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Sofia Sebastián

Associate Researcher

Sofia Sebastian is associate researcher at FRIDE. Previously, she worked as a consultant for the Economic Management and Poverty Reduction Division of the World Bank’s East Asia Vice-Presidency in Washington DC. She has a PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE), with a dissertation entitled ‘State-building in deeply divided societies: beyond Dayton in Bosnia’; an MSc in Foreign Service from the University of Georgetown, under the sponsorship of the Fulbright Commission; and a BA in Political Science and International Relations from the Complutense University of Madrid. 

Her research focuses mainly on the Balkans, especially Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, state-building processes, conflict and divided societies. Her latest works include  ‘Spanish foreign policy in the Balkans: wasted potential’ (FRIDE, January 2010); ‘No time to wind-down in Bosnia’ (FRIDE, September 2009); ‘Making Kosovo work’ (FRIDE, March 2009); and ‘Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina’ (FRIDE, September 2008).

Spoken languages

English, French, Spanish

Written languages

English, French, Spanish

Expert publications

• 10/08/2011 - A new start in the Balkans?

• 02/03/2011 - Breaking the impasse: Constitutional reform in Bosnia

• 10/09/2010 - Seizing momentum in Bosnia

• 14/06/2010 - Bosnia

• 12/01/2010 - Spanish Foreign Policy in the Balkans: Wasted Potential

• 09/09/2009 - No time to wind-down in Bosnia

• 27/03/2009 - Making Kosovo work

• 18/09/2008 - Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 28/04/2008 - Serbia's 2008 parliamentary elections: domestic and regional dilemmas

• 12/02/2008 - The Stabilisation and Association Process: are EU inducements failing in the Western Balkans?

• 16/11/2007 - Leaving Dayton behind: constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 08/05/2007 - The EU's challenge in Kosovo

• 15/01/2007 - Serbia's Elections and the Challenges Ahead

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