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Denisa Kostovicova

@denisakost.bsky.social
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Professor of Global Politics, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/pe…

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
It was a great pleasure to host this exciting discussion that crossed the boundaries between social sciences and the arts with the creators of the new West End musical! We talked about co-creation, positionality and epistemic humility and also listened to great songs from the show!
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Very excited about welcoming to the LSE the creators of the new West End musical Tim Sutton, George Harrison and Richy Hughes and discussing creativity, resilience, and inter-cultural translation www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins... @lse-ei.bsky.social
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About "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind": Roundtable on creativity, resilience, and inter-cultural translation
6.30pm Wednesday 27 May | Registration required | Free hybrid public event at LSE
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Launching ’Open Science Book’ with @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social Tim Monteath and Hannah Boroudjou aimed at researchers across all disciplines. I’ll be talking about my contribution on Citizens’ Open Sciene @lse-ei.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social
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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Register to next Wednesday's CIVICA Open Science conference for the book launch of "Doing Open Social Science", along with authors Professor @denisakost.bsky.social, Patrick Dunleavy, Tim Monteath and Hannah Boroudjou. 📆Wed, 20 May 📍CKK Building, LSE www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civica-ope...
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CIVICA Open Science Conference
A full-day conference open to the CIVICA network and beyond, featuring keynotes, panels, lightning talks and networking opportunities.
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Delighted to collaborate with @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social & Tim Monteath and contribute to shaping discussions about Open Social Science: its significance, forms and challenges drawing on JUSTINT @erc.europa.eu research @lse-ei.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...
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Doing Open Social Science | LSE Press
<!-- CLOCKSS system has permission to ingest, preserve, and serve this Archival Unit --> <p style="color:red"><b>Read online or download for free</b></p> <p>Open science is a set of principles and pra...
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Looking forward to leading the on-line discussion with Koen Slotmaeckers, Vjollca Krasniqi & Indraneel Sircar on "Open Research, Gender, and Ethics" at the London Festival of Open Science and Scholarship 20 April, 4pm. Check out: tinyurl.com/m29t3za7 @lse-ei.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social
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Open Research, Gender, and Ethics
Discover how open research can shake up gender norms and ethics in this online event.
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Delighted for the LSEE Programme on South East Europe at @ho-centre.bsky.social at LSE to team up with @mybisa.bsky.social South East Europe Working Group and King’s College London to sponsor this exciting workshop on the emerging research from the region. @lse-ei.bsky.social
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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Our Professor @denisakost.bsky.social has co-authored a chapter in the newly-published book, "War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital," which provides a structural explanation of post-conflict gender-based violence against women. Discover it below👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
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The material basis of gender-based violence and its circuits
Our Professor in Global Politics Denisa Kostovicova, together with Dr Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Research Fellow in Civil Society and Conflict Research Group in the LSE Department of International…
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
👇 NEW ARTICLE: With Myriam Denov, we analyse how children born of war time rape in Rwanda disclose harms in social interaction to find agency in the self through novel analysis of discourse in transitional justice pioneered by JUSTINT @erc.europa.eu @lse-ei.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4z6e5pkx
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Speaking Up: Social Interaction, Disclosure, and Meaning-Making by Youth Born of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Rwanda
Abstract. Children born of wartime rape have long been invisible, ostracized, and silenced. This predicament explains blind spots in transitional justice d
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
👇NEW BOOK CHAPTER: Delighted to coauthor with Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic & Marsha Henry @mghacademic.bsky.social on the circuits of gender-based violence in Bosnia: part of a timely & important collaboration led by Aida @hozic.bsky.social and Jacqui True @lse-ei.bsky.social tinyurl.com/43af54ta
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War Economy | Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital | Aida A Hozić
War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital examines the war economy from feminist perspectives, bringing fresh thinking in the context of heightened
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Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · 05/02/2026
📣 #CfP: "The Yugoslav Wars, the Transformation of Europe, and the Post-Cold War Order" Conference at #LeibnizIOS Regensburg, December 9–11, 2026. We welcome proposals on the Yugoslav Wars & their impact on European & international politics. 📅 Deadline: March 1, 2026 ➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge...
The online banner shows a Call for Papers: "The Yugoslav Wars, the Transformation of Europe, and the Post-Cold War Order". Conference dates: December 9-11, 2026 in Regensburg. Application deadline: March 1, 2026.
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Interested in the study of conflict in Europe and beyond? If so, join us today! 👇
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Delighted to contribute to this discussion together with @lanabi.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Grateful for the opportunity to present @erc.europa.eu JUSTINT research and engage with practitioners, HR activists, victims and scholars at a critical time for postconflict justice in ex-YU @lse-ei.bsky.social
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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Curious how AI + data-driven tools are already reshaping TJ? My colleague Saide Vega Mobayed mapped 40+ use cases worldwide with Impunity Watch — from OSINT to reparations design, including our work with @denisakost.bsky.social et al. at JustInt. Report link: www.impunitywatch.org/wp-content/u...
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East European Politics @eepolitics.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
💡New & #FREE article 'Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in #Serbia for and against #Ukraine' by @denisakost.bsky.social ( @lse-ei.bsky.social ) & @lanabi.bsky.social ( @lsemethodology.bsky.social ) 🇷🇸🇺🇦 @adamfagan.bsky.social @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @andreapirro.it
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Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in Serbia for and against Ukraine
Violence in distant conflicts can foster solidarity across borders, mediated by partisanship, identities, and ideology. But, attitudes towards a society’s own war legacies may also shape reactions ...
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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The video of last night’s powerful event with Steve Crawshaw is now available. Reflecting on his book, “Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice”, Crawshaw joined Prof @denisakost.bsky.social for a thought-provoking conversation. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-D6...
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
👇 Looking forward to contributing to this important discussion! @lse-ei.bsky.social
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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Our article, "Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia", co-authored w @denisakost.bsky.social & Timothy William Waters, is now available in Serbian 🇷🇸. Published by Forum za bezbednost i demokratiju (FBD) in its “Vidici i Putokazi” series: fbd.org.rs/images/pdfs/...
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
👇We’ll be on-line soon! 1pm UK time, 2pm CET.
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Looking forward to presenting our paper on deliberation and anti-deliberation in Western Baljans with Ivor Sokolic and Irena Fiket at the Serbian Political Science Association Conference @lse-ei.bsky.social
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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department...
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Check out the upcoming event by LSEE Research on South-East Europe👇
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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🇷🇸🇺🇦 @denisakost.bsky.social and @lanabi.bsky.social have published a new JUSTINT paper in East European Politics, which analyses cross border dynamics of war crimes denial between Serbia and Ukraine. Discover it below👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
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Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in Serbia for and against Ukraine
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
👇 NEW ARTICLE with @Lanabi_la_Lova: We analyse cross border dynamics of war crimes denial. Attitudes to in-group's past wars & accountability explain selective solidarity with victims of distant conflicts. @lse-ei.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @eepolitics.bsky.social tinyurl.com/b4sum24y
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Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in Serbia for and against Ukraine
Violence in distant conflicts can foster solidarity across borders, mediated by partisanship, identities, and ideology. But, attitudes towards a society’s own war legacies may also shape reactions ...
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I was honoured to give a key note lecture on ‘Digital Interactions: Political Communication and Mass Atrocity Crimes in the Western Balkans’ in Germany. Great to connect with colleagues, make new connections and learn about emerging research! @lse-ei.bsky.social @sudosteuropa.bsky.social
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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
New paper 🚨 “Vicarious denial: war crimes & online deliberation in Serbia” 🇷🇸 with @denisakost.bsky.social We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
To Report or Not to Report on Research Ethics in Political Science and International Relations: A New Dimension of Gender-Based Inequality To Report or Not to Report on Research Ethics in Political Science and International Relations: A New Dimension of Gender-Based Inequality By Eleanor Knott and…
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To Report or Not to Report on Research Ethics in Political Science and International Relations: A New Dimension of Gender-Based Inequality
To Report or Not to Report on Research Ethics in Political Science and International Relations: A New Dimension of Gender-Based Inequality By Eleanor Knott and Denisa Kostovicova, London School of Economics The profession has been increasing efforts to ensure ethical research in politics and international relations (IR) with robust institutional review procedures. But this ethics turn has not been evaluated systematically to date.
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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
If you’re at #APSA2025 and interested in Transitional Justice, Reconciliation, and/or the Balkans, I’m presenting two chapters from our book project with @denisakost.bsky.social and Ivor Sokolic. Come by! @apsa.bsky.social #APSA2025
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Tena Prelec @tenaprelec.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Great to see this paper out. Whatever sensitive topic one might tackle - whether it is war crimes, corruption or others - the phenomenon of secrecy in closed institutions is one that raises imp questions, esp. in (semi)authoritarian contexts. Congrats @lanabi.bsky.social @denisakost.bsky.social
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
NEW ARTICLE📢 We show how redactions in war crimes judgements obstruct transparency, prevent reckoning with past violence & highlight limits of digital data for quant analysis in TJ w/ @lanabi.bsky.social T.W.Waters @erc.europa.eu @lse-ei.bsky.social @journalgenocide.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
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Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia
Secrecy is an essential element in war crimes trials, as it protects vulnerable individuals and sensitive information, ensuring trials can proceed effectively. However, secrecy often conflicts with...
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
👇 Very pleased to see my book recommended as a summer read by the International Studies Association (ISA), with hope that we can learn from evidence-based research about how to tackle and overcome divisive legacies of war crimes @lse-ei.bsky.social @cornellupress.bsky.social
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
We thank colleagues for their interest in & comments on our JUSTINT @erc.europa.eu research on online memorialisation of Srebrenica genocide w/ @lanabi.bsky.social & Ivor Sokolic at a special 'Why Remember?' conference in Sarajevo in memory of Paul Lowe @lse-ei.bsky.social
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BISA South East Europe @bisasee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We are pleased to mark 20 years since our @mybisa.bsky.social working groups emerged. Thanks to @livunipol.bsky.social at @liverpooluni.bsky.social for welcoming us to Liverpool for a full-day workshop. The workshop features two panels, a working group convenors roundtable and the exhibition.
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
👇 Join us on-line to discuss citizens' protests in #Serbia, Greece and South East Europe with this amazing line-up of experts: Prof Nebojsa Vladisavljevic, Prof Georgios Karyotis and Prof Paula Pickering
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I look forward to discussing my research on this special occasion next week at LSE (6.30pm, Wed 26th March) @lse-ei.bsky.social @ho-centre.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
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War crimes talk: does it help or hinder peace?
6.30pm Weds 26 Mar | Denisa Kostovicova | Free public event at LSE
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🎉I’m delighted to share that my @cornellupress.bsky.social book Reconciliation by Stealth has received Honourable Mention for the George Blazyka Prize in East European Studies awarded by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies @basees.bsky.social ! @lse-ei.bsky.social
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I was honoured to receive the ISA Human Rights Section Book Award for my @cornellupress.bsky.social Reconciliation by Stealth. Like the book, I dedicate the award to those seeking justice after violence & those helping them in their search @lse-ei.bsky.social
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🎉I'm excited and honoured to share that my @cornellupress.bsky.social book 'Reconciliation by Stealth' is the Winner of the International Studies Association's (ISA) Human Rights Book Award! @isanet.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social tinyurl.com/23ur8n2p
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Reconciliation by Stealth by Denisa Kostovicova | eBook | Cornell University Press
Reconciliation by Stealth advances a novel approach to evaluating the effects of transitional justice in postconflict societies. Through her examination of the Balkan conflicts, Denisa Kostovicova ask...
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I’m grateful to @danielalai.bsky.social for such an insightful review of my book Reconciliation by Stealth & noting its relevance also for studies of colonialism, racism & climate justice @cornellupress.bsky.social
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
🎉Delighted to share that our @erc.europa.eu JUSTINT article with Vesna Popovski won Honourable Mention for the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies @basees.bsky.social Women's Forum Article Prize! @risjnl.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social tinyurl.com/33fcujdc
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Women’s discursive agency in transitional justice policy-making: A feminist institutionalist approach | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Women’s discursive agency in transitional justice policy-making: A feminist institutionalist approach - Volume 49 Issue 4
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I am very pleased to read leading scholar Eric Gordy's review of my book Reconciliation by Stealth and his recognition that the book opens avenues for new innovations in research on transitional justice @cornellupress.bsky.social
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
NEW POLICY PAPER with ASPEN Germany: How parliaments model divisive discourses and what to do to advance transitional justice policy-making in the Balkans? W/ @lanabi.bsky.social & Ivor Sokolic, we draw on our @erc.europa.eu JUSTINT research to inform policy www.aspeninstitute.de/wp-content/u...
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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📊 Are domestic war crimes trials biased? We use Text as Data methods, using LIWC to look at judicial decisions from Serbia (1999–2019). We find conflict actor bias—paramilitary crimes are described in longer, more graphic detail, while state actors' crimes receive shorter, more neutral accounts.
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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NEW ARTICLE: Analysing the verdicts and the texts of judgements, we find that the state shifts responsibility away from state forces to paramilitaries in Serbian war crimes trials, with Ivor Sokolic @lanabi.bsky.social @sanjavico.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social tinyurl.com/jx39z792
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Are domestic war crimes trials biased? - Ivor Sokolić, Denisa Kostovicova, Lanabi La Lova, Sanja Vico, 2024
Fairness of domestic war crimes trials matters for promoting justice and peace. Scholars have studied public perceptions of war crimes trials to assess their fa...
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Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding @jisb.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The Special Issue on 'Interactions for Justice' is out now! Guest Editors @denisakost.bsky.social& @sanjavico.bsky.social introduce the concept of interaction as an analytical category and empirical strategy for transitional justice research. Read & share widely. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Interactions for Justice: An Introduction
Introducing the Special Issue, this article presents the concept of interaction as an analytical category and empirical strategy for transitional justice research. The case for centring interaction...
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