Denisa Kostovicova
Denisa Kostovicova is Professor of Global Politics at the European Institute and the Lead of the LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe at the Hellenic Observatory, both at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is a scholar of conflict and peace processes with a particular interest in post-conflict reconstruction and transitional justice. Professor Kostovicova is the author of Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk about War Crimes (Cornell University Press, 2023) and Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space (Routledge, 2005). She is co-editor of 8 volumes on reconciliation and transitional justice, post-conflict reconstruction and state-building, and transnationalism. Professor Kostovicova’s research has been funded by a number of prestigious grants, including those by the Leverhulme Trust, MacArthur Foundation and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), among others. Her work has been published in leading academic journals including American Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Studies, Security Dialogue, and others. Professor Kostovicova currently directs a major research programme funded by the European Research Council, titled ‘Justice Interactions and Peace-building (JUSTINT).’ She has authored a number of policy papers on issues concerning Western Balkans’ European integration, post-conflict recovery and regional security. Her academic research and policy contributions have informed policy making at the EU, UN, and in the UK.
