Stefan Surlić is a Teaching Assistant at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science, where he is also a PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science. Fields of his academic interest include comparative analysis of political institutions, ethnically divided societies, and democratization and constitutional design in post-conflict societies. Since 2013, he has been an associate researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Balkans (CISBalk). Within his professional career, he initiated the first academic cooperation between Belgrade and Pristina, and was the editor of the publication “Perspectives of a Multiethnic Society in Kosovo”. He is also a member of the National Convention on the European Union. As one of the founders and stakeholders in charge of the Triangle Initiative (supported by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung), an initiative connecting Belgrade, Pristina and Tirana in the fields of academia, economy and politics, Surlić is actively engaged in activities concerning Belgrade-Pristina relations and the potential modalities towards normalization. His scientific and research interests in the migration field are within the nexus between migration and post-conflict management and societal integration policies of migrants in power-sharing models. He has focused his current interest for the migration topic on Serbia’s role in overcoming the challenges of refugee crisis of 2015, the possible acceptance of refugee quotas and disseminated institutional capacities in order to integrate asylum seekers.

Migration-related publications

Surlić, S. 2019. “Who said Quotas? The Role of Serbia in Burden Sharing of the Migrant Crisis” In Along the Balkan Route: The Impact of the Post-2014 ‘Migrant Crisis’ on the EU’s South East Periphery, edited by Alexandra Prodromidou and Pavlos Gkasis, 116-127. Berin: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Jean Monnet Project Migrate+

Migration-related projects

Jean Monnet Network – Migrate+ (CEU, Bilkent University, Ss. Cyril and Methodius, The University of Sheffield, Navarino Network, Centre for Southeast European Studies Graz, University of Belgrade, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Berlin) 2016-2019

Migration-related conferences

Surlić, S. „Migration in the Western Balkans: What do we know?“, International Burch University, Sarajevo,  Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 19-20, 2017. Panel presenatation: From a Transit Country to What? Current Challenges of Serbia’s Refugee Policy

Surlić, S. „Refugee Crisis Тwo Years later: The Past and Future of the Balkan Route”,  University of Belgrade, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade, Serbia, April 25-26, 2018. Panel presentation: Refugee crisis: between dignity and solidarity