2018. Editors’ introduction: drones and state terrorism. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 11(2), pp.295-300.
  • Afxentiou, A., 2018. A history of drones: moral (e) bombing and state terrorism. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 11(2), pp.301-320.
  • Afxentiou, A., Dunford, R., and Neu, M., eds., 2017. Exploring complicity: Concept, cases and critique. Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Afxentiou, A., Dunford, R. and Neu, M., 2017. Introducing Complicity. Exploring Complicity: Concept, Cases and Critique, pp.13-14.