I’m a professor of politics based at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the KU Leuven, Belgium, and the author of several books of literary non-fiction.
I teach and carry out research on minority politics in Central and Eastern Europe, nationalism, democracy, and restorative justice. Most of my work is rooted in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans (I have an MA in Slavic languages and Eastern European Studies and a PhD in political science). I’ve worked on social movement formation around the plight of the Roma and write about the perils of democratization and the politics of reconciliation in fractured societies.
I teach and carry out research on minority politics in Central and Eastern Europe, nationalism, democracy, and restorative justice. Most of my work is rooted in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans (I have an MA in Slavic languages and Eastern European Studies and a PhD in political science). I’ve worked on social movement formation around the plight of the Roma and write about the perils of democratization and the politics of reconciliation in fractured societies.
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You can find a complete list of my published papers here. Information on my books and other writing projects is available here.
- Narratives of change and repair: how the study of storytelling in the social sciences can inspire peacebuilding research (2022)
- Werken aan een wereld zonder tralies (Striving for a world without bars, Travailler à un monde sans barreaux: d’autres options que la prison) (2022)
- Out of the margins: reflections on Roma and Youth Development (2021)
- Damage, anger, and narratives of repair (Letsels, woede en verhalen van herstel) (2021)
- Structural injustices, social movements, and restorative justice (Structureel onrecht, maatschappelijke bewegingen en herstelrecht) (2021)
From the archives:
- Innovating democracy in times of crisis: solution or utopia? Open Citizenship. 4 (1), 2013.
- Reframing the Roma: EU Initiatives and the Politics of Reinterpretation. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. vol.38 (8), 2012, 1195-1212
- National Minorities and International Change: Being Ukrainian in Contemporary Poland. Europe-Asia Studies. 61 (3), 2009, 435-465.
You can find a complete list of my published papers here. Information on my books and other writing projects is available here.