Dr. Constantinos Adamides is an Associate Professor of International Relations and the
Associate Head of the Department of Politics and Governance, at the University of Nicosia
(UNic), where he also serves as the Director of the Diplomatic Academy. He also serves as the Director of the think tank Institute of Studies for Politics and Democracy.
Constantinos is also a visiting professor at the Center for Study and Practice of Conflict Resolution at the University of Malta, and in 2018 was a Resident Marshall Center Alumni Scholar at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies where he researched the development of national security strategies in areas of active or frozen conflicts. He currently also serves a member of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defense College.

Further to the academic activities, Dr. Adamides frequently works with the government sector, as well as with foreign diplomatic Missions in Cyprus on issues pertinent to security and geopolitics. In 2014, Dr. Adamides was appointed as a Member of
the first Geostrategic Council of the Republic of Cyprus (2014-2018).

Constantinos holds a PhD in Political Science and International Studies, an MA in Diplomacy and International Relations, an MBA in Finance, and a BSc in Finance and Political Science.
His research area is conflicts/conflict resolution, EastMed geopolitics, hybrid threats, disinformation, AI and information operations, securitization, Cyprus conflict.