GRADUATE DEGREE  Dr Middlesex  United Kingdom
UNDERGRADUATE: University of Witwatersrand, South Africa  BA
LAW DEGREE: University of Witwatersrand, South Africa  LLB
 
ADMITTED and practiced law in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently she teaches at the University of Nicosia. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Law ,the University of Nicosia. She is a guest lecturer on the annual International Air Law Symposium offered by Cranfield University, UK.

Book Author:
Flying in the Face of Criminalization;  Ashgate, UK, 2010,
Air Law: A practical perspective,  Sakkoulas Publishers, Greece, 2010.
Publications
Criminalization versus Air Safety’ 21st  Flight Safety Foundation EASS
 
Aviation Accident Investigation: The Cornerstone of Aviation Safety’
 
The Intermingling between an aircraft accident investigation, the Apportionment of Blame and the Determination of Liability’ 17th Flight Safety Foundation EASS
 
Unruly Passenger Behavior, International Cabin Safety Symposium
 
Legal  Consultant: She has been a legal consultant many aviation litigation cases including a Falcon 900-B  in 1999, aYAK-42 accident in 1997, a A320 accident in Bahrain,2000, Navaho accident in 2002 and Helios B373 accident in 2005. Legal advisor to cabin crew associations and a consultant in cases involving unruly passenger behavior and passenger rights.

MEMBERSHIPS: Member of the Just Culture Task Force of Euro control
Member of the Executive Board of the Flight Safety Foundation
International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI).
 
FOCUS: Aviation Law, and Aviation Safety
 
BOOKS BY Dr. Sofia Michaelides-Mateou