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Andi Balla
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Doctoral researcher on demographic discourses in Albania and Southeastern Europe. @leibniz-ios.de 🇦🇱🇨🇦in🇩🇪🇪🇺
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Spannendes Projekt, nicht nur für Historiker und Anthropologen, die sich mit Darstellungen des Alterns in staatl. Filmproduktionen in Albanien befassen. Das Albanische Zentrale Filmarchiv bietet auch allen anderen Interessierten 271 Spielfilme aus den Jahren 1945-2011 an.
leibniz-ios.de Leibniz-Institut für Ost- & Südosteuropaforschung @leibniz-ios.de · Oct 2
How did 1980s Albanian cinema portray ageing? @andiballa.bsky.social (IOS) shows how state-run productions reflected elder care, intergenerational conflict, rural–urban divide & themes of corruption & disillusionment. More in our #ageing project in Southeast Europe funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de ⬇️
Rediscovering the Portrayals of Aging in Albania’s 1980s Cinema - Transforming Anxieties of Ageing
How 1980s films, now preserved and digitized, have become a resource for researchers and curious viewers alike.
transforming-anxieties.ios-regensburg.de
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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How did 1980s Albanian cinema portray ageing? @andiballa.bsky.social (IOS) shows how state-run productions reflected elder care, intergenerational conflict, rural–urban divide & themes of corruption & disillusionment. More in our #ageing project in Southeast Europe funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de ⬇️
Rediscovering the Portrayals of Aging in Albania’s 1980s Cinema - Transforming Anxieties of Ageing
How 1980s films, now preserved and digitized, have become a resource for researchers and curious viewers alike.
transforming-anxieties.ios-regensburg.de
October 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Canada has joined the Horizon Europe program. Great news for academic researchers with ties to both sides of the Atlantic. research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/str...
International cooperation with Canada in research and innovation
Policy background, funding opportunities, agreements and arrangements, projects and results and contact
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March 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Welcome to our Bluesky account. As of today, we have stopped posting on X. We would be delighted to reconnect with old contacts (& build new networks) here. To get news from #LeibnizIOS or analyses on Eastern and Southeast Europe, you can also join us on e.g. 🦣 or sign up to our newsletter. More ⬇️
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The IOS provides commentaries on current developments in Eastern and Southeast Europe, news from the Institute, event tips, and much more on various channels – an overview.
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January 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Join us for a talk with Julie Vullnetari (Southampton) as she explores the overlooked role of grandparents in social and economic mobility: providing crucial childcare for migrant families.
🗓️ 27 Nov | 14:00 CET | Online
➡️ leibniz-ios.de/en/events/de... #Migration
Online banner: Lecture: Older People’s Contribution to Development Through Carework: The Role of Childcare by Grandparents in Migration and Development. Dr. Julie Vullnetari (University of Southampton) . 27. November 2024. Online via Zoom. 2:00 PM (CET)
November 20, 2024 at 8:33 AM
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Albania & Montenegro will join #SEPA on Jan. 1. For Albania, it's the most tangible event of EU integration at micro level for people/businesses since visa-free travel 14 years ago. Great to see things moving again. Too much time has been lost. neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/europea....
European Commission welcomes inclusion of Albania and Montenegro in the Single Euro Payments Area
Today, Montenegro and Albania advanced on their European integration path by becoming the first-ever enlargement countries to join the geographical scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) follow...
neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu
November 21, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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Interesting take from Reuters on countries like Portugal, Italy and Hungary on demographic decline and the fight to keep young people from moving to greener pastures. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Borderless Europe fights brain drain as talent heads north
Talent flight to wealthier countries of the north is a problem for southern and central Europe, as workers take advantage of freedom of movement rules within the trade bloc.
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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#Albania's demographic crisis is deepening as birth rates fall & emigration rises, leading to an aging population and calls for urgent reforms. More on this by @andiballa.bsky.social (#LeibnizIOS) for our project on #ageing in Southeastern Europe, funded by @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social. ⬇️
Understanding Albania’s Newly-Found Demographic Anxiety - Transforming Anxieties of Ageing
A renewed emigration wave and an extreme shift in birth rates is causing a lot of worry and debate in Albania.
transforming-anxieties.ios-regensburg.de
May 28, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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Reminder | 🗓️ Deadline: February 15th
CfP for our annual conference on "Getting Old in Eastern Europe. Social, Political and Economic Dimensions of Ageing in the Past and Present".

We welcome proposals from various social sciences.
Details ➡️ leibniz-ios.de/wissen-vermi...
January 25, 2024 at 8:45 AM
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Happy New Year!
Looking forward to expanding my network here.
January 3, 2024 at 10:20 AM