Dr. Neophytos Loizides

Biography

Neophytos Loizides is a professor specializing in International Conflict Analysis. His research and teaching focus on citizens and political institution building in violently divided societies, forced migration studies, and the study of displaced migrant communities. He has been awarded an ERC advanced grant titled PEACERETURN, which investigates the study of peaceful voluntary return and durable solutions for displacement. Currently, he leads the Inclusive Peace project funded by the Open Research Area, in collaboration with ESRC (UK), SSHRC (Canada), ANR (France/New Caledonia), and JSPS (Japan). In addition to his academic work, he has developed interactive mediations and negotiations training programs delivered in partnership with universities and NGOs, providing training to over 120 diplomats across 25 countries. Loizides has served as a consultant to governments and international organizations, contributing commentaries to international media outlets such as The Guardian, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. He has authored more than fifty academic articles and book chapters on themes related to forced displacement, nationalism, and conflict regulation in deeply divided societies. Before joining the University of Warwick, he taught at the University of Kent, where he directed the Conflict Analysis Research Centre, and has held fellowships at institutions including the University of Essex and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Loizides is also an honorary professor at the University of Kent and a Senior Advisor at the Forum of Federations in Ottawa.

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