Ankica Kosic's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

More recently I started to work on a research project 'Promoting reconciliation Through Youth: Inter-ethnic Community Mobilization'.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

I obtained my PhD in Social Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1999. In the period of 2001-2006 I had worked as a Research Fellow at European University Institute, Italy, where I have been involved in a number of large scale research projects. Currently, I am a Senior Marie Curie Research Fellow at the European Research Centre, University of Kingston, United Kingdom. My research interest concerns the issues of immigrant integration, inter-group relationships, stereotypes and prejudice, and process of reconciliation in post-conflict areas.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Croatia, and Northern Ireland.

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

United Kingdom

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Senior Marie Curie Research Fellow at the European Research Centre, University of Kingston

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Conflict Resolution, Youth, Civil Society

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Social Psychology of inter-group relations in post-conflict areas, reconciliation, forgiveness.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

Promoting Reconciliation through Youth: Inter-ethnic Community Mobilization. State-of-Art Report. Available at: http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/research/centres/Helen_Bamber/projects/i...

Community relations work with young people in Belfast: an overview. Project report, available at: http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/research/centres/Helen_Bamber/projects/i...