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Balkans: History, Politics, Society

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jessie Barton-Hronešová
University College London
2
Olga Malinova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
3
Chiara Milan
Scuola Normale Superiore
4
Eneken Laanes
Tallinn University
5
Francesco Zavatti
Södertörn University
6
Katarina Ristić
Leipzig University
7
Christoph Mick
University of Warwick
8
Risto Pekka Pennanen
Tampere University
9
Johanna Paul
Bielefeld University
10
Elife Krasniqi
University of Graz

Rising Stars Papers

1
Strategically Hijacking Victimhood: A Political Communication Strategy in the Discourse of Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump
Perspectives on Politics|2024
38 cit.
2
The nationalization of Ottoman popular music in Greece
University of Ioannina|2024
23 cit.
3
Bringing care in: The meaning of care in refugee solidarity movements
Journal of Refugee Studies|2024
10 cit.
4
Soviet Memories as Part of Regional Repertoires of Usable Past in Contemporary Russia
Communist and Post-Communist Studies|2024
5 cit.
5
Refugee solidarity activism in times of pandemic: reorganizing solidarity practices at the EU border
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies|2024
5 cit.
6
JUBILEE OF A REGIONAL CAPITAL AS A SYMBOLIC POLITICS: THE CASE OF THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF PERM
Вестник Пермского университета Политология|2024
1 cit.
7
Bohuslav Ečer, the UN War Crimes Commission, and the Intellectual History of the Nuremberg Charter
Modern Intellectual History|2025
1 cit.
8
Katja Petrowskaja’s Translational Poetics of Memory
New German Critique|2024
0 cit.
9
Book review: Memory Activism and Digital Practices after Conflict: Unwanted Memories <i>Orli Fridman</i>
Memory Studies|2024
0 cit.
10
“Are We Getting Back to the 1990s?” Reframing Russia’s Traumatic Past in the Context of Western Anti-war Sanctions
Russian Politics|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Galib Bashirov
Florida International University
2
Şebnem Gümüşçü
Middlebury College
3
Maple Razsa
Colby College
4
Tamara Scheer
University of Vienna
5
Azra Hromadžić
Syracuse University
6
Anna Woźny
Princeton University
7
Zh. Shaigozova
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University
8
Ivona Opetčeska Tatarčevska
Unknown
9
Relja Pekić
University of Belgrade
10
Nelli Sargsyan
Marlboro College

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
How Erdoğan’s Populism Won Again
Journal of democracy|2023
67 cit.
2
The AKP and stealth Islamization in Turkey
Turkish Studies|2024
28 cit.
3
The Double-Edged Sword: Political Engagement on Social Media and Its Impact on Democracy Support in Authoritarian Regimes
Political Research Quarterly|2024
23 cit.
4
Religious homophily and friendship: socialisation between Muslim minority and Anglo majority youth in Australia
Journal of Youth Studies|2022
22 cit.
5
Life in an age of death: War and the river in Bosnia and Herzegovina
American Anthropologist|2022
12 cit.
6
Herbivorous Men, Carnivorous Women: Doing Masculinity and Femininity in Japanese “Marriage Hunting”
Signs|2022
12 cit.
7
On Being Too Close to It
Genealogy|2023
5 cit.
8
Diffusion of digital authoritarian practices in China’s neighbourhood: the cases of Iran and Pakistan
Democratization|2025
5 cit.
9
How to Fight Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn
Journal of democracy|2025
5 cit.
10
Contestations of Internet Governance and Digital Authoritarianism in Pakistan
International Journal of Politics Culture and Society|2024
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Pekka Koskela
University of Jyväskylä
2
Robert M. Hayden
University of Pittsburgh
3
Jack Snyder
Columbia University
4
Peter Merriman
Aberystwyth University
5
Andrew Wachtel
American University of Central Asia
6
Delia Popescu
Valahia University of Targoviste
7
Alper Kalıber
Kelly Services (United States)
8
Mark Andrejevic
University of Iowa
9
As’ad Ghanem
University of Haifa
10
Kerem Öktem
Institute of Linguistics

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Anthropology in the Margins of the State
American Anthropologist|2005
2.1k cit.
2
From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist Conflict
Foreign Affairs|2000
1.5k cit.
3
Sobolev met Poincaré
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society|2000
951 cit.
4
Quasiconformal maps in metric spaces with controlled geometry
Acta Mathematica|1998
939 cit.
5
Democratization and the Danger of War
International Security|1995
689 cit.
6
Chain gangs and passed bucks: predicting alliance patterns in multipolarity
International Organization|1990
687 cit.
7
Trials and Errors: Principle and Pragmatism in Strategies of International Justice
International Security|2004
630 cit.
8
Democratization and the Danger of War
International Security|1996
613 cit.
9
Myths of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition.
Journal of American History|1992
484 cit.
10
The Work of Watching One Another: Lateral Surveillance, Risk, and Governance
Surveillance & Society|2002
432 cit.

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