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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, she is the co-initiator of the Rule of Law Monitoring Mechanism. She is the Jean Monnet Module Leader and Academic Coordinator of EU-POP (2020-22), in the field of the . She was also the Jean Monnet Module Leader and Academic Coordinator of FEcoGov (2014-17), in the field of the EU financial crisis, securing the European Commission’s label ‘success story’ and ‘good practice’ upon completion of the .

She is a registered certified Mediator and Data Protection Officer and is very active in the organisation and delivery of CPD courses at the ). For the past 24 years she has acted as legal expert in Cyprus and/or abroad in her respective fields of expertise in EU law including for the Legal Services of the Republic of Cyprus on EU law matters (2018-19; 2020). She belongs to boards and/or networks of academic or professional experts at the national and EU level, is a Research Fellow at prestigious institutions throughout Europe including the European Union Institute, Florence, in 2021, regularly participates to public consultation exercises in Cyprus, the UK and at the EU level, is the UN SDG Lead for her Institution, and is an Expert of the European Commission and its Agencies. She currently participates to the Horizon 2020 looking at smart information systems and human rights which she presented among the 100 projects selected worldwide at the 2020 international Paris Peace Forum (focus on COVID-19). She also participates to the DG Justice project EU-EN4s on the diversity of enforcement titles in the EU. She is the Founding Member and Director of the non-profit organisation ICLAIM (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods) which is used as a social enterprise vehicle for social and community projects having an impact on the wider community and society (see www.iclaimcentre.org).

In 2021 she was also appointed (i) Member of the Independent Scientific Anti-Corruption Council of the Republic of Cyprus by the President of the Republic of Cyprus; and (ii) Member of the Cyprus Programme Committee for the European Union’s scientific programme Horizon Europe, Pillar II, Cluster 2 “Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society”, by the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy of the Republic of Cyprus and the European Commission. Most of her publications have to do with the application of European law and the upholding of fundamental human rights in different contexts: constitutional rights and democracy, socio-economic-cultural rights in turbulent times (including access to education, language and identity rights), EU citizenship rights, individual rights vis-à-vis collective rights, rights in the public sphere vis-à-vis private sphere, phenomena of socialisation and conflicts resolution, citizen empowerment and effective judicial protection. She has written/produced several books, over 10 book chapters and 10 journal articles, multiple reports/handbooks/manuals, over 13 blogs and e-articles and over 20 media outputs on current issues such as on general human rights, AI and human rights, Brexit, access to higher education, COVID-19 and human rights, life-long-learning, justice, populism or social mediation, as well as multiple conference proceedings. In addition to multiple academic and professional fora where she presents her work, she participates to high level events (i.e. Paris Peace Forum), to EU funded research projects (Horizon 2020/DG Just) or deliver training to professionals in Europe through CPD courses or at the ERA Law Academy of the EU in Trier, where she disseminates her research and knowledge outputs on sustainable socio-economic-cultural rights in turbulent times (digital age, emergency situations).