Research Services · Nicosia
The Energy, Environment & Water Research Center (EEWRC) was founded in 2007 in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a very ambitious program aiming to develop the “Energy-Environment-Water” nexus in the context of the Eastern Mediterranean Middle East (EMME) region. The initial scoping report was commissioned, articulated, and developed by MIT. Until the creation of CyI’s new Research Centre CARE-C in 2018 (due to the award to the Atmospheric Sciences division of EEWRC of the H2020 EMME-CARE Teaming project), the EEWRC was the largest Research Center of CyI. In view of the departure of the Atmospheric Sciences division, through the creation of CARE-C, and the current local, regional, and global context of multiple challenges, especially those emerging from the climate crisis, EEWRC has adapted its core research Agenda around the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus. EEWRC is recognized as a leading scientific and technological entity in Cyprus and strives to become one in the EU and the EMME region in its field of competence, in harmony with the overarching vision of CyI. That is realized through four main channels: (1) its world-class research programs and the associated wide-ranging collaborations network, (2) the technologies it develops and adopts, (3) its education and training activities and (4) the Center’s innovation potential.