Leandrit Mehmeti
SOIS Program Head and Assistant Professor
Bio
Dr Leandrit Mehmeti is the SOIS Program Head and Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Kosovo (RITK). Before joining RITK, he taught at the University of South Australia and headed the Diploma of Arts Department at the South Australian Institute of Business and Technology. He holds a MA and a PhD from the University of South Australia. He is a member of Australian Political Science Association (APSA) since 2010; The Association for Nationalities Studies (ASN) since 2013; and The Society of Albanian Studies (SAS) since 2015. At the RITK he teaches a variety of courses in Political Science, Communication, and Writing as well as supervises Capstone projects. His research interests are on security studies, democratisation, post-conflict transition, governance, humanitarian aid and intervention and more specifically European Union integration perspectives and policies. He has published research on democratisation, security and EU integration perspectives and also presented in different conferences in Australia, the USA, Asia and Europe.
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Mehmeti L.I, 2021, “Kosovo’s EU Perspective: pushing it forward or pulling it away?”, in Branislav Radeljic (eds) The Unwanted Europeanness? Understanding Division and Inclusion in Contemporary Europe, De Gruyter, Berlin
Mehmeti L.I, 2017, “Kosovar Identity: Challenging the Albanian National Identity”, Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 16-25
Mehmeti L.I & Radeljic B, 2017, Kosovo and Serbia: Contested Options and Individual Consequences, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mehmeti L.I., 2017, “Perspectives of the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia” in Leandrit I Mehmeti & Branislav Radeljic (eds) Kosovo and Serbia: Contested Options and Individual Consequences, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mehmeti L.I. & Nagel R, 2013, “Achieving success? The role of the United Nations in Post-Conflict management: Cases of Kosovo and Timor Leste”, Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2013, Murdoch University, WA
Mehmeti L.I. 2013, “Kosovo – Serbia: normalisation of relations or just diplomatic theatre? An analysis of April 2013 EU brokered agreement between Kosovo and Serbia”, Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2013, Murdoch University, WA
Mehmeti L. I., 2013, “Democratisation in Kosovo: The Role of International Institutions”, in Branislav Radeljic (eds) Europe and the Post Yugoslav Space, Ashgate, London