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Welcome to our website, a space showcasing research on men, masculinities, and social change in Cyprus and the Mediterranean area more broadly.
The Masculinities Research Hub consists of researchers committed to advancing knowledge on men and masculinities, gender relations, and social change in the Mediterranean area. Our research employs a multi-dimensional approach to explore masculinity, the ways it is manifested in the micro-level of everyday social action, and the conditions in the macro-level of culture and society, which affect its construction and negotiation. Our current projects focus on fatherhood and care, caring masculinities, family policies, (changing?) cultural attitudes towards gender, and gender relations in Cyprus and the Mediterranean area.
Our research findings contribute to academic debates on men and masculinities, gender (inequality), gender relations, and social change.
Advancing Knowledge on Men and Masculinities in Cyprus
The Team
Project coordinator
Andria Christofidou
Dr. Andria Christofidou is Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Glasgow (2017). Her research is concerned with gender and sexuality, and focuses specifically on men, masculinities, and social change. Her research appears in journals such as NORMA, Journal of Gender Studies, European Journal of Cultural Studies, and The Sociological Review. Her first monograph, Men, Masculinities and Sexualities in Dance: transgression and its limits, was published in 2021 under the Palgrave McMillan Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences Series. https://www.ucy.ac.cy/directory/en/profile/achris05
Research Collaborators
Genovefa Zafeiridou
Dr. Genovefa Zafeiridou recently completed her PhD degree at the University of Cyprus in the Department of Education Sciences with a direction in the Sociology of Education. Her doctoral dissertation is entitled “Masculinities and Femininities in puberty: Gender relationships, the projection of self in social media and the role of education”. She currently works as Adjunct Lecturer (Special Scientist) at the European University of Cyprus (School of Humanities, Social & Education Sciences) and the University of Cyprus (Department of Social and Political Sciences), and Postdoctoral Researcher. Her research interests revolve around gender, sexuality, masculinity, culture, violence, youth studies, and new media.
Orestis Michaelides
Orestis Michaelides studied Psychological Research at the University of Edinburgh and is beginning a PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Minnesota. His interests lie in applied statistics, and his work spans internalised stigma, individual differences, and psycholinguistics. He is currently working as a quantitative research assistant, focusing on secondary analysis using European datasets on social attitudes.
Current Research Projects
Contact Us
For more information about the research projects, the possibility of participating in research, or the possibility of research collaborations, you can contact the coordinator, Dr. Andria Christofidou. Email: christofidou.andria@ucy.ac.cy