Leonidas Efthymiou is an associate professor in organisation studies at the University of Nicosia and an adjunct faculty member at Unicaf University. He previously worked at Intercollege, Pearson Education and the University of Leicester. He has also taught online for universities in Europe, Africa and the United States. He also travels frequently to Africa in his capacity as an instructional designer. He has co-edited and published several books, articles, media reports, policy papers and encyclopaedia articles. His research output lies at the intersection of employment, digitisation and education. Leonidas has received a number of awards, including the Best PhD Thesis Award from the Academy of Management in 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts. He trained at the universities of Leicester (PhD, MSc) and Derby (BA) and the Higher Hotel Institute, Cyprus (Dip. Hons).