Profile

Asya Metodieva

Researcher, Institute of International Relations in Prague

Berina Beširović

Senior Teaching Assistant at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Cristina Morari

PhD in Political Sciences, Vice-Dean at the Faculty of International Relations, Political and Administrative Sciences of Moldova State University

International Relations and European Studies, with a focus on the European Union’s neighbourhood policy in the framework of the Eastern Partnership, European enlargement and the dynamics of the European integration process and the evolving relationship between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova

Damir Kapidžić

Full Professor at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Diana Mishkova

Director of the Centre for Advanced Study in Sofia and Foreign Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Modern and contemporary history of Southeastern Europe

Dmytro Kuleba

Engjellushe Morina

Senior Policy Fellow

Euro-Atlantic integration; green agenda; Balkan politics and foreign policy; violent extremism; peacebuilding and conflict transformation, dialogue, and mediation

Enri Hide

Research Associate Professor at the European University of Tirana and Executive Director of the Regional Center for Democracy and Security in Albania

Geopolitical dynamics, non-Western influences, international security and religiously motivated terrorism in the Western Balkans and Southeastern Europe

Francesco Strazzari

Professor in International Relations at Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna

adjunct professor at the Bologna-based SAIS Europe - The Johns Hopkins University

Peace and conflict studies, specifically focusing on armed violence and extra-legal governance (transnational organised crime)

Gabrielė Valodskaitė

Gosia Piaskowska

Policy Fellow

Political movements, Feminist economics, European integration, CEE countries and Poland

Gustav Gressel

Iben Tybjærg Schacke-Barfoed

Chief of communications and administration, Think Tank Europa

European Affairs, Danish Parliament, Danish ministry of foreign affairs

Ingunn Bjørkhaug

Ivana Pantelić

Jan Daniel

Senior researcher, Head of the Centre for the Study of Global Regions at the Institute of International Relations Prague

Politics and security in the Middle East (with a focus on Lebanon and Syria), Czech foreign and security policy, and societal security, particularly concerning debates on hybrid warfare, foreign malign influence and radicalization

Jan Švec

Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague

Theory of authoritarianism, politics of China, impact of modern technology on governance, and human rights.

Jana Kobzova

Jessica Hendrick

Communications Officer, ECFR

Kari Osland

Director of NUPI

Conflict dynamics, insurgencies, war, violent extremism and resilience, genocide, peace operations and crisis management, police, the Western Balkans, the Sahel.

Ketevan Bolkvadze

Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Lund University

Kristaq Xharo

Lecturer in International Relations at the European University of Tirana

Kristian Lefdal

Junior Research Fellow

Lamija Silajdžić

Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism/Communication Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Leo Litra

Luka Filipović

Research Associate at the Institute for Contemporary History in Belgrade, Serbia

Relations between Marxist parties and European movements during the Cold War and the contemporary rise of populist movements in Europe.

Lykke Friis

Co-chair of ECFR’s Council

Director of the Danish Think Tank Europa

European affairs, climate, energy, and gender equality

Maia Machavariani

Director of Programs at the Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy (EECMD)

Politics of Central Asia and the Caucasus; Comparative politics

Marie Dumoulin

Director, Wider Europe programme at ECFR

Europe's Eastern neighbourhood, Russia, protracted conflicts

Marlene Marx

External policies of the EU, the Eastern neighbourhood, and European defence

Martin Laryš

Researcher and deputy research director at the Institute of International Relations Prague

energy policy and political violence in the Post-Soviet Space, focusing on armed conflicts, organized crime, extremism and terrorism

Mathilde T. E. Giske

Doctoral Research Fellow

European integration; EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy; EU´s foreign and security policy; hybrid regimes; democratisation

Matúš Halás

Senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague

Strategic studies, deterrence theory, NATO, and European security

Morten Bøås

Research Professor at NUPI

Insurgencies & civil wars; asymmetrical warfare; society – society relations; fragile state, refugees & migrants

Muamer Hirkić

Senior Research Associate, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Natalia Putină

Associate professor of Political and Administrative Sciences and Department of International of International Relations, Moldova State University

Natalia Stercul

Associate Professor, Political Analyst

Nicu Popescu

Co-director, European Security Programme

Distinguished Policy Fellow

European security and defence policies, wartime economy, EU enlargement policy, security developments in Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, South Caucasus.

Oleksandr Sniadanko

Legal Adviser at Alcor

Researcher at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and for Re-Engage

EU Law, including Data Privacy regulations, AI compliance, Cybersecurity, and E-commerce regulations

Ondřej Ditrych

Senior analyst at the European Union Institute for Security Studies

Terrorism and revolutionary violence in global politics, NATO and European security, ethnopolitical conflicts in the post-Soviet space, and global trends and their predictions.

Pelin Ayan Musil

Senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague

Democratization and regimes change, political parties and their systems, social movements, ethnic and religious politics with a focus on contemporary Turkey and the Middle East.

Pernille Rieker

Research Professor

European integration; EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy; EU´s foreign and security policy as well as European foreign and security policies with a special focus on the Nordic states and France.

Piotr Buras

Senior Policy Fellow

Germany's EU and foreign policy; Poland in the EU; EU politics

Roman Petrov

President of the Ukrainian European Studies Association and Head of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European Studies

EU Law, EU External Relations Law; Approximation and Harmonisation of Legislation in the EU; Rights of Third Country Nationals in the EU, EU-Ukraine Association, Legal Aspects of Regional Integration in the Post-Soviet Area

Sead Turčalo

Full Professor at the Department of Peace and Security Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Geopolitics, International Security, Energy Security, and Conflict Management in International Relations

Sofia Strömgård

Sophie Gueudet

Research fellow at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, associate researcher with the PeaceRep Ukraine programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Separatist conflicts, contested territories and sovereignties in the post-Yugoslav and post-Soviet spaces

Tefta Kelmendi

Deputy Director, Wider Europe at ECFR

Post-conflict state building; security and protracted conflicts in the Western Balkans and eastern neighbourhood; Kosovo-Serbia conflict

Tiago Antunes

Valentina Teosa

Doctor Habilitatus in Political Sciences, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Political and Administrative Sciences of Moldova State University

Political Sciences and European Studies with focus on Ethnic minorities, Multiculturalism and Educational policies, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, National identity and Europeanization studies

Valida Repovac-Nikšić

Full Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, populism, active citizenship, and democratic innovations.

Veldin Kadić

Assistant Professor t the Department of Peace and Security Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Vessela Tcherneva

Deputy Director

EU foreign policy; Western Balkans and Black Sea regions; transatlantic relations; regional studies; energy

Vira Dauze

International relations student and youth engagement advocate

Vladimir Petrović

Research Professor at the University of Amsterdam’s NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Head of the Innovation Center at the Institute for Contemporary History, Belgrade

Mass political violence and policies of dealing with its legacy

Vladimir Shopov

Visiting Fellow

Central and south-east Europe in the EU, China in central, eastern, and south-east Europe, EU politics and EU conditionality

Vladimir Sterpu

PhD in Political Sciences, Lecturer at the Faculty of International Relations, Political and Administrative Sciences of Moldova State University

International relations with a focus on international security and the role of international organizations in maintaining global and regional stability, hybrid threats and their impact on democratic institutions and security systems, and contemporary challenges to international security in the European and global context

Experts

Andrew Wilson

Anjeza Xhaferaj

Arturo Varvelli