Harry Anastasiou

Harry Anastasiou serves as Member of the Board between 1991 and 1999. In June of 2002, Dr. Harry Anastasiou with his wife Theodora and two sons, relocated from Larnaca, Cyprus to Portland, Oregon, USA. Harry Anastasiou is a Professor and leading core faculty member of Portland State University's Conflict Resolution Graduate Program. Having obtained his doctoral degree in International Peace and Conflict Studies in 2001, Anastasiou was invited by Portland State University to join its graduate program after reviewing and evaluating his unique work as a pioneer in peace-building initiatives in Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, and the European Union. Dr. Anastasiou arrived in America as a Greek Cypriot peace scholar and practitioner to become a leading core faculty of Portland State University’s Conflict Resolution Graduate Program. Portland State University invited Dr. Anastasiou to join its graduate program after reviewing and evaluating his unique work as a pioneer in peace-building initiatives in Cyprus, Greece, Turkey and the European Union—a task in which Anastasiou has been engaged since the early 1990s. (http://www.conflictresolution.pdx.edu/Faculty/Bios/Anastasiou.php)

Education: Ph.D. in International Peace and Conflict Studies, 2001, Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, USA; Doctorandus degree, Social Science and Philosophy 1982, Free University of Amsterdam, Holland; M.A., Sociology of Technology, 1979 University of Toronto, Canada; M.Phil. Philosophy of Science and Technology, 1977 Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Canada; B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, 1975 Geneva College, Pennsylvania, USA.

World pioneer in peace projects

The work of Dr. Anastasiou has been recognized by his inclusion since 2007 in the Recommended Speakers book of the World Affairs Councils of America, and since 2006 in Who’s Who in America. In 2009 he was rated by students as best professor of Portland State University among 1,120 listed professors. In 2011 he was appointed as academic advisor to the Rotary Peace Centers Committee of Rotary International for advising on academic developments in the field of peace studies and conflict resolution and for screening and selecting applicants for the prestigious Rotary Peace Fellows fellowship. Moreover, Dr. Anastasiou’s work has been recognized through the awarding of several grants and fellowships for his research and conflict resolution projects, amounting to several thousands of dollars. He has been invited as guest lecturer to speak at several universities in the USA, Canada, Northern Ireland, and at several organizations and centers focusing on international peace and conflict issues. Over the last several years Anastasiou has also been an invited speaker for The International Visitor Leadership Program, a U.S. Department of State professional development program fostering mutual understanding, involving participants nominated by U.S. Embassies overseas as current or emerging leaders in their fields. In addition, Dr. Anastasiou has been invited to speak on several local, national and international media including, The Voice on America, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and ABC Radio National and Radio Australia.