Faced with political, economic, and environmental crises, new economic and geopolitical risks, alongside natural and man-made disasters, citizens in different parts of our region have taken to the streets to express their discontent with what they perceive as ‘unresponsive’ and ‘irresponsible’ governments. Reflecting on recent student protests in Serbia and East Europe at large and on citizen mobilization in Greece, the panel will discuss different forms and strategies of citizens’ mobilization as well as the risks and limitations of street power.
Panelists
Georgios Karyotis, Professor of Security Politics (Political & International Studies), University of Glasgow
Paula M. Pickering is Richard S. Perles Professor of Government and Faculty Affiliate of the Global Research Institute at William & Mary. Her research focuses on peacebuilding, governance, and civic activism mainly in Southeastern Europe. Pickering is co-editor with Patrice McMahon and Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves of Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe: People Power(Routledge, 2024) and with Zsuzsa Csergő and Daina Eglitis of Central and East European Politics: Changes and Challenges, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021). She is the author of Peacebuilding in the Balkans: The View from the Groundfloor (Cornell University Press, 2007) and author or co-author of many peer reviewed articles. Since 2007, she has mentored the international community engagement project the American-Bosnian-Collaboration project, in which William & Mary and University of Sarajevo partner to co-teach and conduct research on an informal educational initiative to promote inter-cultural competence among Bosnian youth. Pickering worked as a human rights officer for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1996) and as an analyst on Eastern Europe at the US Department of State (1990-1994). She received a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Michigan and a B.A. in International Relations at Stanford University.
Nebojša Vladisavljevic is a full professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade. After completing a PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science, he taught comparative politics and national and ethnic conflict regulation as LSE Fellow in the Graduate School (2004-2008). Professor Vladisavljević’s research interests include authoritarianism and democratization, social movements and revolutions, nationalist mobilization and ethnic conflict regulation, with a particular focus on postcommunism and the Balkans. He is the author of Serbia’s Antibureaucratic Revolution: Milošević, the Fall of Communism and Nationalist Mobilization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and Uspon i pad demokratije posle Petog oktobra (The Rise and Fall of Democracy in Serbia after Milošević, Arhipelag, 2019). He has published articles in leading international academic journals, including International Political Science Review, Europe-Asia Studies and Problems of Post-Communism.
Moderator
Denisa Kostovicova, Professor in Global Politics, European Institute; Coordinator, LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe, Hellenic Observatory Centre
Chair
Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, Hellenic Observatory Centre; Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies; Professor in Political Economy
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