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Bieber CV 202003 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Florian Bieber Center for Southeast European Studies Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Schubertstrasse 21 A-8010 Graz E-mail: [email protected] Austria http://suedosteuropa.uni-graz.at/ http://florianbieber.org/ Employment 10/2011- University of Graz (Karl-Franzens Universität), Graz Director, Center for Southeast European Studies 9/2010- University of Graz (Karl-Franzens Universität), Graz Professor for Southeast European History and Politics 9/2006-8/2010 University of Kent, Canterbury Lecturer in East European Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations 4/2002-7/2006 European Center for Minority Issues, Belgrade Project Advisor 1/2001-3/2002 European Center for Minority Issues, Belgrade and Sarajevo Regional Representative, Belgrade (2001/2002); Sarajevo (2001) 9/1999-6/2000 Central European University, Budapest Instructor, International Relations and European Studies Department 9/1998-3/1999 Central European University, Budapest Assistant for International Affairs, Rector’s Office Other Affiliations and Posts 2019-2022 Jean Monnet Chair in the Europeanization of Southeastern Europe University of Graz 2016 New York University Visiting Fellow, Remarque Institute 2010 London School of Economics Visiting Fellow, Research on Southeastern Europe 2009 Cornell University, Ithaca Luigi Einaudi Chair in European and International Studies 2006 Cornell University, Ithaca Luigi Einaudi Scholar 2004-2005 Solomon Ash Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Visiting Scholar 2005-2010 University of Bologna, Forlì Visiting Professor, Interdisciplinary Master in East European Researches and Studies Since 2002 European Center for Minority Issues, Belgrade Senior Non-Resident Research Associate 2002-2017 Central European University, Budapest Recurrent Visiting Professor, Nationalism Studies Program 2001- Centre for Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo Lecturer, European Regional Master in Democracy and Human Rights in Southeastern Europe Education 1998-2001 University of Vienna, Austria Ph.D. with honours. Topic: Serbian Nationalism from the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milošević. 1 1997-98 Central European University, Budapest M.A. in Southeast European Studies. Topic: The Rise of Serbian Nationalism in the 1980s. 1992- 97 University of Vienna, Austria Magister (Master) in History and Political Science, with honors. Topic: Bosnia- Herzegovina and Lebanon: A Comparative Study. 1991-92 Trinity College, Hartford, USA Studies in History, Political Science, Economics and Languages Languages • German (mother tongue) • Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian (spoken/written/reading: fluent) • English (excellent) • Italian (spoken/reading: intermediate, written: basic) • French (spoken/reading: fluent, written: • Macedonian (reading: intermediate) intermediate) Other Academic and Professional Activities • Coordinator, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), since 2014 • Editor in Chief, Contemporary Southeastern Europe, since 2014 • Book Series Editor, Southeast European Studies (Routledge), since 2013. • Editor in Chief, Nationalities Papers, 2009-2013 • Associate Editor, Global Society, 2009-2010. • Associate Editor, Southeastern Europe, from 2008. • Member, Editorial Board, Nationalities Papers, 2007-2009. • Vice-President (and Member of Convention Committee since 2004), Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), 2007-9 and since 2013. • Member of the Board, Südosteuropa Gesellschaft, since 2016 (previously member of the academic advisory board, since 2011). • Member, Editorial Board of Ethnopolitics, since 2000; Südosteuropa, since 2010; Global Society, since 2010; Političke Perspektive since 2012; Civis. Montenegrin Journal for Political Science, since 2012; Migracijske i etničke teme since 2012; Nationalities Papers, 2007-2009 & since 2013, Politička misao since 2013, Demografija since 2017, Problems of Post-Communism since 2018. • Founder and Editor (until 2011), Balkan Academic News, an electronic network of scholars and practitioners working on Southeastern Europe with over 7,000 subscribers, since 1999. • Member, Advisory Board of CITSEE, Edinburgh; Research Institute on State-building in Kosovo (RISK); Center for Research and Policy Making, Macedonia; Institute for Development and Democracy, Macedonia. • Referee for manuscripts submitted to American Political Science Review, Balkanistika, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Electoral Studies, Ethnopolitics, Slavic Review, Europe-Asia Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Security, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, International Journal on Multicultural Studies, International Migration, Journal of Ethics & International Affairs, Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of Politics, Perspectives, Problems of Post-Communism, Central European Review of International Relations, Nationalities Papers, Nations and Nationalism. • Reviewer for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, I.B. Tauris, Columbia University Press, Central European University Press, Macmillan, McGill-Queens University Press, Routledge, and Ashgate. • External Reviewer for the Economic and Social Research Council, OeNB Anniversary Fund (Austria), University of Cambridge, University of Leuven (Belgium). • External Examiner for PhDs at the London School of Economics, University Cambridge, European University Institute, Central European University, University of Trento, University of Vienna, University of Chapel Hill, Oxford University, and University of Stirling. • Taught Courses and held the position of visiting professor at Cornell University, Central European University, University of Graz, University of Bologna, University of Addis Ababa and University of Sarajevo. 2 • Evaluation and interviews for applicants for Central European University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Chevening Faculty Fellowships. • Coordinator, Module: Sociology and Civil Society, Balkan Studies, Institute for the Danube Region (Vienna), 2006-2007. • Co-Editor of the peer-reviewed online journal Southeast European Politics, 2000-2005. • Member, Balkan Task Force of the EU Institute for Security Studies, 2007-8. • Member, Balkan Forum developing policy recommendations for Western Balkans for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bertelsmann Foundation, from 2001 to 2004. • Interviews und Media Contributions to (among others) New York Times, BBC World Service, Radio Free Europe, European Voice, Associated Press, Washington Post, LA Times, Ö1, FM4, Dani (Sarajevo), Koha Ditore (Prishtina), Die Presse (Austria), Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Die Zeit, Transitions Online and Times Higher Education. • Consultancies on asylum cases in the United Kingdom and the United States (countries of origin of cases Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia), expert witness and reports for several legal cases focusing on former Yugoslavia. Training Experience • Training on Diversity Management, 2005 Training of EU officials on diversity management in Southeastern Europe, ECMI • Training on Powersharing and Diversity, 2004-7 Training of trainers in Budapest, Skopje, Osh (Kyrgystan) Open Society Foundation • Training on EU integration and Western Balkans, 2010- Training of teachers, officials, civil society and journalists on EU Integration and the Western Balkans for the European Fund for the Balkans, the Institute of the Danube and the Austrian Association for European Politics. Membership in Academic Organizations • Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (USA) • Association for the Study of Nationalities (USA) • Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (Austria) • Südosteuropa Gesellschaft (Germany) 3 4 .
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