Andreas Papallas

DPhil Candidate  

Affiliation: Department for Continuing Education
Expert in: Cities and migration, Inclusion and integration
Geographic focus: Cyprus and regional geopolitics

Andreas's work addresses how cities urban spaces can promote segregation or integration of different ethnic groups, focusing specifically in the city of Nicosia in Cyprus. How to live together with difference has become an increasingly important question as incidents of xenophobia and racism dominate daily life. Andreas is interested in bringing together a body of theoretical work about space, place and self to discuss how case-studies of proximity tensions have manifested within a society struggling to reconcile its own issues with history and identity and highlight how viewing urban planning policy, design and practice through such a lens can make societies more tolerant and dare say welcoming.