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About LSEE

A hub for research on South Eastern Europe

Following a significant body of work on Southeast Europe by members of the Hellenic Observatory since the early 2000s, LSEE was officially launched at the start of the 2009-10 academic year as a Departmental Research Unit within LSE's European Institute. Over the last years LSEE has developed the School's expertise on South East Europe, drawing on the strength of existing and new academic faculty at the LSE and beyond. With the establishment, in 2024, of the Hellenic Observatory as an LSE Centre for Research, LSEE re-launched itself as a Recognised Group within the new ‘Hellenic Observatory Centre’.

Bringing together and further developing the School's expertise on South Eastern Europe, the group aims to provide a significant platform on which to build high quality, independent research; and facilitate public dialogue, while disseminating information on the region. The group’s research interests encompass themes related to social and economic policy; European integration; and security, conflict reconciliation and state-building.            

AS part of the HO Centre, LSEE will continue to organise various dissemination and public engagement activities, including occasional public lectures, seminars, workshops and conferences. Past events,  publications, as well as activities in the region through our former LSEE Research Network on Social Cohesion in South East Europe can be found in our archived pages.                  

The group is led by Prof Denisa Kostovicova (European Institute) and supported by the HO Centre through its Director (Prof Vassilis Monastiriotis) and its Manager (Ms Maria Komninou).

For any communication, please contact us at Ei.Lsee@lse.ac.uk.