Name and Surname Gentjan Skara Affiliation Epoka University, Albania Contact email gskara@epoka.edu.al Short Biography Gentjan Skara holds an LLB from the University of Tirana (Albania); an MA in “European Studies” from Epoka University (Albania); an LLM for “South-East European Law and European Integration” from the University of Graz; PhD in “EU Law and National…
Name and Surname Emina Bužinkić Affiliation PhD, RECAS Fellow Contact email emina.buzinkic@gmail.com Short Biography Emina Bužinkić (PhD) is a researcher, activist, and writer working at the intersections of migration, transnational solidarities, education, and feminist praxis. Her work challenges the rigidity of migration and border regimes, xeno-racism, ethno-nationalism, occupations, and colonial structures. Emina employs critical…
Name and Surname Eleni Oikonomaki Affiliation Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Contact email elenoikonomaki@plandevel.auth.gr Short Biography Eleni is an architect, urban designer, and researcher specializing in smart city planning and innovation ecosystems. She leverages programming languages to collect, measure, and interpret data for diverse design initiatives, including environmental assessments and urban planning. Her expertise spans…
Name and Surname Arseniy Kumankov Affiliation Independent Institute of Philosophy Contact email adkumankov@gmail.com Short Biography Arseniy Kumankov specializes in war studies, ethics of war and peace, political and social theory. He has been a research scholar in politics at Princeton University since 2022. In 2024, he taught courses on Russian politics and political theory…
Name and Surname Aida Kapetanović Affiliation Scuola Normale Superiore Contact email aida.kapetanovic@sns.it Short Biography Aida Kapetanović is a recent doctoral graduate at the faculty of political science and sociology of the Scuola Normale Superiore. Her research interests combine environmental sociology, social movement studies, cultural and symbolic dimensions of collective action, nationalism, identity, and qualitative…
Name and Surname Aleksandar Novaković Affiliation Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Contact email novakovic.aleksandar@gmx.at Short Biography Aleksandar Novakovic is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In his research, he focusses on the histories and legacies of state socialism in Eastern Europe, and Yugoslavia in particular, as well…
Name and Surname Branislav Radeljić Affiliation Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade Contact email Branislav.Radeljic@gmail.com Short Biography Branislav Radeljić is a professor of political science, focusing on Europe and the Middle East. He has a BA from the University of Rome La Sapienza, two MA degrees from the Free University of Brussels,…
Name and Surname Marta Szpala Affiliation Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Graduate School for Social Research Contact email marta.szpala@gssr.edu.pl Short Biography PhD candidate at the Graduate School for Social Research of the Polish Academy of Science. Political analyst, lecturer, journalist and commentator specializing in the Western Balkans and EU’s neighborhood…
Research Assistant andrija.mihajlov@ifdt.bg.ac.rs CURRICULUM VITAEMihajlov Andrija Andrija Mihajlov (1997) is a research assistantat at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade and a PhD candidate in the History Department at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history at the Faculty of Philosophy…
Research Assistant milica.damjanovic@ifdt.bg.ac.rs CURRICULUM VITAEDamjanović Milica Milica Damjanović completed her undergraduate studies in German philology, specializing in translation and didactic-methodical direction at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. She also completed her master’s studies at the same faculty, defending her master’s thesis titled “(Un)expressibility of the Holocaust in the Early Poetry of Paul Celan.” During…