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Dr.

Kalypso

Sepou

Cyprus

Area of expertise, interest, main activities...: 

Research funding organisation, Raising Public Awareness, Horizon Europe, international research, academic research

About you (please use English): 

Kalypso Sepou (f) holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Birmingham, UK. Kalypso Sepou joined the Research Promotion Foundation in 1999 and in 2000, she was appointed as Head of the European Research Programmes and International Cooperation Unit, position she holds until today. Additionally, from 2007 – 2013 she was the Head of the Research Infrastructures Unit. Dr Sepou has the overall responsibility for the co-ordination of the participation of Cyprus in European Research Programmes and Research Organisations. She has been the National Contact Point (NCP) Coordinator and has been supervising the activities of the Representatives of Cyprus in the Programme Committees of the Framework Programmes of the E.U. since 1999. Furthermore, she has been representing Cyprus in the “Strategic Configuration”, “ERC, FET, MSCA” Programme Committees and she is the NCP for the Joint Research Centre, the National Coordinator of the COST Programme, and the Representative of Cyprus in the Helsinki Group on Gender in Research and Innovation. She is also involved in the drafting and implementation of bilateral agreements on Research and Development. Dr Sepou participated in a number of EU-funded projects (ERA-NETs, NCP Projects, and Researchers’ Night Projects). She is a Member of the Management Committee of the COST Action TN1201 “GenderSTE Science, Technology and Environment”, which is a network of policy makers and experts committed to promoting a fairer representation of women and better integration of gender dimension in research. She has been invited on a number of occasions by the EC to act as an evaluator of proposals.

About you (other languages): 

Καλυψώ Σέπου Κάτοχος πτυχίου στις Οικονομικές και Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Manchester. Κατέχει επίσης μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο στις Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες και διδακτορικό τίτλο στην Αστική και Περιφερειακή Ανάπτυξη από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Birmingham. Εργάζεται στο ΙΠΕ από το 1999 και είναι Προϊσταμένη του Τομέα Ευρωπαϊκών Ερευνητικών Προγραμμάτων και Διεθνούς Συνεργασίας.

Scientific discipline: 

Social sciences

Stakeholder group: 

Policy stakeholders

Contact details

Spoken languages: 

English

Greek

City: 

Nicosia

Street: 

123, Strovolos Avenue

ZIP: 

2042

Phone: 

+357 22 205064

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Would you like to form part of the GenPORT Gender Expert database?: 

Yes

Area of Gender Expertise: 

Gender

Country coverage: 

Cyprus

Skills and track record: 

Kalypso Sepou (f) holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Birmingham, UK in Urban and Regional Studies and a MSocSc from the same University (1991). Kalypso Sepou joined the Research Promotion Foundation in 1999 and in 2000, she was appointed as Head of the European Research Programmes and International Cooperation Unit, position she holds until today. Additionally, from 2007 – 2013 she was the Head of the Research Infrastructures Unit. Dr Sepou has the overall responsibility for the co-ordination of the participation of Cyprus in European Research Programmes and Research Organisations. She has been the National Contact Point (NCP) Coordinator and has been supervising the activities of the Representatives of Cyprus in the Programme Committees of the Framework Programmes of the E.U. since 1999. Furthermore, she has been representing Cyprus in the “Strategic Configuration”, “ERC, FET, MSCA” Programme Committees and she is the NCP for the Joint Research Centre, the National Coordinator of the COST Programme, and the Representative of Cyprus in the Helsinki Group on Gender in Research and Innovation. She is also involved in the drafting and implementation of bilateral agreements on Research and Development. Dr Sepou participated in a number of EU-funded projects (ERA-NETs, NCP Projects, and Researchers’ Night Projects). She is a Member of the Management Committee of the COST Action TN1201 “GenderSTE Science, Technology and Environment”, which is a network of policy makers and experts committed to promoting a fairer representation of women and better integration of gender dimension in research. She has been invited on a number of occasions by the EC to act as an evaluator of proposals.