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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

буду изумляться тут сама с собой

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

но я все равно не пойду в Твиттер, нет

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

мне даже не так уж и важно, что в Bluesky никто, скорее всего, не уловит всей остроты эмоций, которую я испытываю от этой комбинации людей и мест! Особенно, если я буду писать по-русски!

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

но я все равно не пойду в Твиттер, нет

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

мне даже не так уж и важно, что в Bluesky никто, скорее всего, не уловит всей остроты эмоций, которую я испытываю от этой комбинации людей и мест! Особенно, если я буду писать по-русски!

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

Собчак гуляет по Лондону с Арестовичем, аааааааа

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

мне даже не так уж и важно, что в Bluesky никто, скорее всего, не уловит всей остроты эмоций, которую я испытываю от этой комбинации людей и мест! Особенно, если я буду писать по-русски!

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

Собчак гуляет по Лондону с Арестовичем, аааааааа

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 2d

Собчак гуляет по Лондону с Арестовичем, аааааааа

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 19d

when we were buying these fruits, they told us the only place that accepts Amex on campus is the café at the Global Inequality Institute =P

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
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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Journal of Genocide Research @journalgenocide.bsky.social · Aug 31

On Aug. 28, we published open access research article "Enemy of Justice? Secrecy in Domestic War Crimes Trials in Serbia" by @lanabi.bsky.social, @denisakost.bsky.social and Timothy William Waters. Read the full article: tinyurl.com/h27fecv2

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today is my last day at
@lse-ei.bsky.social 🌍✨

Grateful to all collaborators and the amazing team at LSE EI and beyond for this journey 🙏🤝💡

From next week, I’ll be an Advanced Quant Fellow at
@lsemethodology.bsky.social 📊🔍 and teaching at
@lseir.bsky.social 🎓📚

So excited! 🚀

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Aug 29

🙏 Thanks for feedback & support to Carles Torne,
@tenaprelec.bsky.social ,
@grabaranowska.bsky.social, Jelena Grujic Zindovic, anonymous reviewers & @dirkmoses.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.1080/1462...

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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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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 13

New in Advance Articles:

Text-as-Data Methods to Study Mass-Media Manipulations in Autocracies
by Lanabi La Lova (@lanabi.bsky.social)

doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

Text-as-Data Methods to Study Mass-Media Manipulations in Autocracies

This article explores how text-as-data methodologies can be used to reveal patterns of mass-media manipulation strategies employed in modern autocracies. First, it explains the importance of studying ...

doi.org

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Aug 7

free access online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/article...

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨📢 New article out!

"Text-as-Data Methods to Study Mass-Media Manipulations in Autocracies"

(AKA my PhD Thesis intro revisited :)

Huge thanks to Max Alyukov, @gulnazsharaf.bsky.social, Tomila Lankina, @jpaulgoode.bsky.social, @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social & anon rev for advice & support 🙏

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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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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · May 17

Mearsheimer's logic on great power war “makes sense” in a vacuum — a clean theory built in safe offices. But it erases people. Russia is not just a state actor; it's a repressive system. Who is this power for? IR theory that ignores domestic politics explains everything and nothing.

Seva @seva.bsky.social · May 17

Mearsheimer has now taken the stance that states go to war because it’s the central feature of political life — except Russia, which goes to war because of american liberals.

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Mar 3

📢 If you're at #ISA2025, don't miss our panel WD20: Methods and Marginalization in Transitional Justice and Beyond 🕓 Wednesday, 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM. Join us for a critical discussion on methodology, justice, and inclusion!

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Feb 14

📢 Excited to share our new policy paper with AspenGermany: Legislative Debates and Transitional Justice in the Western Balkans 🇦🇱🇧🇦🇭🇷🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸

Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 14

NEW POLICY PAPER with ASPEN Germany: How parliaments model divisive discourses and what to do to advance transitional justice policy-making in the Balkans? W/ @lanabi.bsky.social & Ivor Sokolic, we draw on our @erc.europa.eu JUSTINT research to inform policy www.aspeninstitute.de/wp-content/u...

www.aspeninstitute.de

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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Feb 6

This lexical strategy helps downplay state responsibility and influence public perceptions of past events.

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Feb 6

📊 Are domestic war crimes trials biased? We use Text as Data methods, using LIWC to look at judicial decisions from Serbia (1999–2019). We find conflict actor bias—paramilitary crimes are described in longer, more graphic detail, while state actors' crimes receive shorter, more neutral accounts.

Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 5

NEW ARTICLE: Analysing the verdicts and the texts of judgements, we find that the state shifts responsibility away from state forces to paramilitaries in Serbian war crimes trials, with Ivor Sokolic @lanabi.bsky.social @sanjavico.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/jx39z792

Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · Feb 6

📊 Are domestic war crimes trials biased? We use Text as Data methods, using LIWC to look at judicial decisions from Serbia (1999–2019). We find conflict actor bias—paramilitary crimes are described in longer, more graphic detail, while state actors' crimes receive shorter, more neutral accounts.

Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 5

NEW ARTICLE: Analysing the verdicts and the texts of judgements, we find that the state shifts responsibility away from state forces to paramilitaries in Serbian war crimes trials, with Ivor Sokolic @lanabi.bsky.social @sanjavico.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/jx39z792

Are domestic war crimes trials biased? - Ivor Sokolić, Denisa Kostovicova, Lanabi La Lova, Sanja Vico, 2024

Fairness of domestic war crimes trials matters for promoting justice and peace. Scholars have studied public perceptions of war crimes trials to assess their fa...

tinyurl.com

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Denisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · Feb 5

NEW ARTICLE: Analysing the verdicts and the texts of judgements, we find that the state shifts responsibility away from state forces to paramilitaries in Serbian war crimes trials, with Ivor Sokolic @lanabi.bsky.social @sanjavico.bsky.social @ercresearch.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/jx39z792

Are domestic war crimes trials biased? - Ivor Sokolić, Denisa Kostovicova, Lanabi La Lova, Sanja Vico, 2024

Fairness of domestic war crimes trials matters for promoting justice and peace. Scholars have studied public perceptions of war crimes trials to assess their fa...

tinyurl.com

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