Professor Neophytos Loizides

About

I am a Professor in International Conflict Analysis at the University of Kent and since 2019 the Director of the Conflict Analysis Research Centre (CARC). My research and teaching focus on citizens and political institution building within violently divided societies, forced migration studies and the study of displaced and migrant communities. I have been awarded an ERC advanced grant PEACERETURN that focuses on the study of peaceful voluntary return and the restoration of multiethnic societies. I also  currently lead the Inclusive Peace project funded by an Open Research Area (ORA7) in collaboration with the ESRC (UK), SSHRC (Canada), ANR (France/New Caledonia) and JSPS (Japan). As part of CARC’s public outreach engagements, I have developed an open-access Mediations and Negotiations Training Program (the Café Diplomatico initiative) delivered in partnership with the Department for the Promotion of Peace (Organization of American States) and the Forum of Federations (Ottawa). My vision for CARC includes supporting multi-disciplinary research applied to real-world situations including collaborative work in the areas of constitutional design, critical approaches to the study of political violence, and gender studies as well as setting new standards in professional mediation training.