Andreas Papallas
DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development
Thesis
Towards an Inclusive Urbanism: Exploring Identity and Politics in Nicosia
Research abstract
The question of how people navigate environments of diversity - ethnic, social, cultural, among others - has long been a subject of interest for academics and policymakers. This doctoral research builds from an underdeveloped literature on migrants’ integration to Cypriot society to uncover the complex interplay between identity, politics, and urban development, shedding light on the potential conflicts, tensions, and opportunities that arise in efforts to create inclusive urban spaces. This research draws from conceptual and theoretical traditions within urban studies to discuss how the sociocultural positioning of individuals that are presumed different create proximity tensions to a recipient society that is struggling to reconcile its own issues with history and identity.
Supervisor(s)
Biography
Andreas started his DPhil in 2019 supported by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, a Cyprus State Foundation Scholarship, the Athanasios Ktorides Foundation and the Youth Board of Cyprus. He holds a BA in Architecture from Sheffield University and an MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design with distinction from the University of Cambridge. Andreas is a Research Associate at the Cyprus University of Technology and a practicing architect. He has presented his work at several conferences including the 2016 AAG Annual Meeting and the 2015 CRASSH Urban Research City Seminar.
He has worked in various European Funded Research Projects under H2020, Erasmus+ and AMIF schemes involving social change, creative design methods and migration. Most recently, he has received funding as co-investigator through competitive research schemes for two research projects under the subjects of Sustainable Urban Governance and Architecture Training for Conflict Transformation.
Publications
Book Chapters:
Papallas, A. (2016). "Nationalism, Cultural Identities and Urban Conflicts as Shaped within the Contested Space of Nicosia". in N. Hadjigeorgiou, ed. Identity, Belonging and Human Right: A multidisciplinary perspective. Brill, UK: BRILL, pp.47–58 (ISBN: 978-1-84888-457-1)
Thesis:
Papallas, A. (2017). Urban Rapprochement Tactics: Stitching Divided Nicosia (Masters thesis). https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.38086
Papers and lectures
Hunt, L., Papallas, A., Wessendorf, S (2024) “Urban encounters: Introduction to the special issue”, Migration Studies, 12, 2, June 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnae017
Chan, D., Howard, D., Klages, C., Lagadic M., Papallas, A., Ruiz del Portal, A., Youngs , J (2023) “Sustainable urban development research in the time of COVID-19: reflections from doctoral researchers”, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2023.2228540
Geddes, I., Charalambous, N., Papallas, A. (2019) “Participatory methods in the development of public space: case studies review”, 9-13 July 2019, AESOP Annual Congress, Venice, Italy.
Papallas, A. (2018) “Using Social Media Communication to Detect Patterns of Urban Segregation and Aggregation within Contested Cities”. UCR Keynote Lecture, 22 June. International Association for Media Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Papallas, A., Birgel, S. (2016) “Patching Divided Nicosia: Peace amidst Hybrid Sovereignty Regimes?”. Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2016, San Francisco, California
Research interests
Urban Sustainable Development, Urban Segregation, Migration, Urban Inclusion, Sustainable Urban Governance, Participatory Planning
