He is a founding fellow and former president of The Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts.

He then moved to the University of Cyprus, where he was a professor of psychology until he became the Minister of Education and Culture.

It underlies executive control and planning and it generates self-perceptions that converge on a self-image that shape how we view and avail ourselves to problem solving and social interactions.

As a Minister of Education and Culture from March 2008 to August 2011 he led a large programme of reforms in Cypriot education which includes the development of new curricula across all subjects and grades from preschool to senior high school and the expansion of the university system of the country.

He also contributed to elevating Cypriot universities into regional centres of excellence and co-operation.