Conferences
Conferences
UN Forum on Minority Issues ‘Hate Speech, Social Media and Minorities’ (Chairperson) (November 2020)
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Selected Conferences/Trainings/Guest Lectures
Events related to my latest book:
Universitas Foundation and IMME, Nicosia (April 2026)
University College London, London (February 2026)
University of Bristol, Bristol (February 2026)
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York (October 2025)
University of Baltimore, Baltimore (October 2025)
University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (June 2025)
Conferences
The Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University, Global Free Speech Summit (October 2026)
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, ‘How Should the US respond to Foreign Regulation of Online Speech?’ (July 2026)
Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, ‘Rule of Law Conference’ (May 2026)
University of Limerick, ‘Challenging Hate: Protecting Human Rights and Strengthening Democracy.’ (May 2026)
Institut H21 – Prague, ‘Hate Speech, Free Speech and the European Court of Human Rights’ (October 2025)
Battle of Ideas – London ‘Are Human Righs Scuppering Democracy?’ (October 2025)
University of Porto, ‘Hate Speech case Law at the European Court of Human Rights’ (November 2025)
Florida State University, ‘Hate Speech in Europe’ (November 2024)
Queen Mary University of London, ‘The Future of Hate Speech Bans’ (October 2024)
Lund University, ‘The Future of Free Expression in the Information Society’ (September 2024)
Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, ‘Hate Speech, Free Speech and Platform Liability’ (August 2024)
Επιτροπή Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων του Παγκύπριου Δικηγορικού Συλλόγου, Επιτροπή Δημοσιογραφικής Δεοντολογίας και η Η Δύναμη των Λέξεων: Αναγνώριση και Αντιμετώπιση της Ρητορικής Μίσους.νωση Συντακτών Κύπρου’ (June 2024)
Oslo Freedom Forum – Training on Counterspeech (June 2024)
Academy of European Law (ERA), ‘Elections, Media Regulation and New Technologies: Recent Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights’ (May 2024)
Westminster Forum Project, ‘Changes in the Landscape for Freedom of Expression in Higher Education’ (April 2024)
Society of Legal Scholars Annual Seminar, ‘The Future for Liberal Ideals: How Far Should Political Rights of Free Speech and Public Protest Tolerate Intolerance?’ (March 2024)
Columbia Freedom of Expression, ‘Hate Speech: The Enduring Problem of Thresholds’ (March 2024)
University of Cambridge, Counterspeech: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Countering Dangerous Speech (February 2024)
Estonian Institute of Human Rights, Speaker ‘Freedom of Expression,’ Tallinn (February 2024)
Academy of European Law (ERA), Speaker ‘Hate Speech and EU Law,’ Milan (October 2023)
Rights-Con, Moderator of the Panel ‘Expanding beyond takedowns: developing rights-respecting tools to address misinformation and disinformation’ (June 2023)
University of the Azores, ‘Counter-Speech: Alternative Methods to Tackle Online Hate Speech’ (May 2023)
Council of Europe Office (Moldova), Training of Judges and Prosecutors on Hate Speech, (January 2023)
Yale University, Book Presentation – The Far-Right in Greece, (October 2022)
University of Columbia, ‘Laughing Matters: Humour, Free Speech and the Law’ (October 2022)
University of Antwerp, ‘The impact of Digitalization and the Balance between Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech’ (December 2022)
Gonzaga University in Florence, ‘Automated Mechanisms, Bias Datasets and Hate Speech’ (May 2022)
European Centre for Minority Rights, Remote ‘Content Moderation – A Double Edged Sword for Minorities’ (October 2021)
Cyprus University of Technology, ‘Social Movements’ Limassol (October 2021)
I-CON, ‘Private Moderation of Online Hate: A Panacea of Cureless Ill?’ (July 2021)
Voiceit – Accept LGBTI Cyprus, KMOP, ANS and the UN Institute for Social Development, ‘Hate Speech and Hate Crime’ (March 2021)
Academy of Euroepan Law: ‘Hate Speech: An Anti-Discrimination Approach’ (February 2021)
Accept LGBTI Cyprus, ‘Human Rights Education as a Tool to Tackle Hate’ (April 2021)
Cyprus University of Technology, ‘Social Movements’ (October 2020)
Catholic University of Santiago, I-Con ‘Words that Matter: A Glossary for Journalists in Cyprus’ (July 2019)
University of Korea ‘Words that matter: A Glossary for Journalists in Cyprus’ (April 2019)
University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (Roundtable of judges and academics): ‘The Rule of Law Backsliding’ (March 2018)
Diderot University ‘Privatisation of Hate Speech Regulation’ (January 2019)
French Institute, Sofia, ‘The Hierarchy of Hate’ (September 2018)
Zagreb University ‘The Legal Regulation of Hate Speech: The International and European Frameworks’ (May 2018)
Ritsumeikan University, ‘The Legal Regulation of Hate Speech: The United Nations Framework as the Common Denominator for Europe and Asia’ (January 2018)
Maastricht University, ‘The Legal Regulation of Hate Speech in England and Wales and Greece’ (January 2018)
Stanford University, ‘The Rule of Law Crisis in Hungary and Poland’ (November 2017)
University of Castilla La Mancha ‘Human rights, Coexistence and Prevention of Discrimination in the Workplace’ (November 2017)
University of Cyprus, ‘The Representation of Minorities in Cypriot media’ (September 2017)
University of Central Lancashire Cyprus, ‘The Sustainability of Socio-Economic Rights in Times of Crises’ Larnaca (July 2017)
University of Cyprus, ‘Interdisciplinary Conference on Hate Speech: Definitions, Interpretations and Practices’ Nicosia (June 2017)
IPSA colloquium, ‘Democratisation and Constitutional Design in Divided Societies’ (June 2017), Chair ‘Bosnia-Herzegovina to Cyprus: Lessons Learned
Babeş-Bolyai University, ‘Advanced Cyber Law and Electronic Security’ Cluj- Napoca (June 2017)
University of Cyprus, ‘Social Representation of Migrants and Refugees in the Greek-Cypriot Media’ Nicosia (June 2016)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, ‘Law and Governance in the Digital Era’ (November 2015)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, ‘EU Anti-Discrimination Law: 15 years After’Amsterdam
Trainings
Daktilo 1984 (Istanbul), Training on Counterspeech (November 2025)
Daktilo 1984 (Amsterdam), Training on Counterspeech (November 2025)
Council of Europe Office (Moldova), Training of Judges and Prosecutors on Hate Speech, (January 2023)
Academy of European Law, ‘Hate Speech and EU Law’ (May 2022)
Guest Lectures
Yale University, ‘The Far-Right in Greece and the Law’ (October 2022)
University of Cyprus,’The Far-Right and the Law’ (September 2022)
Neapolis University Cyprus, ‘EU Anti-Discrimination Law’ (November 2021)
Cyprus University of Technology, ‘Social Movements’ (October 2019-2021)
University of Cyprus, ‘The Legal Regulation of the Far Right’ (October 2019)
Cyprus University of Technology, series of guest lectures on racism, xenophobia and hate speech (2015-2017)
University of Cyprus, ‘Hate Speech’ (November 2017)
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, ‘The Legal Treatment of Far-Right Parties’ (October 2016)
Other
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: ‘The Importance of Counterspeech’ (June 2025)
External Examiner, PhD (University of Luxembourg) ‘A Principles to Judicial Regulatory Framework Analysis to Hate Speech under European, German, Irish and English Human Rights Law.’ (March 2023)
International Research Fellow, Information Society Law Centre, University of Milan (2022-2023)
Editor in Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Populism (https://www.lawpop.eu/) (September 2019 – June 2020)
Reviewer for: International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, International Journal of Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology Law (Ongoing)
Contributor to ECtHR Database on Hate Speech (2020) Justitia
Contributor to UN Database on Hate Speech (2020) Justitia
National Coordinator (2017-2020) for the monitoring exercise of the European Commission of the Code of Conduct on illegal hate speech online
National civil society participant to the European Commission’s High-level group on racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, European Commission (June 2017)