The Expert is an academic, consultant and policy analyst, specializing in EU, Balkan and East European political and socioeconomic developments. He has a BA from the University of Rome La Sapienza, two MA degrees from the Free University of Brussels, and a PhD from the University of London. He lectured for many years in the United Kingdom and, more recently, he has held professorships in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, he has held visiting appointments at Antonio de Nebrija University in Madrid, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh.
The Expert is the author of Europe and the Collapse of Yugoslavia: The Role of Non-State Actors and European Diplomacy (2012), editor of Europe and the post-Yugoslav Space (2013), Debating European Identity: Bright Ideas, Dim Prospects (2014), European Community-Yugoslav Relations: Debates and Documents that Mattered (1968–1992) (2017), and The Unwanted Europeanness: Understanding Division and Inclusion in Contemporary Europe (2021), and co-editor of Religion in the post-Yugoslav Context (2015), Kosovo and Serbia: Contested Options and Shared Consequences (2016), Researching Yugoslavia and Its Aftermath: Sources, Prejudices and Alternative Solutions (2021), and Turkey’s Return to the Western Balkans: Policies of Continuity and Transformation (2022).
The Expert has presented his research findings at numerous conferences and workshops, and has regularly been asked to conduct research and provide consultancy services.
Asylum, deportation, development, diversity, gang-related violence, general country knowledge, human rights, immigration, LGBTQ+ issues, military/police service, multiculturalism, political associations, race/ethnicity, refugees, religion, stability
Europe and the Collapse of Yugoslavia: The Role of Non-State Actors and European Diplomacy (2012), Europe and the post-Yugoslav Space (2013), Debating European Identity: Bright Ideas, Dim Prospects (2014), Religion in the Post-Yugoslav Context (2015), Kosovo and Serbia: Contested Options and Shared Consequences (2016), European Community-Yugoslav Relations: Debates and Documents that Mattered (1968–1992) (2017), The Unwanted Europeanness: Understanding Division and Inclusion in Contemporary Europe (2021), Researching Yugoslavia and Its Aftermath: Sources, Prejudices and Alternative Solutions (2021), and Turkey’s Return to the Western Balkans: Policies of Continuity and Transformation (2022)