Denisa Kostovicova
@denisakost.bsky.social
Professor of Global Politics, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/people/kostovicova-denisa
https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/people/kostovicova-denisa
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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...
www.impunitywatch.org
December 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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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💡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
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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December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
💡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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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...
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...
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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...
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...
👇 Looking forward to contributing to this important discussion! @lse-ei.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
👇 Looking forward to contributing to this important discussion! @lse-ei.bsky.social
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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/...
fbd.org.rs
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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/...
👇We’ll be on-line soon! 1pm UK time, 2pm CET.
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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Co-hosted by the Hellenic Observatory - Centre & LSEE - the LSE's Research on South Eastern Europe 🤝
lnkd.in/emcDCzHA
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
👇We’ll be on-line soon! 1pm UK time, 2pm CET.
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
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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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tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department...
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
Interested in using text-as-data to study media (and beyond)? I’ll focus on research design.
🎟️ Few tickets left
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/department...
Check out the upcoming event by LSEE Research on South-East Europe👇
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
'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
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Check out the upcoming event by LSEE Research on South-East Europe👇
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🇷🇸🇺🇦 @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...
Discover it below👇
www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
Vicarious denial: war crimes and online deliberation in Serbia for and against Ukraine
www.lse.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🇷🇸🇺🇦 @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...
Discover it below👇
www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
👇 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 ...
tinyurl.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
👇 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
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
October 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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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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.
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.
October 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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.
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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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 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.
politicalsciencenow.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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 By Eleanor Knott and…
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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
@denisakost.bsky.social
and
Ivor Sokolic.
Come by!
@apsa.bsky.social
#APSA2025
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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
@denisakost.bsky.social
and
Ivor Sokolic.
Come by!
@apsa.bsky.social
#APSA2025
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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
🚨⚖️🔍 New paper in Journal of Genocide Research with @denisakost.bsky.social & Timothy Waters we studied secrecy in Serbia’s war crimes trials.
📑Corpus of 164 judgements (1999–2019). Tried OCR+quant methods, but chaotic redactions made it impossible. So we wrote a descriptive, mixed-methods paper
📑Corpus of 164 judgements (1999–2019). Tried OCR+quant methods, but chaotic redactions made it impossible. So we wrote a descriptive, mixed-methods paper
September 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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
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
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
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...
www.tandfonline.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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
tinyurl.com/2h2b6x79
👇 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
Congratulations to this year's ISA #BookAward winners! Check them out and add them to your summer reading list. Stay tuned for more winner announcements throughout the summer.
July 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
👇 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
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
at a special 'Why Remember?' conference in Sarajevo in memory of Paul Lowe @lse-ei.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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
at a special 'Why Remember?' conference in Sarajevo in memory of Paul Lowe @lse-ei.bsky.social
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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.
The workshop features two panels, a working group convenors roundtable and the exhibition.
March 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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.
The workshop features two panels, a working group convenors roundtable and the exhibition.
👇 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
Join us for an online panel discussion as protests erupt in Southeastern Europe
Street Power: Citizens' Protests and Polarization in Southeast Europe and Greece 📢
Tuesday 1 April 2025 | 5.00pm (UK time)
Find out more: tinyurl.com/2c4283y9
Street Power: Citizens' Protests and Polarization in Southeast Europe and Greece 📢
Tuesday 1 April 2025 | 5.00pm (UK time)
Find out more: tinyurl.com/2c4283y9
March 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
👇 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
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/...
@lse-ei.bsky.social @ho-centre.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
War crimes talk: does it help or hinder peace?
6.30pm Weds 26 Mar | Denisa Kostovicova | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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/...
@lse-ei.bsky.social @ho-centre.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/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
@lse-ei.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🎉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
@lse-ei.bsky.social
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
March 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
🎉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
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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February 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🎉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