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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 8h

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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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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Tena Prelec @tenaprelec.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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 · Sep 5

Thank you, Tena! Also for you insightful feedback as we worked on this piece, which we gratefully acknowledge 🙂

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
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

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Aug 3

Many congratulations, Ellie! So well deserved!

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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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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thank you, Sanja!

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Mar 5

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

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Mar 2

Odlicno!

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thank you, Adam! Much appreciated!

Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thanks! Balkans + comparing with previous research on Northern Ireland, Colombia, etc. The book is open access on the Cornell University Press website

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thank you, Katarina!

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thank you, Heleen!

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 27

🎉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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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 26

I’m grateful to @danielalai.bsky.social for such an insightful review of my book Reconciliation by Stealth & noting its relevance also for studies of colonialism, racism & climate justice @cornellupress.bsky.social

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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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 24

Thank you!

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 24

🎉Delighted to share that our @erc.europa.eu JUSTINT article with Vesna Popovski won Honourable Mention for the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies @basees.bsky.social Women's Forum Article Prize! @risjnl.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social tinyurl.com/33fcujdc

Women’s discursive agency in transitional justice policy-making: A feminist institutionalist approach | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Women’s discursive agency in transitional justice policy-making: A feminist institutionalist approach - Volume 49 Issue 4

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 14

I am very pleased to read leading scholar Eric Gordy's review of my book Reconciliation by Stealth and his recognition that the book opens avenues for new innovations in research on transitional justice @cornellupress.bsky.social

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...

www.cambridge.org

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