Altin Gjeta

The Peace to Statehood Conundrum: Investigating Multiethnic Statebuilding in Kosovo

Supervisors: Laurence Cooley and George Kyris

Altin is looking at consociational power-sharing arrangements efficacy to transition post-conflict ethnically divided societies to consolidated statehood. Most studies on consociational power-sharing analyse the transition towards peace and democracy in post-conflict societies, so they neglect to fully explore the relationship between power-sharing mechanisms and the issue of stateness in ethnically divided polities. While scholars concerned with the statehood studies have focused their attention in state failure, legitimacy, state and non-state actors in areas of limited statehood, the capacity of state to provide services and goods, and to enter in international relations. Contrary, my research project is concerned with the relationship between power sharing institutions and statehood’s conception as the ability of the state to exert authority and implement policies in its territory. Consociational power-sharing and statehood are my theoretical frameworks, while I am investigating multiethnic statebuilding policy in Kosovo as a case study, using qualitative and process tracing methods.

Profile

Altin completed his BA in History and a Master of Science in International Relations at University of Tirana, Albania. He then went into the private sector, and founded and managed a Foreign Languages Institute for 6 years. In 2018 he was awarded by the British Government, the Chevening scholarship, to pursue a taught masters in the UK. In 2019 he earned an MA with distinction in International Relations and Democratic Politics from University of Westminster, London.

Since then, he has worked as consultant and researcher for national and international organisations in Albania, including OSCE, Konrad Adenaur Foundation and National Democratic Institute. Most recently he has worked as Programme Coordinator at Westminster Foundation for Democracy in Albania. His opinion articles on Albanian politics, statebuilding in Kosovo, EU enlargement, and security related issues in the Balkans have been published in Albanian and international media platforms, including Politiko.al, Kosovo 2.0, Balkan Insight, etc.

Qualifications

BA in History, University of Tirana
Msc in International Relations, University of Tirana
MA in International Relations and Democratic Politics, University of Westminster, London

Research interests

Conflict resolution in ethnically divided societies
Statebuilding and international intervention in post-conflict settings
EU enlargement policy
Transitional Justice and communist past

Conference papers

Working papers

Gjeta, A. (2022). The role of the Assembly in Albania’s EU integration process, Institute of Political Studies, Albania.

Gjeta, A. (2022). New enlargement methodology’s impact on Albania’s negotiations of fundamentals first, Institute of Political Studies, Albania.

Conference papers

Gjeta, A. (2021). Albania-Greek relations: Perceptions and realties, Albanian Institute for International Studies, Tirana, Albania.

Gjeta, A. (2021). Collective memory building and the emergence of the politics of anti-politics in post-totalitarian Albania, Tirana Observatory, Albania.

Publications

Book Chapter

Gjeta, A. (Forthcoming Spring 2024). Transition without justice in post-communist Albania: Its implication to collective memory building and democracy promotion, Konrad Adenauer Foundation: Berlin.

Contact details:

Email: axg699@student.bham.ac.uk

Twitter: @gjeta_altin