About me

I am Professor for Southeast European History and Politics at the University of Graz and director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies. I am trained as a political scientist and historian and work primary on the post-Yugoslav space, focusing on questions of democratization and autocratization, nationalism and ethnic conflict and European integration. I have also dealt with these issues comparatively and beyond the Balkans. I work extensively with policy makers and coordinate the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG).

I am currently on a sabbatical as a visiting researcher at the Center for the Study of Politics (Cevipol) of the Free University of Brussels (ULB).

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