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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

https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/people/kostovicova-denisa

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 9d
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 · 18d
👇We’ll be on-line soon! 1pm UK time, 2pm CET.
ho-centre.bsky.social Hellenic Observatory @ho-centre.bsky.social · 20d
Join our online event on Thursday (30/10): 'Identity Battles on Social Media: Trending in the Western Balkans and Beyond' 🌐

Co-hosted by the Hellenic Observatory - Centre & LSEE - the LSE's Research on South Eastern Europe 🤝

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Hellenic Observatory @ho-centre.bsky.social · 20d
Join our online event on Thursday (30/10): 'Identity Battles on Social Media: Trending in the Western Balkans and Beyond' 🌐

Co-hosted by the Hellenic Observatory - Centre & LSEE - the LSE's Research on South Eastern Europe 🤝

lnkd.in/emcDCzHA

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 23d
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 · Oct 17
Next Friday (24 Oct) at 2pm I’ll present work from my PhD + new research at LSE’s Department of Methodology — in person 📍

Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design.

🎟️ Few tickets left

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Oct 16
Check out the upcoming event by LSEE Research on South-East Europe👇
ho-centre.bsky.social Hellenic Observatory @ho-centre.bsky.social · Oct 16
Join us on 30 October for our online event!

'Identity Battles on Social Media: Trending in the Western Balkans and Beyond' 🌐

Speakers:

Dr Natasha Dimitrovska
Dr Ivana Stepanovic
Dr Sanja Vico (@sanjavico.bsky.social)
Professor Denisa Kostovicova (@denisakost.bsky.social)

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Hellenic Observatory @ho-centre.bsky.social · Oct 16
Join us on 30 October for our online event!

'Identity Battles on Social Media: Trending in the Western Balkans and Beyond' 🌐

Speakers:

Dr Natasha Dimitrovska
Dr Ivana Stepanovic
Dr Sanja Vico (@sanjavico.bsky.social)
Professor Denisa Kostovicova (@denisakost.bsky.social)

tinyurl.com/379vk4eb

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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · Oct 16
🇷🇸🇺🇦 @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👇

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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 · Oct 10
👇 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
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 · Oct 10
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 · Oct 9
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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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Sep 5
Thank you, Tena! Also for you insightful feedback as we worked on this piece, which we gratefully acknowledge 🙂

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Sep 5
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…
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 · Sep 5
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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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Sep 3
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
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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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