Medlir Mema

Senior Associate Researcher

Medlir Mema (Ph.D. Political Science, George Washington University) is a Senior Associate Researcher at the Institute for European Studies - VUB. He wrote his dissertation on the role of the civil society in the drafting of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Medlir's research attempts to provide an answer to the broader questions of whether, how, and under what conditions advocacy networks shape international institutions and state behavior. From 2010 to 2011, Medlir joined the International Law Center at the Swedish National Defense College as a guest scholar. Previous to that, from 2007-2010, Medlir worked as a Graduate Research Fellow at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian studies in Washington DC. In 2006, Medlir earned an MA in European Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University—School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), during which time he also worked as Editor-in-Chief of the Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs and as a Research Assistant at the Center for Transatlantic Relations. Medlir has also participated in a number of professional seminars including the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse University and the Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research at the George Washington University. He is also the author of several papers which he has presented at various academic conferences. He is currently working on an examination of the role of the international community in the creation of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, as well as the political and legal implications of doing so.

 

List of publications (on VUB publications platform)