Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends and Dynamics: Religion and Secularism in Southeast Europe Southeastern Europe is a genuine cultural mosaic. Despite the claims of nationalists, no polity in the region is truly homogeneous; ethnic and religious communities intersect and blend together all across the region and have done so for...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Unequal Chances and Unjust Outcomes: Confronting Inequality in Southeast Europe In Southeast Europe (SEE), a region undergoing challenging economic and political transitions, levels of income inequality tend to be among the highest in Europe. Despite inequality’s serious repercussions, governments in the region have...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice #FivePointsOn Inequality in Southeast Europe In recent decades, within-country inequality of income and wealth has been on a worldwide rise. In Southeast Europe (SEE), levels of income inequality tend to be among the highest in Europe. Focusing on Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Publication Kosovo National Youth Congress Kosovo is one of the countries with the youngest population in Europe. This youth Therefore should be a respective part in policy and decision-making. But, unfortunately, due to lack of the institutional, social and media space, the...
Publication The Kosovo We Want After several months of research and discussion, some of the civil society organizations decided that there is a need fora civic platform in which main challenges of the Kosovo society would be highlighted and addressed in a...
Publication Beyond Enlargement - Why the EU‘s Western Balkans Policy Needs a Reset Brussels has pledged that the next round of EU enlargement may begin as early as 2025. First in line are Serbia and Montenegro, but EU officials claim all the “Western Balkan Six” (WB6) are potential candidates; the ball,...
Publication Serbia and Kosovo in 2035: Scenarios Four scenarios on the state of relations between Serbia and Kosovo in 2035 were developed by a multinational Scenario Group from September 2017 till February 2018. The scenarios do not attempt to predict the future but...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends and Dynamics: The Digital Frontier in Southeast Europe A specter is haunting Southeast Europe — the specter of digital transformation. At least, that it is the hope by many in Europe and the region itself. Still largely defined by (the remains) of socialist (post) industrialism, Southeast...
Publication Award Ceremony for Prof Branko Milanović: Global Inequality – A New Approach for the Age of Globalization Since the outbreak of the latest financial and economic crisis in 2007/2008, at the very latest, it has become apparent that those of the usual economic theoretical models, especially the so-called neoclassical mainstream, and many of...
News Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Political Fragmentation on the Left - Alongside a Global Renaissance of Right-Wing Populism In recent times, the political landscape in both established and transitioning democracies has experienced the (i) the fragmentation of the left-wing political spectrum and (ii) the increasing success of populist, often right-wing,...
