Antonia Theodosiou holds a master’s degree in Architecture with a specialisation in ecological buildings and restoration of architectural heritage monuments, from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany. She attended a master’s programme in Environmental Engineering at (TU) Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany and in Conservation and Restoration of Historical Structures and Monuments at Frederick University in Cyprus. She has also attended the one-year School of Tourist Guides of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO).
For five years she was Director of the Akamas Sustainable Development Management Plan at the Department of Environment. She collaborated with the UNESCO National Commission for the inscription of the “Art of Dry Stone, Walling, Knowledge, and Techniques” on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and has participated as a UNESCO expert in relevant educational and european programmes. Also, as an expert, she was involved in environmental and sustainable development projects as well as on cultural and energy issues related to the “Natura 2000” European Ecological Network. She worked for two years at the CTO and participated in the creation of the tourism programme in traditional buildings (agrotourism).
She is Vice-President of the International Scientific Society for Dry Stone Interdisciplinary Study (SPS), Vice-President of the International Council on Monuments and Sites ICOMOS Cyprus and Scientific Representative of ICOMOS Cyprus to the International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage (ISCEAH). She is also member to national and international associations and councils for environment and culture.
She has received national and international distinctions for architectural and landscape works, as well as for the restoration of designated buildings and ancient monuments. She has represented Cyprus in the Biennale of Art and Architecture in Italy.
She is co-author of books and guides on traditional architecture, the environment, the traditional anthropogenic landscape, the drystone constructions, nature, and culture of the Akamas Peninsula.