Gender & Politics Research Network in South-East Europe

New book project in making‼️

A group of members from our network, who focus on gender equality & representation in politics, gathered to critically analyze the situation and changes in their respective countries over the past 20 years.

They proposed an edited volume to Edward Elgar Publishing within the "New Horizons in Gender and Politics" series. Series editors Drude Dahlerup and Birgit Sauer supported the proposal, and after three positive reviews, the book proposal was successfully submitted with the working title of the book “Women’s Political Representation in South-East Europe”.

The edited volume, Women’s Political Representation in South-East Europe, edited by Lilijana Cickaric, Marsela Dauti and Milica Antić-Gaber, offers a comprehensive exploration of the presence, representation, and activities of women in politics across South-East European (SEE) countries in recent decades. Countries in the SEE region, sharing a common history of past communist/socialist regimes, have followed similar trajectories, including gender equality reforms, to enhance women's political representation. Nevertheless, progress has been diverse due to the specific contexts and developments in the researched countries.

Despite the numerical gains of women in politics, little is known about women’s political representation in local and national parliaments. This volume delves deeply into women's political representation in SEE countries, moving beyond women’s numbers in politics. Chapters explores substantive representation, gender equality and political parties, women’s parliamentary networks, women’s policy and advocacy initiatives, intersectionality and CEDAW, gender-sensitive parliaments, and barriers to women’s political representation.

Beyond documenting accomplishments and challenges, the volume presents valuable insights for scholars, researchers, educators, development practitioners, and policymakers working to advance gender equality reforms in the SEE region.

The added value of this volume lies in its authorship by fifteen experts from the region, including early career scholars and reserachers and academics with practical experience in gender equality issues. This diversity of contributors showcases the constantly growing expertise in politics and gender in SEE, rooted in long-term studies.

The book will be published in 2025.

Contributors:
Marjeta Sinko
Tajma Kapic
Vjollca Krasniqi and Lirije Palushi
Nikoleta Đukanović and Milica Kovač Orlandić
Tania Ivanova
Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović and Vuk Vučetić
Jure Skubic
Biljana Kotevska
Saša Gavrić

Our Network member, Marsela Dauti from the University of Tirana on women’s representation in Albanian politics ⬇️

https://www.facebook.com/share/UQu545Ae6yz5gm1A/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Përfaqësimi në këshillat bashkiakë dhe kuotat gjinore - Me Prof. Asoc. Marsela Dauti dhe Anita Lushi RTSH 24 është një kanal informativ i paketës së RTSH. Informacionet vijnë në kohe reale nga gazetarët dhe lidhjet direkte nga terreni. Lidhje direkte për pol...

Check out the latest article by member Jelena Lončar from Fakultet političkih nauka - Univerzitet u Beogradu on autocratic genderwashing in Serbia 🇷🇸

Congratulations, dear Jelena! 🙌

Open access at https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/8204

Adriana Zaharijević, member of our network talking about anti-gender mobilisation and the upcoming book members of our network are working on. Listen into this podcast ⬇️

Feministički podcast "Riječ na F", sa Adrianom Zaharijević

O antirodnim mobilizacijama u svijetu govorimo u ovom izdanju podcasta Riječ na F. Sagovornica je Adriana Zaharijević - - Feministkinja, filozofkinja i prevoditeljica iz Beograda.

Idemo i korak dalje: šta stoji iza antirodnih politika? Kontekstualiziramo i pitanje društvenog i političkog ambijenta kojeg dišemo.

„U različitim delovima Evrope ali i sveta imamo političke partije na vlasti koje vrlo aktivno koriste antirodne kampanje da bi ojačale sopstvene konzervativne politike".

Na udaru su ravnopravnost i politike emancipacije!

Moderatorica: Ines Baždalić

Novu epizodu podcasta poslušajte na linku ispod:
https://youtu.be/X9brEGAUABU

Feministički podcast pratite i na ovim platformama:

RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/fespodcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HJX5Jdo8ix6GGB8C77qb3?si=gf48e1kGSmG94KX5WPxQWw
Apple: https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/my-podcasts/show/f-e-s-podcast/62259cf2-f196-4d65-b2e1-ce4dace15820/episode/rije%C4%8D-na-f-epizoda-25-antirodne-mobilizacije-u-svijetu-adriana-zaharijevi%C4%87/67fb8aa1-bd47-4216-9775-cc7cb439dd47

What role do women parliamentarians and women activists play in representing women’s interests? What are the successes and remaining challenges?

Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović provides us with insights into those and other aspects in her article on 🇧🇦.

Zlatiborka’s paper is part the thematic issue of Genero: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies, one of six papers focusing on women’s representation & Southeast Europe.

Studying parliamentary debates on women’s interest is a standard approach in order to understand some aspects of women’s substantive representation in a country.

Nina Đorđević contributes to the global literature with her study from the National Assembly in Serbia 🇷🇸. Her article is part of the latest Genero: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies thematic issue, guest edited by co-convener
Saša Gavrić. The thematic issue focuses on women’s political representation & Southeast Europe and is the first collaborative product of members & friends.

Nina Đorđević’s article is the 5th of 6 open access articles part of the thematic issue. Download the paper at:
https://generojournal.org/current-issue.html

Happy Monday, gender & politics community in Southeast Europe and everywhere else!☀️

On we have promoted the latest edition of the Belgrade-based Genero: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies, one of the few gender studies journals in Eastern and South-east Europe.

The latest thematic issue, guest edited by co-convener
Saša Gavrić, focuses on women’s political representation & Southeast Europe and is the first collaborative product of members & friends.

Today we promote the 4th of 6 open access articles. Anja Vojvodic is looking into the constraints of women’s representation in 🇷🇸 and 🇲🇪.

Download the paper at:
https://generojournal.org/current-issue.html

Happy Friday, here is a reading recommendation for the weekend!☀️

On we have promoted the latest edition of the Belgrade-based Genero: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies, one of the few gender studies journals in Eastern and South-east Europe.

The latest thematic issue, guest edited by co-convener Saša Gavrić, focuses on women’s political representation & Southeast Europe and is the first collaborative product of members & friends.

Today we promote the 3rd of 6 open access articles. Tajma Kapic has looked into the intersection of consociationalism & women‘s political representation, aiming at understanding elite perceptions.

Download the paper at:
https://generojournal.org/current-issue.html

Did you miss the our 4th GenPolSEE webinar?🧐
No problem, below is the Youtube recording.😁

65 minutes of excellent discussion on Jelena Loncar's book “Performance of Political Representation”, an analysis of the process of performing political representation and its effects on the case of Serbia. The book examines how different representatives position themselves and, on whose behalf, they speak, what tools and resources they use, and how they influence the audience and those they represent. The author shows that representation takes place on different stages, through an active and dynamic process of claim making. Numerous actors participate in the representation process, whose mutual influences create the representative relationship. The book shows that political representation is a performance with consequences. The book, among others, looks into women's representation in the National Assembly of Serbia, constituting an important contribution to the gender & politics research in South-East Europe. The monograph was published in 2023, by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Belgrade and is available open access in Serbian language:
http://katalog.fpn.bg.ac.rs/sr/publikacija/performans-politickog-predstavljanja-cemu-sluze-govori-predstavnika?fbclid=IwAR29-Q2Glft3tqmmR0RKIsQeXqeqEimxUiA43Tkd_6eWmO29nZTWMw6G2iU

A big thank you goes to our network members who participated and our speakers and moderator:

Speakers
Book author: Jelena Lončar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Discussant: Zorana Antonijević, PhD, Research Fellow at the Centre for International Security, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Discussant: Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of East Sarajevo

Moderator
Jure Skubic, Assistant and Researcher, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cox9Go2m4Ac

#GenPolSEE webinar 4: Performing political representation in Serbia, Book launch, 13 March 2024 The monograph “Performance of Political Representation” by Jelena Loncar represents an analysis of the process of performing political representation and its...

Happy Thursday, weekend is close☀️

On we have promoted the latest edition of the Belgrade-based Genero: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies, one of the few gender studies journals in Eastern and South-east Europe.

The latest thematic issue of focuses on women’s political representation & South-east Europe and is the first collaborative product of members & friends.

Today we promote the second of 6 open access articles. Marsela Dauti and Geldona Metaj from the University of Tirana discuss women’s representation in local-level councils and on how advance this agenda in the upcoming years.

Download the paper at:
https://generojournal.org/current-issue.html

You can still register & join today at 12h ⬇️

Gender & Politics Research in South-East Europe webinars are back! 🌟🌟🌟

Webinar 4:
Performing political representation in Serbia
Book launch

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 12-13 CET

The monograph “Performance of Political Representation” (http://katalog.fpn.bg.ac.rs/sr/publikacija/performans-politickog-predstavljanja-cemu-sluze-govori-predstavnika) represents an analysis of the process of performing political representation and its effects on the case of Serbia. The book examines how different representatives position themselves and, on whose behalf, they speak, what tools and resources they use, and how they influence the audience and those they represent. The author shows that representation takes place on different stages, through an active and dynamic process of claim making. Numerous actors participate in the representation process, whose mutual influences create the representative relationship. The book shows that political representation is a performance with consequences. The book, among others, looks into women's representation in the National Assembly of Serbia, constituting an important contribution to the gender & politics research in South-East Europe. The monograph was published in 2023, by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Belgrade and is available open access in Serbian language.

The 5th webinar will be a book launch webinar and is part of the Gender & Politics Research in South-East Europe Webinar Series, initiated by the GenPolSEE network, aiming at promoting research and researchers from the region.

Speakers
Book author: Jelena Lončar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Discussant: Zorana Antonijević, PhD, Research Fellow at the Centre for International Security, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade

Discussant: Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of East Sarajevo

Moderator
Jure Skubic, Assistant and Researcher, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana

The webinar will be in English language.
All interested to participate are kindly invited to register at the following https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocequrDIuHdZFQnupaVFLnIMiThYk5KiQ #/registration
We would appreciate it if you would distribute this invitation among your networks.
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Gender and Politics Research Network in South-East Europe (GenPolSEE) is an informal, feminist network interested in fostering research on gender equality, representation, backlash and public policy in South-East Europe. GenPolSEE was established at the Founding Meeting in November 2022. The network is committed to a) Strengthening peer-to-peer learning and exchange among gender and politics researchers in the region; b) Promoting contemporary feminist research methodologies and strengthening links with international experts, networks and platforms; and c) Conducting empirical research aimed at supporting change, innovation and transformation, and promoting research from the region internationally. Thematic research: a) Gender and representation: institutions, critical actors, arenas of representation, women’s and social movements, masculinities and intersectionality; b) Gender and backlash: anti-gender movements, backlash on women’s and LGBTI rights, right-wing politics; and c) Gender and public policy: gender equality legislation, inclusive policy making, accountability mechanisms, gender mainstreaming.
Contact: [email protected]

Happy Monday to everyone ☀️

On Friday we have promoted the latest edition of the Belgrade-based Genero: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies, of the few gender studies journals in Eastern and South-east Europe.

The latest thematic issue of focuses on women’s political representation & South-east Europe and is the first collaborative product of members & friends.

Today we promote the first of 6 open access articles. The first article is a fantastic state-of-the-art review by Karen Celis (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) & Sarah Childs (The University of Edinburgh) on three decades of women’s political representation research.

Download it:
https://generojournal.org/current-issue.html

Last call to register & join us on Wednesday! ⬇️

Gender & Politics Research in South-East Europe webinars are back! 🌟🌟🌟

Webinar 4:
Performing political representation in Serbia
Book launch

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 12-13 CET

The monograph “Performance of Political Representation” (http://katalog.fpn.bg.ac.rs/sr/publikacija/performans-politickog-predstavljanja-cemu-sluze-govori-predstavnika) represents an analysis of the process of performing political representation and its effects on the case of Serbia. The book examines how different representatives position themselves and, on whose behalf, they speak, what tools and resources they use, and how they influence the audience and those they represent. The author shows that representation takes place on different stages, through an active and dynamic process of claim making. Numerous actors participate in the representation process, whose mutual influences create the representative relationship. The book shows that political representation is a performance with consequences. The book, among others, looks into women's representation in the National Assembly of Serbia, constituting an important contribution to the gender & politics research in South-East Europe. The monograph was published in 2023, by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Belgrade and is available open access in Serbian language.

The 5th webinar will be a book launch webinar and is part of the Gender & Politics Research in South-East Europe Webinar Series, initiated by the GenPolSEE network, aiming at promoting research and researchers from the region.

Speakers
Book author: Jelena Lončar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Discussant: Zorana Antonijević, PhD, Research Fellow at the Centre for International Security, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade

Discussant: Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of East Sarajevo

Moderator
Jure Skubic, Assistant and Researcher, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana

The webinar will be in English language.
All interested to participate are kindly invited to register at the following https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocequrDIuHdZFQnupaVFLnIMiThYk5KiQ #/registration
We would appreciate it if you would distribute this invitation among your networks.
* * * * * * * * * *

Gender and Politics Research Network in South-East Europe (GenPolSEE) is an informal, feminist network interested in fostering research on gender equality, representation, backlash and public policy in South-East Europe. GenPolSEE was established at the Founding Meeting in November 2022. The network is committed to a) Strengthening peer-to-peer learning and exchange among gender and politics researchers in the region; b) Promoting contemporary feminist research methodologies and strengthening links with international experts, networks and platforms; and c) Conducting empirical research aimed at supporting change, innovation and transformation, and promoting research from the region internationally. Thematic research: a) Gender and representation: institutions, critical actors, arenas of representation, women’s and social movements, masculinities and intersectionality; b) Gender and backlash: anti-gender movements, backlash on women’s and LGBTI rights, right-wing politics; and c) Gender and public policy: gender equality legislation, inclusive policy making, accountability mechanisms, gender mainstreaming.
Contact: [email protected]

Happy International Women’s Day, community!

May we creat and publish some fantastic gender & politics research until IWD2025 and impact transformative social change for the benefit of all women and members of our societies.

Gender & Politics Research in South-East Europe webinars are back! 🌟🌟🌟

Webinar 4:
Performing political representation in Serbia
Book launch

Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 12-13 CET

The monograph “Performance of Political Representation” (http://katalog.fpn.bg.ac.rs/sr/publikacija/performans-politickog-predstavljanja-cemu-sluze-govori-predstavnika) represents an analysis of the process of performing political representation and its effects on the case of Serbia. The book examines how different representatives position themselves and, on whose behalf, they speak, what tools and resources they use, and how they influence the audience and those they represent. The author shows that representation takes place on different stages, through an active and dynamic process of claim making. Numerous actors participate in the representation process, whose mutual influences create the representative relationship. The book shows that political representation is a performance with consequences. The book, among others, looks into women's representation in the National Assembly of Serbia, constituting an important contribution to the gender & politics research in South-East Europe. The monograph was published in 2023, by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Belgrade and is available open access in Serbian language.

The 5th webinar will be a book launch webinar and is part of the Gender & Politics Research in South-East Europe Webinar Series, initiated by the GenPolSEE network, aiming at promoting research and researchers from the region.

Speakers
Book author: Jelena Lončar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Discussant: Zorana Antonijević, PhD, Research Fellow at the Centre for International Security, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade

Discussant: Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of East Sarajevo

Moderator
Jure Skubic, Assistant and Researcher, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana

The webinar will be in English language.
All interested to participate are kindly invited to register at the following https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocequrDIuHdZFQnupaVFLnIMiThYk5KiQ #/registration
We would appreciate it if you would distribute this invitation among your networks.
* * * * * * * * * *

Gender and Politics Research Network in South-East Europe (GenPolSEE) is an informal, feminist network interested in fostering research on gender equality, representation, backlash and public policy in South-East Europe. GenPolSEE was established at the Founding Meeting in November 2022. The network is committed to a) Strengthening peer-to-peer learning and exchange among gender and politics researchers in the region; b) Promoting contemporary feminist research methodologies and strengthening links with international experts, networks and platforms; and c) Conducting empirical research aimed at supporting change, innovation and transformation, and promoting research from the region internationally. Thematic research: a) Gender and representation: institutions, critical actors, arenas of representation, women’s and social movements, masculinities and intersectionality; b) Gender and backlash: anti-gender movements, backlash on women’s and LGBTI rights, right-wing politics; and c) Gender and public policy: gender equality legislation, inclusive policy making, accountability mechanisms, gender mainstreaming.
Contact: [email protected]

Coming soon ❗️

The Volume 27/2023 of the Belgrade-based academic journal is in production and coming out at the end of January 2024.

Among others, it will feature a thematic issue of six articles on the topic “Political Representation of Women: Global Theory and Empirical Reality from South-East Europe”.

Congratulations to co-convener & Genero guest editor Saša Gavrić, UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG & the entire editorial team of Genero, led by Katarina Lončarević, Fakultet političkih nauka - Univerzitet u Beogradu.

Want to know more about ?

Have a look on the updated description on the webpage of the Institut društvenih nauka Beograd / Institute of Social Sciences Belgrade

Gender and Politics Research Network in South-East Europe (GenPolSEE) - ISS Feminist social science research has been developing over the last three decades intensively, aiming at gendering research methodologies, theoretical debates

Who’s still afraid of gender? Institut društvenih nauka Beograd / Institute of Social Sciences Belgrade, Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju & Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Belgrade are hosting today and tomorrow a thematic meeting of Gender & Politics Research Network in South-East Europe.
Find out more at ➡️
https://ifdt.bg.ac.rs/events/panel-discussion-whos-still-afraid-of-gender-gender-and-politics-research-network-in-south-east-europe-genpolsee-genlab/?lang=en

Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Institut društvenih nauka Beograd / Institute of Social Sciences Belgrade & Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Belgrade are hosting this year‘s thematic meeting of the Gender & Politics Research Network in South-East Europe.

See more below ⬇️

[Panel discussion] Who’s Still Afraid of Gender? Gender and Politics Research Network in South-East Europe (Genpolsee) (GenLab) [Panel discussion] Who’s Still Afraid of Gender? Gender and Politics Research Network in South-East Europe (Genpolsee) (GenLab) Who’s Still Afraid of Gender? is the thematic meeting of the Gender and Politics Research Network in South-East Europe (GenPolSEE), organized by the Institute of Social...

Reminder: 31 August 2023 is the deadline to this fantastic call for papers. And here is the full call https://generojournal.org/announcements.html?fbclid=IwAR1O0Snu0JL9El4NxkMqb2kdXrZgvzGd1GsoRdJPws2H2njfNUzlrnkoxCo

Genero: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies

Call for Submissions of Articles for the Topic of the Issue:
Political Representation of Women:
Global Theory and Empirical Reality from South-East Europe

Guest Editor – Saša Gavrić (Leipzig University)

Issues of political representation are a core focus of gender and politics research. US political theorist Hanna Pitkin is considered the starting point for modern-day discussions on political representation. In 1967, Pitkin published The Concept of Representation, a study that will influence generations of political representation researchers. According to Pitkin there are four dimensions of representation: 1) formalistic, 2) descriptive, 3) symbolic, and 4) substantive. This classification is important to understand in order to appreciate the path that the representation theory has taken over the past decades. Each representation type provides a different approach to examining representation.

Besides Pitkin’s non-gendered contribution, another gendered book dominates the debate: Anne Phillips’s The Politics of Presence (1995). Phillips provides a ground-breaking contribution to the widespread and controversial debate about how disadvantaged groups, including women, should be represented in politics. Building upon Pitkin and Phillips, most feminist work on the topic focuses on theoretical debates and empirical research around descriptive and substantive representation of women, making an important point that gender balanced numerical representation (descriptive representation) is linked to but conceptually different from gender-sensitive political processes and outcomes (substantive representation).

Over the last four decades different approaches have been taken in order to define and empirically operationalise the concepts of ‘acting’, ‘women’s interests’ and ‘women’s issues’, some being very narrow and feminist, others very broad, incl. non-feminist definitions. Among others, researchers have examined

• which women are represented,
• who acts in the interests of women,
• where the representation of women takes place,
• and how it is done – in addition to evaluating the quality of representation.

Substantive representation, the ‘acting in the interest of the represented, in a manner responsive to them’ (Pitkin), started to be investigated especially during the last three decades. First, research evolved around the study of the relations that could be empirically established between women’s descriptive representation in certain institutions, generally in legislatures, and the representation of women’s interests. Researchers and especially practitioners believed in the so-called ‘critical mass theory’: by achieving a critical mass of women members of parliament, women’s interest will – more or less automatically – enter the political agenda. Nevertheless, already in early stages of development, researchers questioned the conclusion that women’s numerical presence in decision-making positions will guarantee the representation of women’s interests.

Women’s descriptive representation started to be seen as one of the many ways toward the achievement of substantive representation of women. ‘Critical actors’, ‘critical acts’ and ‘representative claims’ are at the centre of the debate, going beyond the traditional view that female politicians are best equipped to represent the interests of women. The focus is not anymore on a critical mass of female politicians and the link between descriptive and substantive representation, but on critical actors, female and male, which don’t have to be elected politicians. The critical act of representing women is therefore multifaceted and women might be represented by diverse actors, inside and outside parliament. Extra-parliamentary arenas, like governmental women’s public policy agencies and women’s (civil society) movements are recognised as effective avenues for representation of women’s interests. Women’s movements formulate women’s interests and lobby or work together with the state to represent women.

With this call, the Journal GENERO invites authors from all around the world to submit papers related to theoretical discussions and empirical research from South-East Europe. Concretely, with this call we are looking for so far unpublished a) original research and b) review articles/state-of-art discussion.

Submitted articles should be linked to at least one of the following research questions:

1. Critical actors: Who acts in the representation of women?
2. Sites of representation: Where does the representation of women occur?
3. Interests, issues, preferences: What does representation of women articulate?
4. Process vs. outcome: How is representation of women expressed?

Submitted articles can be country case studies or comparative articles. We encourage articles that intersect gender and politics research with other research areas and topics, including work on women’s representation in post-conflict consociationalism.

Submissions guidelines:
Please send your full papers (5000 to 9000 words) by 31 August 2023 to [email protected] and [email protected].
Please, note that texts should be submitted to both addresses.
In case of any questions, feel free to contact the guest editor at [email protected].
The papers will be assessed for suitability by the guest-editor, and then they will be double-blind-peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.
GENERO is published in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian and English languages. Submissions should conform to the Instructions for Authors (https://generojournal.org/polices.html -instructions) of the journal.

Guest Editor
Saša Gavrić is PhD researcher and associate at the Leipzig University, working on a cumulative PhD project on the relationship between post-conflict consociationalism and the representation of women. He is the initiator and one of the current co-conveners of the Gender and Politics Research Network in South-East Europe (GenPolSEE), set up in 2022, and bringing together researchers from eight countries in South-East Europe. Saša Gavrić published around 50 books and articles, as (co)-author and (co)-editor, including ‘The Political System of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Institutions – Actors – Processes’, co-authored with D. Banović and M. Barreiro Marino, Springer, 2021, and ‘A Contemporary LGBT History of the Western Balkans’, co-authored with J. Čaušević, Belgrade Pride, 2021. Saša is an impact-oriented researcher, combining academic and political practice, working full-time as an international expert on gender equality in politics for a European inter-governmental organisation, supporting parliaments, political parties, governmental mechanisms and women’s movements in becoming gender-responsive institutions and advancing women’s political participation.