|degrees= MA in Human Rights and Democratization<br>BA in Education
|universities= University of Cyprus<br>University of Granada<br>European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization<br>University of Copenhagen
|specializations= Democracy<br>Human Rights<br>Human Rights Education<br>Global Education<br>Peace & Conflict Resolution<br>
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==Short Bio==
==Short Bio==
'''Nicolina Karaolia''' joined Future Worlds Center in July 2015 as a project assistant for the Global Education Unit and specifically for the UNDEF project "Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era".
'''Hasan Habes''' has started working at [[Future Worlds Center]] as an intern in March 2016, taking part as a team member in the UNDEF project [[Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era]].
Nicolina has a BA in Education and a Masters in Human Rights and has worked as a teacher, trainer, project assistant, researcher and election observer in Cyprus and abroad. She has interned with the Cyprus Mission to the United Nations and the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union and has worked with the EU and the OSCE in election observation missions.
He is the peer mentor of '''[[Aleksandra Ignatoski]]''' from the [[European Initiative]] and '''[[Paul Kasoma]]''' from the [[African Initiative]].
Currently, Nicolina is a volunteer Coordinator for the Cyprus Friendship Programme, a peacebuilding organization which works with youth aiming to build bridges of communication and friendship between teenagers from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities in Cyprus.
==Main Interests==
Hasan lives in Famagusta. He studied BA in English Language Teaching at Eastern Mediterranean University. He also obtained MA degree in International Relations on ‘the impact of education in conflict resolution in Cyprus’ from the same university. After working as an instructor at Okan University in Istanbul, Turkey, Hasan enrolled in the master's program in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research at Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, Finland, and graduated in 2016. His thesis was in nonviolent action campaigns on ‘identifying and eliminating violent flanks during a nonviolent action'.
* Enhancement of democratic participation and active citizenship for youth
* Global Education curriculum development for primary and secondary education
* The contribution of music in Intercultural Education
* Election processes in developing countries
==Work Experience==
==Participation in Conferences==
Nicolina has undertaken different short-term positions in Cyprus and abroad:
May 2014: The Bio-Social Bases for Nonkilling and Nonviolent Behavior, Lorentz Center of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. <br> March 2013: Catalysts and Obstacles of Peaceful Behavior, Lorentz Center of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. <br> September 2012: Crisis Management and Mediation, Nordic Experience, Lahti, Finland. <br> October 2006: 10th Annual Autumn Teachers’ Conference, Enka Schools, Istanbul, Turkey.
* Education Coordinator- World Campus International -Japan <ref>http://worldcampus.org/index.php </ref>
Hasan lives in Famagusta. He studied BA in English Language Teaching at Eastern Mediterranean University. He also obtained MA degree in International Relations on ‘the impact of education in conflict resolution in Cyprus’ from the same university. After working as an instructor at Okan University in Istanbul, Turkey, Hasan enrolled in the master's program in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research at Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, Finland, and graduated in 2016. His thesis was in nonviolent action campaigns on ‘identifying and eliminating violent flanks during a nonviolent action'.
Participation in Conferences
May 2014: The Bio-Social Bases for Nonkilling and Nonviolent Behavior, Lorentz Center of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. March 2013: Catalysts and Obstacles of Peaceful Behavior, Lorentz Center of Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. September 2012: Crisis Management and Mediation, Nordic Experience, Lahti, Finland. October 2006: 10th Annual Autumn Teachers’ Conference, Enka Schools, Istanbul, Turkey.
