Dr Violaris Ioannis

Tel 00357 22662525

Fax 00357 22666725

P.O.Box 21701, 1512 Nicosia, Cyprus

Contents:

CV, pages 2 - 8
Publications (categorized), pages 9 - 12
Current and future research work, page 12
Review of lecturing work and evaluation of it, page 12
Review of administrative work and related contribution, page 13
Names and addresses of Professors who are willing to submit reference letters, page 13
Documented references of praise of the candidate’s work, page 14

1. CV

Europass
curriculum vitae / Academic Profile

Personal information

Surname(s) / First name(s)
Birthday /

Violaris Ioannis

Born 29/3/1954 in Nicosia, Cyprus

Telephone(s) / (357) 22662525 / Mobile: (357) 99634567
Fax(es) / (357) 22666725
E-mail(s) /
Website
Nationality(-ies) / Cypriot

Education

Dates1 / Jun 1982 – Mar 1984
Title of qualification awarded2 / PhD in Economics
Name of awarding institution3 / Kensington University, Glendale, USA
Key features4 / Work focused on how the GCE’s requirements fit in the Cyprus economy
Dates1 / Jun 1980 – Jun 1982
Title of qualification awarded2 / MSc International Management
Name of awarding institution3 / Kensington University, Glendale, USA
Key features4 / Work focused on the impact of the Turkish invasion on the Cyprus economy’s productive factors
Dates1 / Sept 1973 – Feb 1978
Title of qualification awarded2 / BA Economics
Name of awarding institution3 / The American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Key features4 / Programme comprehensively covered the foundations of Micro and Macro economic analysis, International Economics, Economic doctrines, History of economic thought, Regional economic issues, Monetary economics, Public finance, and Development economics.

Work experience

Dates / Sept 2014 – Present
Employer Name5 / European University, the Alexander College, the CDA College and the Cyprus Institute of Marketing
Occupation or position(s) held6 / Visiting Associate Professor of Economics and External Consultant
Main activities and responsibilities7 / Delivering lectures at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Monitoring students’ progress and final projects.
Introduction of new syllabi and modules.
Main activities and responsibilities7 / Delivering lectures at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Monitoring students’ progress and final projects.
Introduction of new syllabi and modules.
Dates / Sept 1998 – Dec 2013
Employer Name5 / Frederick University
Occupation or position(s) held6 / Associate Professor of Economics / Dean of the School of Economics & Administration
Main activities and responsibilities7 / Delivering lectures at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Monitoring students’ progress and final projects.
Introduction of new syllabi and modules.
Managing the departments of the School, coordinating departmental tasks, evaluating staff members
Dates / Sept 1986 – for 23 years
Employer Name / The Mediterranean Institute of Management/Cyprus Productivity Centre
Occupation or position(s) held / Visiting Lecturer in Economics
Main activities and responsibilities7 / Delivering lectures at the graduate level
Dates / Sept 1978 – Jun 1988
Employer Name5 / The St Joseph school
Occupation or position(s) held6 / Lecturer in Economics
Main activities and responsibilities7 / Delivering lectures, monitoring students’ progress and projects.
Dates / Feb 1978 – Aug 1998
Employer Name5 / M.G.Violaris & Sons Ltd
Occupation or position(s) held6 / Managing Director
Main activities and responsibilities7 / General management duties.

Professional Organisations8

/ Member-The British Institute of Management, the European Economics Association and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment

Awards9

/ Appreciation awards by FIT for assisting on the accreditation of programmes of study, 2005 and 2004

Professional Contribution10

/ Acting as an Advisor to Ph.D. students doing their Dprof with the Middlesex University

Service to the Institute11

/ FIT Heads and Supervisors Committee
Academic Committee
Disciplinary Committee

Research projects

Duration, Funding Ag. and Funding / 2008-2009: The Hellenic American University,
Title / Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs: The economic and social impact of a Global phenomenon
Role and Contribution / Data collection, analysis of data, chapter writing
Duration, Funding Ag. and Funding / 2006-2007: The British High Commission in Cyprus, Total funding: 10,000 euro
Title / Efficiency Gains in Tourism developmentto determine empirically the efficiency gains of a cooperation between the Turkish and the Greek community in Cyprus in the leading sector of tourism.
Role and Contribution / Data collection, analysis of data, report writing
Duration, Funding Ag. and Funding
Title
Role and Contribution / 2006-2007 Natura 2000 in two areas in Cyprus, Skoulli and Alykos.
Sustainable growth plans
Input on economic data and analysis
Duration, Funding Ag. and Funding / 2005-2006: DG Research and Development, EU, Total funding: 170,000 euro per year
Title / The ERAWATCH pan-European network on research activities.
Role and Contribution / Preparing and submitting various documents (country, organization, policy, information and research templates) for Cyprus.
Duration, Funding Ag. and Funding / 2002-2003: FIT, Total funding: 5000 Cy pounds
Title / Prospects and Perspectives of the Polish Market for the Cyprus Tourist Product. A research project by Dr Ioannis Violaris, Yiannos Loizides and Tassos Iacovides.
Role and Contribution / Data collection, analysis of data, report writing
Duration, Funding Ag. and Funding / 2002-2003: FIT, Total funding: 2000 Cy pounds
Title / Survey on Listenership of Local Radio Stations Prepared for Radio Frederick. Participants:
Dr. Costantinos Papadopoulos, Dr. Ioannis Violaris, Yiannos Loizides and Charalambos Chalarlambous.
Role and Contribution / Data collection, analysis of data, report writing

Publications13

Doctoral Thesis / How the GCE’s requirements fit in the Cyprus economy, Kensington University, 1984
Publications / Violaris, J.M. (2003) “The Challenge of the Cyprus Accession in the EU”, Anaptexi (Development), Issue 6, July, p.31.
Violaris, J.M. (2005) “The MIM Graduates”, Anaptexi (Development), Issue 8, November, p.24.
Violaris, Y and Harmandas, D (2007) “Marketing or Agoralogia?”, Marketing Week Magazine, 19th of March, Issue 1138, Greece
Violaris, Y and Harmandas, D (2007) “Marketing or Agoralogia?”, Fileleftheros Newspaper, 22nd of April, Cyprus
Violaris, Y and Harmandas, D (2007) “Marketing, Marketology, Agoralogia”, Nafteboriki Newspaper, 11th of June, Greece
Violaris, J.M. (2008) “Causes of economic slow-down”, Anaptexi (Development), Issue 11, December, p.10
Violaris, I (2008) Economics: A bilingual approach, Epiphaniou Publishers, Nicosia (book)
ISBN 978-9963-666-87-4
Violaris I., Harmandas D., Loizides Y., Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs: The economic and social impact of a Global phenomenon, Gower Publishers, London, UK, 2011, (chapter in book) ISBN 978-0-566-08913-8
Violaris Ioannis, Can we face the economic crisis? 96th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 57, 2009
Violaris Ioannis, is the Central Bank’s Governor right, pessimistic, or both? 97th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 74, 2009
Violaris Ioannis, The Greek lesson, 98th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 46, 2010
Violaris I., Harmandas D., Loizides I., Cyprus Small Business Ventures Invigorate the Economy Special Issue: Entrepreneurship and Sustainability: the Fight Against Poverty, Thunderbird International Business Review Glendale, Arizona, USA, 2010
Violaris Ioannis, Fiscal vs Monetary measures, 99th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 68, 2010
Violaris Ioannis, Stepping out of the crisis; things to do, 100th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 51, 2010
Koussis, Violaris, Georghiou "Corporate governance, family firms and firm performance: Evidence from the Cyprus Stock Exchange", to Journal of Management and Governance
Violaris Ioannis, The Eurocypria case, 101th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 71, 2011
Violaris Ioannis, Double and triple pension payments and other distortions, 102nd issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 68, 2011
Violaris I., and Tziortzi A., Entrepreneurship and Sustainability: Business Solutions for Poverty Alleviation from around the World, Gower Publishers, London,UK, 2011, (chapter in book), ISBN 978-1-4094-2873-2
Violaris Ioannis, Post elections’ Economics, 103rd issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 70, 2011
Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning Refereed Journal
Title of article: ‘Corporate governance research applied at a private university’, Georghiou, Violaris, Koussis, Manuscript ID HESWBL-Jul-2010-0001 and
‘Enhancement of productivity through an integrated crew management system’, Menelaou, Violaris
Manuscript ID HESWBL-Jul-2010-0002.R1, (2011)
Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning Refereed Journal
Title of article:
‘Enhancement of productivity through an integrated crew management system’, Menelaou, Violaris
Manuscript ID HESWBL-Jul-2010-0002.R1.
(To be published 2011)
Violaris Ioannis, The prerequisites for a successful set of economic measures, 104th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Ins the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 34, 2011

Violaris Ioannis, The prerequisites for a successful set of economic measures, 104th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Ins the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 34, 2011

Violaris Ioannis, Politicians vs Technocrats, 105th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 87, 2011

Violaris Ioannis, Is Greece’s example teaching anything?, 106th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 75, 2012

Violaris Ioannis, The Troika measures will be hard, can they be at least fair?, 107th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 79, 2012

Violaris Ioannis, Will our banks manage to achieve the badly needed recapitalization and what will the next day bring?, 108th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 36, 2012

Violaris Ioannis, Will an agreement with the Troika ever be reached and if not soon, then what?, 109th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 54, 2012

Violaris Ioannis, Are deposits in danger, or is there something else hidden behind this threat?, 110th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 53, 2013

Violaris Ioannis, The Euro vs the Cyprus pound issue, 111st issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 61, 2013

Violaris Ioannis, The significance of the first Troica evaluation and the road ahead, 112th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 42, 2013

Violaris Ioannis, 53 years since Cyprus’ independence, 113th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 46, 2013

Violaris Ioannis, Will a solution to the Cyprus problem solve our economic problems too, 114th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 58, 2014

Violaris Ioannis, Are the NPLs our main problem?, 115th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 36, 2014

Violaris Ioannis, Is a machine gun safe in the hands of spoiled children?, 116th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 46, 2014

Violaris Ioannis, 2015: What would it be like?, 117th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 42, 2014

Violaris Ioannis, 2015: The Greek lesson…for Greeks and others, 118th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 54, 2015

Violaris Ioannis, 2015: The sale of packages of loans, 119th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 62, 2015

Additional information

/ Contribution to conference and journal papers:
Frangos, A. and Violaris J. (2004) “The ISPC Code from a Ship’s Master and a Ship’s Operator’s perspective”, Paper presented at the First International Scientific Maritime Conference, Frederick University, Limassol, 23rd October.
Jacobson D. and Violaris J. (2006) “Policy and Innovation in Low Tech in Cyprus”, Paper presented at the EUNIP (European Network on Industrial Policy) Annual Conference, Limerick, 20th June.
Georghiou K. A., Violaris J., Koussis N. (2010) “Applying the finding of Corporate Governance Research to A Private University” International Conference on Vocational Professional and Work Based Learning (Proceedings), Middlesex University, Larnaca 23-26 June 2010.
Menelaou A. and Violaris J. (2010) “Productivity Enhancement through an Innovative Integrated Crew Management System” International Conference on Vocational Professional and Work Based Learning (Proceedings), Middlesex University, Larnaca 23-26 June 2010.
Tanova, P. and Violaris J. (2011) 3rd International Conference, Economic and Institutional Reflections on the Greek Crisis, EBEEC 2011 , Pitesti, Romania, May 5-8, 2011

2. Publications (categorized)

Book:

Economics, a bilingual approach, Epiphaniou editions, 2008

ISBN 978-9963-666-87-4

Articles on Economic issues – in print

Chapters in Books:

Violaris I., Harmandas D., Loizides Y., (2010) Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs: The economic and social impact of a Global phenomenon, Gower Publishers, London, ISBN978-0-566-08913-8

Violaris I., Tziortzi A.,(2011) Entrepreneurship and Sustainability: Business Solutions for Poverty Alleviation from around the World,Gower Publishers, London,ISBN 978-1-4094-2873-2

Violaris I., Gorovaia N., Tziortzi A., (2013) Governance and Sustainability in the Immigrant Family Business: Leveraging Entrepreneurship, Culture and Family Dynamics, Gower Publishers, London, ISBN 978-1-4094-4557-9

Articles in refereed journals: (since 2007)

α.Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning Refereed Journal, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, 2011

Title of article:

Georghiou A., Violaris I., Koussis N., ‘Corporate governance research applied at a private university’,

Manuscript ID HESWBL-Jul-2010-0001

b.Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning Refereed Journal, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, 2011

Title of article:

Menelaou A., Violaris I.,‘Enhancement of productivity through an integrated crew management system’,

Manuscript ID HESWBL-Jul-2010-0002.R1.

c.Thunderbird International Business ReviewGlendale, Arizona, USA

Title of article:

Violaris I., Harmandas D., Loizides I., ‘Cyprus Small Business Ventures Invigorate the Economy’ Special Issue: Entrepreneurship and Sustainability: the Fight Against Poverty, Thunderbird International Business Review Glendale, Arizona, USA

Manuscript ID 920792-811442 / TIE 21442

Selection of Articles in non-refereed journals:

(All in English, unless otherwise indicated)

Violaris, Y and Harmandas, D (2007) “Marketing or Agoralogia?” Marketing Week Magazine, 19th of March, Issue 1138, Greece (in Greek)

Violaris, Y and Harmandas, D (2007) “Marketing or Agoralogia?” Fileleftheros Newspaper, 22nd of April, Cyprus (in Greek)

Violaris, Y and Harmandas, D (2007) “Marketing, Marketology, Agoralogia”, Nafteboriki Newspaper, 11th of June, Greece (in Greek)

Violaris, J.M. (2008) “Causes of economic slow-down”, Anaptexi (Development), Issue 11, December, p.10 (in Greek)

Violaris Ioannis, Can we face the economic crisis? 96th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 57, 2009

Violaris Ioannis, is the Central Bank’s Governor right, pessimistic, or both? 97th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 74, 2009

Violaris Ioannis, The Greek lesson, 98th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 46, 2010

Violaris Ioannis, Fiscal vs Monetary measures, 99th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 68, 2010

Violaris Ioannis, Stepping out of the crisis; things to do, 100th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 51, 2010

Violaris Ioannis, The Eurocypria case, 101th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 71, 2010

Violaris Ioannis, Double and triple pension payments and other distortions, 102nd issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 68, 2011

Violaris Ioannis, Post elections’ Economics, 103rd issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 70, 2011

Violaris Ioannis, The prerequisites for a successful set of economic measures, 104th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus"of the Ins the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 34, 2011

Violaris Ioannis, Politicians vs Technocrats, 105th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 87, 2011

Violaris Ioannis, Is Greece’s example teaching anything?, 106th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 75, 2012

Violaris Ioannis, The Euro vs the Cyprus pound issue, 111st issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 61, 2013

Violaris Ioannis, 53 years since Cyprus’ independence, 113th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 46, 2013

Violaris Ioannis, Are the NPLs our main problem?, 115th issue of the Journal, "Accountancy Cyprus" of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus, page 36, 2014

Conference Papers:

Frangos, A. and Violaris J. (2004) “The ISPC Code from a Ship’s Master and a Ship’s Operator’s perspective”, Paper presented at the First International Scientific Maritime Conference, Frederick University, Limassol, 23rd October.

Jacobson D. and Violaris J. (2006) “Policy and Innovation in Low Tech in Cyprus”, Paper presented at the EUNIP (European Network on Industrial Policy) Annual Conference, Limerick, 20th June.

Georghiou K. A., Violaris J., Koussis N. (2010) “Applying the finding of Corporate Governance Research to A Private University” International Conference on Vocational Professional and Work Based Learning (Proceedings), Middlesex University, Larnaca 23-26 June 2010.

Menelaou A. and Violaris J. (2010) “Productivity Enhancement through an Innovative Integrated Crew Management System” International Conference on Vocational Professional and Work Based Learning (Proceedings), Middlesex University, Larnaca 23-26 June 2010.