Curriculum Vitae

Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Expert on Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans

Doctoral thesis: Promoting Democracy in Multiethnic Societies

Master Internationale Beziehungen

Diplomirani politolog

Damir Kapidžić and Věra Stojarová

Damir Kapidžić and Olivera Komar

Damir Kapidžić

"Sharing power by lot. Strengthening democracy in post-conflict and divided societies through citizens' assemblies" Grant-holder and principal investigator

Difficult deliberations. Exploring possibilities for citizens assemblies on historical memory, minority rights, and post-conflict governance in Central and Eastern Europe. Grant-holder and principal investigator

Member of Executive Committee and Ethics Advisory Board, Coordinator of WP 4 and PI at the University of Sarajevo.

Local expert consultant on deliberative democracy for 'Innovating Democratic Participation at the Local Level in Bosnia and Herzegovina' for the CoE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.

Lead consultant on deliberative democracy for the ‘BiH Citizens’ Assembly’ for the European Union Special Representative to BiH.

Consultant to the Democratic Governance Section of the OSCE Mission to BiH.

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award for research stay at Harvard University as a Weatherhead Visiting Scholar on the project "Sharing Power by Lot. Strengthening democracy in post-conflict and divided societies through citizens' assemblies"

Horizon 2020 grant for research project ‘Contexts of Extremism in MENA and Balkan Societies’ (Grant# 870772).

Civil Society Scholar Award grant for research project ‘Alternatives to Consociationalism?’ (Grant# IN2017-37957).

Speaker at Roundtable 'The Dayton Legacy: Bosnia, A Fragile Peace' at Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. Cambridge, April 2024.

Guest speaker at virtual roundtable ‘Democracy in South East Europe: Backsliding or new normal?’ at Oxford University, St Antony’s College, SEESOX. Online, January 2021.

Keynote speaker: Der Westbalkan im Fokus – Hoffnungen, Rückschläge, neue Perspektiven und die Auswirkungen des Ukraine-Krieges auf die Region. Parliament of the Republic of Austria, Open Parliamentary Discussion. Vienna/Online, March 2022.

Al Jazeera English, Sky News, ARTE, Al Jazeera Balkans, Deutsche Welle, N1 (SEE-regional), BH Television, Federal Television of BiH, Radio Slobodna Evropa, TV1 (BiH), Hayat TV (BiH), BH Radio 1.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Les Echos (FR), Der Standard (AT), De Standaard (BE), Ritzau (DK), Oslobođenje.

Vice News, Al Jazeera, BIRN, OZY.com, cafebabel.co.uk.