On the 13th and 14th of January 2020, the IPCNS received its first ever official visit from a foreign institution. We were delighted to have with us on a two day official visit, Sir Jon Murphey, a former Chief Constable of Liverpool Police and currently a Professor at Liverpool Centre for Advanced Policing Studies (LCAPS) of Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and Dr Daniel Silverstone, Director of the School of Justice Studies under which is the (LCAPS), and a Reader in Policing Studies. The purpose of their visit was to exchange ideas, knowledge, and expertise and examine ways of collaboration between our institutions. The outcome of this visit has been the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between UNIC and LJMU and the launching of a promising partnership between the IPCNS of UNIC and the LCAPS of LJMU

The University of Nicosia has established the Institute of Public, Cyber and National Security (IPCNS), a multidisciplinary Institute founded in November 2019 by the former Chief of Cyprus Police, Mr Zacharias Chrysostomou.