Short Bios/Yiannis Laouris

Bio used by Insafe

Yiannis Laouris is Senior Scientist and Chair of the Cyprus Neuroscience-Technology Institute and Director of the Cyprus Safer Internet Center. He is involved in research and applications of broadband technologies as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides in our planet. Laouris also pioneers in the application of the Structured Dialogic Design process. He has published about 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 120 conference papers and presentations.

Bio used for HSSS Mitilini

Yiannis Laouris is Senior Scientist and Chair of Board at the Cyprus Neuroscience-Technology Institute (CNTI), which employs about 20 full-time scientists and currently implements more than 15 projects (as Coordinator). CNTI focuses at the interface of science and society. Laouris was born in Paphos, Cyprus in 1958. He is medical graduate of the Leipzig University, Germany, completed a PhD in Neurophysiology at the Karl-Ludwig Institute and an MS in Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. Together with cyberneticians/systems physiologists Schwartze, Henatsch, Windhorst and Stuart, for over 15 years, he applied linear/non-linear digital processing to biological signals from experimental animals to study brain signals. Laouris promotes the application of broadband technologies as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides in our planet. Laouris pioneers in the application of the Structured Dialogic Design process (SDDSM) in the Cyprus peace movement and in many pan-European networks. Together with Dr. Aleco Christakis’s group, he is recently exploring how to scale up the SDDSM process to accelerate social change. The most recent experiments involve: (1) an island-wide project in Cyprus with 10 SDDSM almost parallel dialogues (with the participation of about 300) aiming the reform of local governance. (2) Three pan-European dialogues, with participation of a wide range of stakeholders, aim to identify the most influential research and industrial domains under Challenge 7: ICT for Independent Living (Inclusion and Governance; Accessible and Assistive ICT; Embedded Accessibility of Future ICT) of FP7. In the first case, the results will be used to design nation-wide training programs to support and materialize whatever was discovered as a need in the dialogues. In the second case, the Commission will use the results to define the priority areas for the next Framework Program calls. Laouris has about 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 120 conference papers and presentations. He mainly publishes in Brain Research, Experimental Brain Research, Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Behavioural and Brain Sciences, World Futures, Int. J. Applied Systemic Studies and Systemic Practice and Action Research.

Bio used at neurotree

Founder of Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute; Medical graduate of the Leipzig University, Germany, completed a PhD in Neurophysiology at the Karl-Ludwig Institute (Leipzig) and an MS in Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. Together with cyberneticians/systems physiologists P. Schwartze, H.D. Henatsch, U. Windhorst and D.G. Stuart, for over 15 years, he applied linear/non-linear digital processing to biological signals from experimental animals to study brain signals; over 40 peered-reviewed publication and more than 150 conference papers. Promotes the application of broadband technologies as tools in peace building and to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides in our planet. Laouris pioneers in the application of the science of structured dialogic design in the Cyprus peace movement and in many pan-European networks. Together with Dr. Aleco Christakis’s group, he explors how to scale up the process to accelerate social change. His team of about 20 runs over 15 research- and social intervention European funded projects.

Bio used at Poland Safer Internet Conference 2011

Yiannis Laouris is a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute and as Director of CyberEthics, the Cyprus Safer Internet Center. His team runs two projects, SimSafety.eu and InetRisks.net, which explore children and parents’ attitudes towards new technologies. Laouris is in addition interested in research and applications of broadband technologies as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides in our planet. Laouris furthermore pioneers in the application of the Structured Dialogic Design process in the Cyprus and the Middle East peace processes, and as tool to explore complex problems and to accelerate social change. He has published more than 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.

Bio 2

Yiannis Laouris is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute and as Director of CyberEthics, the Cyprus Safer Internet Center. His team represents EUKIDSONLINE and runs two projects, SimSafety.eu and InetRisks.net, which explore children and parents’ attitudes towards new technologies. Laouris is in addition interested in research and applications of broadband technologies as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides in our planet. Laouris furthermore pioneers in the application of the Structured Dialogic Design process in the Cyprus and the Middle East peace processes, and as tool to explore complex problems and to accelerate social change. He has published more than 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.

Bio used for the CNTI web page

Laouris is Founder and President of the Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute and Board Member of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras. He is a neuroscientist and systems scientist, as well as a social and a business entrepreneur. Laouris is medical graduate of the Karl Marx University (today known as University of Leipzig), Germany, completed a PhD in Neurophysiology (summa cum laude) at the Karl-Ludwig Institute (Leipzig) and an MS (GPA 4.0) in Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. Together with cyberneticians/systems physiologists P. Schwartze, H.D. Henatsch, U. Windhorst and D.G. Stuart, for over 15 years, he applied linear/non-linear digital processing to biological signals from experimental animals to study brain signals. Laouris promotes the application of broadband technologies as tools in peace building and to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides in our planet. He represents Cyprus in many pan-European networks including Insafe, Inhope, COST219ter, COST298, COST2102, EUKIDSONLINE, CARDIAC, etc. In the 90ties, together with George Vakanas and Maria Symeonides (and later Dinos Geogiades and Harry Anastasiou) he founded CYBER Kids (www.cyber-kids.com), a chain of franchised computer learning centers, which introduced IT in the lives of over 15,000 children and 10,000 adults in Cyprus. CYBER Kids expanded in 7 countries and received numerous prestigious awards including the First Award for Creativity and innovation of the Employers and Industrialists Federation, which is handed over by the President of Cyprus. Laouris has been actively involved in the citizens' peace movement in Cyprus. He was member of the first group of trainers (Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group) that planned and executed the initial trainings in communications- and conflict resolution skills that eventually reached more than three thousand citizens from both the Greek and Turkish communities. Together with Aleco Christakis and Marios Michaelides, he applied structured dialogue on dozens of groups world-wide. He was also the co-Founder of numerous peace promoting projects such as tech4peace.org, Youth Promoting Peace (y2p.org), EUcitizenship.net MulticulturalCyprus.net, TalkOfTheIsland.org, civilsocietydialogue.net, ActBeyondBorders.net, etc. His contributions in systems science applications were recognized by the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies who honored him with their 2008 Award. Laouris has about 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 120 conference papers and presentations. He mainly publishes in Brain Research, Experimental Brain Research, Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Behavioural and Brain Sciences, World Futures, Int. J. Applied Systemic Studies and Systemic Practice and Action Research.

Bio for 8HSSS

Dr. Yiannis Laouris is Secretary General of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, member of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras and Senior Scientist and Chair of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute (also known as Future Worlds Center: www.futureworlds.eu), whose 20 full-time scientists and many volunteers and interns focus their work at the interface of science and society. He participates in the “Concept Re-engineering” Think Tank (component of EC’s "Digital Futures), a participative visioning project, anticipating possible issues and generating inspiring ideas for the future of policy-making in the digital realm. He represents Cyprus in pan-European networks such as several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, etc.. He is medical graduate of the Leipzig University, Germany, completed a PhD in Neurophysiology at the Karl-Ludwig Institute and an MS in Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. For over 15 years, he applied linear and non-linear digital processing to biological signals from experimental animals to study facilitation and depression of small circuits of the brain. Laouris promotes the application of broadband technologies and structured dialogue as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides in our planet. He pioneered in the application of the Structured Dialogic Design process (SDD) in the Cyprus and the Middle East peace movement and in many pan-European networks; his work was published in several books and many scientific papers and was honored with numerous awards. For the past 5 years, together with Dr. Christakis’ group, he develops systems to enable scaling up the SDD process to engage asynchronously thousands in meaningful dialogue, thus accelerating change. Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.

Bio for Concept Re-Engineering

Yiannis Laouris is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute (www.cnti.org.cy) and Future Worlds Center (www.futureworlds.eu). Dr. Laouris is founding member and elected Secretary General of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, member of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras and member of the Board of a number of high-tech companies. His team, comprising of 20 full-time scientists and many volunteers and interns, focuses at projects at the interface of science and society. He represents Cyprus in pan-European networks such as several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, etc. Laouris is medical graduate of the Leipzig University, Germany, completed a PhD in Neurophysiology at the Karl-Ludwig Institute (with summa cum laude) and an MS in Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona (GPA 4.0). For over 15 years, he applied linear and non-linear digital processing to biological signals from experimental animals to study facilitation and depression of small circuits of the brain in German and US universities. In the 90’s he founded CYBER Kids (www.cyber-kids.com), a chain of franchised computer learning centers, which introduced IT in the lives of over 15,000 children and 10,000 adults in Cyprus. CYBER Kids expanded in 7 countries and received numerous prestigious awards including the First Award for Creativity and innovation of the Employers and Industrialists Federation. Laouris promotes the application of broadband technologies and structured dialogue as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides in our planet. He pioneered in the application of the Structured Dialogic Design process (SDD) in the Cyprus and the Middle East peace movement and in many pan-European networks; his work was published in several books and many scientific papers and was honored with numerous awards. For the past 5 years, his group is concerned with the development of systems to enable scaling up a participatory dialogic processes to engage asynchronously thousands of participants in meaningful authentic dialogues, thus accelerating institutional and societal change. Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.

Bio for Onlife Initiative Book

Yiannis Laouris is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute (www.cnti.org.cy) and Future Worlds Center (www.futureworlds.eu). Laouris is founding member and elected Secretary General of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, member of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras and member of the Board of a number of high-tech companies. In the 90’s he founded CYBER Kids (www.cyber-kids.com), a chain of franchised computer learning centers, which introduced IT in the lives of thousands of children and adults in several countries. He promotes the application of broadband technologies and structured democratic dialogue as tools to bridge the digital-, economic-, educational- and inter-personal divides in our planet. He is an international leader in the theory and application of the science of structured dialogic design and conducts research towards developing systems to enable scaling up participatory dialogic processes to engage asynchronously thousands of people in meaningful authentic dialogues, thus accelerating institutional and societal change. Laouris has published extensively in neuroscience, applied systems science and peace, and in the neuroscience of learning. He published a few books and contributed chapters in many others.

Bio used for ABCs paper

Yiannis Laouris is a social and business entrepreneur, a neuroscientist and systems engineer, currently working as Senior Scientist and Chair of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute (www.cnti.org.cy). Dr. Laouris is founding member of the Cyprus Society for Systemic Studies, member of the Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, member of the Board of a number of high-tech companies, and national representative in several COST Actions, Insafe, Inhope, EU Kids online, etc. He promotes the application of broadband technologies and structured dialogue as tools to bridge the digital; economic educational and inter-personal divides on our planet. He is currently developing systems to scale up participatory dialogic processes to engage asynchronously thousands of participants in meaningful authentic dialogues, thus accelerating institutional and societal change. Laouris has published over 50 papers in peered reviewed journals, half of which in neuroscience, a quarter in applied systems science and peace, and the rest in IT-children and neuroscience of learning. He contributed chapters in about 20 books and made over 130 conference papers and presentations.

Bio used for cyprusnews.eu

Ο Γιάννης Λαούρης σπούδασε ιατρική στην πρώην Ανατολική Γερμανία και εκπαιδεύτηκε ως ερευνητής νευροφυσιολόγος και ως μηχανικός συστημάτων στη Δυτική Γερμανία και στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής. Είναι πρόεδρος του ερευνητικού Μη Κερδοσκοπικού Οργανισμού Future Worlds Center (FutureWorlds.eu) και μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Institute for 21st Century Agoras (globalagoras.org). Γεννήθηκε στην Πάφο το 1958, γιός του εκπαιδευτικού Χριστόδουλου Λαούρη. Είναι παντρεμένος με την Παιδοψυχίατρο Ιουλιέττα Καλλή-Λαούρη και έχουν μια κόρη τη Ρωμίνα. Στις αρχές του 90, μαζί με συνεργάτες, ίδρυσε την αλυσίδα σχολών CYBER, η οποία είχε ως στόχο την καλλιέργια της δημιουργικής σκέψης και της ικανότητας επίλυσης προβλημάτων μέσα από την ένταξη της πληροφορικής στην εκπαίδευση. Ως κοινωνικός επιχειρηματίας (social entrepreneur) έχει ασχοληθεί έντονα με θέματα ειρήνης και ειδικότερα με το δημοκρατικό δομημένο διάλογο ως μέθοδο επίλυσης πολύπλοκλων προβλημάτων και επίτευξης κοινωνικών μεταρρυθμίσεων. Η ομάδα του έχει αναλάβει πέραν των 30 διεθνών και/ή Ευρωπαϊκών έργων σε θέματα κοινωνικής ευθύνης και μεταρρύθμισης. Η δουλειά του έχει αναγνωριστεί με πολλά βραβεία όπως το Βραβείο Καινοτομίας και Δημιουργικότητας της Ομοσπονδίας Εργοδοτών και Βιομηχάνων (για την καινοτομική ύλη των σχολών CYBER), το Βραβείο της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας συστημικών Μελετών για Διακεκριμένους Επιστήμονες (για την ανάπτυξη και εφαρμογή της συστημικής επιστήμης δομημένου διαλόγου) και πρόσφατα το Ευρω-Μεσογειακό Βραβείο για Διάλογο μεταξύ των Πολιτισμών (Honorable Mention -second place) του Anna Lindh Foundation (για την προώθηση της ειρήνης και των στόχων της χιλιετηρίδας). Ο Γιάννης Λαούρης έχει εκδόσει διάφορα βιβλία όπως το Masks of Demons (masksofdemons.com) το οποίο πραγματεύεται την έννοια των στεραιοτύπων. Πιο πρόσφατα έχει παρέμβει με τις "10 Εντολές Πολιτών προς Πολιτεία" (citizenscommandments.com). Έχει στο ενεργητικό του περισσότερες από 50 αναφορές σε επιστημονικά περιοδικά και 20 περίπου κεφάλαια σε επιστημονικά βιβλία. Έχει παρουσιάσει επιστημονικές εργασίες σε πέραν των 130 συνεδρίων σε θέματα νευροεπιστήμης, παιδείας, τεχνολογίας, διαλόγου και ειρήνης.

Bio used for Local Authorities Book

Ο Γιάννης Λαούρης είναι πρόεδρος του Future Worlds Center (FutureWorlds.eu) και μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Institute for 21st Century Agoras (globalagoras.org). Σπούδασε ιατρική στην πρώην Ανατολική Γερμανία και εκπαιδεύτηκε ως ερευνητής νευροφυσιολόγος και ως μηχανικός συστημάτων στη Δυτική Γερμανία και στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής. Ως κοινωνικός επιχειρηματίας (social entrepreneur) έχει ασχοληθεί έντονα με το δημοκρατικό δομημένο διάλογο ως μέθοδο επίλυσης πολύπλοκλων προβλημάτων και επίτευξης κοινωνικών μεταρρυθμίσεων. Η ομάδα του έχει αναλάβει πέραν των 30 διεθνών και/ή Ευρωπαϊκών έργων σε θέματα κοινωνικής ευθύνης και μεταρρύθμισης. Η δουλειά του έχει αναγνωριστεί με πολλά βραβεία όπως το Βραβείο Καινοτομίας και Δημιουργικότητας της Ομοσπονδίας Εργοδοτών και Βιομηχάνων (για την καινοτομική ύλη των σχολών CYBER Kids), το Βραβείο της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας συστημικών Μελετών για Διακεκριμένους Επιστήμονες (για την ανάπτυξη και εφαρμογή της συστημικής επιστήμης δομημένου διαλόγου) και πρόσφατα το Ευρω-Μεσογειακό Βραβείο για Διάλογο μεταξύ των Πολιτισμών (Honorable Mention -second place) του Anna Lindh Foundation (για την προώθηση της ειρήνης και των στόχων της χιλιετηρίδας). Έχει στο ενεργητικό του περισσότερες από 50 αναφορές σε επιστημονικά περιοδικά και 20 περίπου κεφάλαια σε επιστημονικά βιβλία. Έχει παρουσιάσει επιστημονικές εργασίες σε πέραν των 130 συνεδρίων σε θέματα νευροεπιστήμης, παιδείας, τεχνολογίας, διαλόγου και ειρήνης.