Associate Lecturer in Human Rights and Civil Law

Qualifications

PhD in Law (University of Glasgow, 2020)

LLM Human Rights Law (University of Nottingham, 2014)

LLB Law (University of Kent, 2013)

Specialization

Constitutional law, Human Rights

Employment Track

LLM Programme Leader, Unicaf (2024)

Associate Lecturer, Alexander College (2020 – 2023)

Advocate, Tsitsios & Associates LLC (2020 – 2024)

Research Associate, University of East Anglia (Norwich Business School) (2020 & 2021)

Memberships (Academic/Professional)

• Cyprus Bar Association since 2016
• Famagusta Bar Association since 2016

Research Interests

Constitutional Law, EU Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Human Rights, Legal Theory, EU Law.

Roles and Responsibilities (including past roles and responsibilities)

Teaching

• International Human Rights and Criminal Law (Sept 2024-Nov 2024)
• Trusts and Equity (Nov 2024 – March 2025)
• Equity and Trusts in Life and Death (Nov 2024 – March 2025)
• Tort Law (Nov 2024 – March 2025)
• Thinking and Arguing Law (Jan 2025 – May 2025)

Selective Publications 

• Tsitsiou, Z. (2020). The Social Constitution of Europe in the National Courts: The Case of Cyprus. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow. < https://theses.gla.ac.uk/81579/ >
• Tsitsiou Z. (2023) ‘Cyprus’, in Rasnača Z. & Bogoeski V. (eds.), Report on the social security rights of short-term third-country national migrant workers. European Trade Union Institute. < https://www.etui.org/publications/report-social-security-rights-short-term-third-country-national-migrant-workers >
• Chalvatzis, K., Ivan Pereira, G., Stephanides, P., Pappas, D., Tsi tsiou, Z. , Valianatou, A. I., Li, X., Lettice, F., Ioannidis, A., Bhattacharya, A., Karatzas, A., Vonk, G., Vente, H. & Zissis, D., (Nov  2021).  ICE Project Deliverable T5.4.1:  Consumer to Prosumer Transition.  ICE. < https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362128059_The_Consumer_to_Prosumer_Transition >

Selective Conference and Seminar Presentations 

• ‘The Social Constitution of Europe: The case of Cyprus’ – Seminar Series of the University of Cyprus’ Law Department, 2021 (Seminar presenter)
• ‘The Europe of Crisis: Causes and Possible Trajectories’ – the Globalisation and Legal Theory Colloquium, University of Glasgow, 2017 (Assigned discussant)

Consultancy and CPD Training

• Vocational Training Instructor of Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus