Katerina Antoniou is an Assistant Professor in Tourism and International Relations at the University of Central Lancashire Cyprus and author of the book Tourism as a Form of International Relations (2026 Best Book Award, International Association for Reconciliation Studies). She specialises in peace studies, the political impact of tourism, and sustainable development. Her latest research focuses on civic diplomacy within the state (civic assemblies) and across states (peacebuilding tourism).
Katerina is a trained cross-cultural facilitator, conflict mediator and nonformal educator. She has served as the Greek-speaking facilitator to pilot civic assemblies for the Cyprus peace process (C-UP project, 2026) and is one of the experts to have developed the Social Mediation methodology, an initiative that received the European Citizen's Prize in 2020 (Social Mediation in Practice).
She holds a BA in Political Science and Economics from Clark University, Massachusetts, an MSc in International Relations Theory from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in International Peacebuilding from the University of Lancashire.
Katerina Antoniou is an appointed member of the Cyprus Bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, a Fellow to the UK Higher Education Academy, and a Fulbright Alumna.
