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Mirela Brajdić

Zentrum für Südosteuropastudien

Dissertation: Family First, Rights Last: Norm Contestation and the Re-Domestication of Women’s Rights by Anti-Gender Campaigns in Croatia and Serbia

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. David Florian Bieber, 2. Univ. -Prof. Dr. habil. PhD Libora Oates-Indruchová

Email: mirelabrajdic(at)gmail.com

Dario Brentin

Dissertation: Sport and Narratives of National Identity in post-Yugoslav Croatia

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Florian Bieber, Univeristy of Graz, 2.Prof. Dr. Peter Vermeersch, KU Leuven

Email: dario.brentin(at)edu.uni-graz.at

Fjolla Ceku Syllejmani

Dissertation: Kosovo and the EU: communication discourses between an emerging state and a state-building Union. Contesting ‘Europeanness’ through communication discourse

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber, University of Graz, 2. Prof. Dr. Aida A. Hozic, University of Florida

Email: fjolla.ceku-sylejmani(at)edu.uni-graz.at

Alejandro Estes Perez

Dissertation:  God save the mayor: local illiberal structures and practices in Serbia

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber , 2. Prof. Dr. Damir Kapidžić, University of Sarajevo

Email: a.estesop(at)gmail.com

Pavjo Gini

Dissertation: Albanian Higher Education in the Equivalential Chain of Neoliberalism

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber, University of Graz, 2. Assoc. Prof. Blendi Kajsiu,  University of Antioquia

Email: gjinied(at)hotmail.com

Marie Jelenka Kirchner

Dissertation: Gendering EU Enlargement to the Western Balkans

Mentor:Innen: 1.Univ. Prof. Dr. Florian Bieber, University of Graz, 2. Prof. Dr. Heather MacRae, York University 

Email: mjkirchner(at)gmx.de

Christopher Lam Cham Kee

Dissertation: Montenegro at a Crossroads? Understanding Who Montenegrins Are in the Aftermath of the DPS’ Electoral Loss

Mantor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber, University of Graz, 2. Prof. Siniša Malešević, University College, Dublin

Email: Christopher.lamchamkee(at)gmail.com

Diana Malaj

Dissertration: DISCOURSES, PROCESSES, AND PRACTICES OF OTHERING IN PERIPHERAL URBANISATION: THE CASE OF KAMZA, ALBANIA

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber, University of Graz, 2, Ass. Prof. Brunilda Pali

Email: diana_malaj(at)hotmail.com

Benedetta Merlino

Dissertation:

Mentor:Innen

Email: Benedetta Merlino <benedettamerlino(at)gmail.com>

Richard Newell

Dissertation: Where is Jasenovac?  Locating a concentration camp’s legacy in varying discourses and proposing a new
discourse.

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber, University of Graz, 2. Dr. Vjeran Pavlaković

Email: richardnewellster(at)gmail.com

Sophia Schönthaler

Dissertation: A queen’s gamble?  Political participation of Romani women

Mentor:Innen:1. Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr.iur. Emma Lantschner, 2. Univ.Prof. Dr. Bilgin Ayata

Email: sophia.schoenthaler(at)edu.uni-graz.at

Ivana Spirovska

Dissertation: Entrapped in a Legal Limbo and Finding a Way Out: Revisiting the Concept of Citizenship in the Case of Stateless Members of the Roma Communities in North Macedonia

Mentor:Innen:1. Assoz. Prof. Mag. iur. Dr.iw. Emma Lantschner, 2. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Florian Bieber

Email: ivana.spirovska(at)uni-graz.at

Lorenzo Ugurgieri

Dissertation: N A T O  B E H I N D T H E  D O O R ?  LOCAL ACCEPTANCE OF OPERATION EUFOR ALTHEA IN THE BOSNIAN-SERB REPUBLIC

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber, University of Graz; 2.  prof. dr. Rok Zupančič, University of Ljubljana

Email: novenovanta16(at)gmail.com

Adrian Waters

Dissertation: The impact of EU state-building and enlargement policies on democracy in Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia 

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber, University of Graz, 2. Prof. Dr Josip Glaurdić, University of Luxembourg

Email: adrianw.waters11(at)gmail.com

Mladen Zobec

Dissertation: FROM WORKERS TO ENTREPRENEURS:  Transformation of Albanian migrants in SR Slovenia from social-sector labourers to workers and owners of family businesses

Mentor:Innen: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. David Florian Bieber, University of Graz, 2. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr.phil. Robert Pichler

Email: mladen.zobec(at)uni-graz.at