Jasmin Mujanović

Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) is a political scientist (PhD, York University) specializing in the politics of post-authoritarian and post-conflict democratization and the co-host of the Southeast European affairs podcast “Sarajevo Calling.” His first book Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans (Hurst Publishers & Oxford University Press, 2018) examines the persistence of authoritarian and illiberal forms of governance in the Western Balkans since the end of the Yugoslav Wars.

His publications also include peer-reviewed articles in top-flight academic journals, chapters in numerous edited volumes, policy reports for Freedom House, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, as well as popular analyses in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Al Jazeera, openDemocracy, and a host of other media. He has a prominent social media presence and has made appearances for international television and radio programs on Al Jazeera, CBC Radio, Huffington Post Live, Voice of America, as well as numerous Balkan media outlets.

Originally from Sarajevo, he is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science at Elon University and a policy consultant for the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung – Dialogue Southeast Europe office.