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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 1d

👇 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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 🙂

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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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚨⚖️🔍 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

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Aug 3

Many congratulations, Ellie! So well deserved!

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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · Feb 13

I reviewed @denisakost.bsky.social's book, and thought it was pretty good. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Denisa Kostovičova. Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk about War Crimes. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2023. vii, 246 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Figures. Tables. $51.85, har...

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Feb 20

My review of @denisakost.bsky.social's book Reconciliation by Stealth is now out on Southeastern Europe doi.org/10.30965/187...

Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk about War Crimes, written by Denisa Kostovicova

"Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk about War Crimes, written by Denisa Kostovicova" published on 12 Feb 2025 by Brill | Schöningh.

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Hellenic Observatory @ho-centre.bsky.social · Mar 19

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

International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Jul 14

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.

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Jul 15

👇 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

International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Jul 14

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.

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

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BISA South East Europe @bisasee.bsky.social · Mar 24

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.

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Mar 20

👇 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

Hellenic Observatory @ho-centre.bsky.social · Mar 19

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

Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Mar 19

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/...

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

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Mar 10

🎉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

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