Armakolas Ioannis
Associate Professor
Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies
Academic Area
Comparative Politics in South-East Europe
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Titles
- PhD in Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge (2007)
- MA in International Relations (with distinction), University of Kent at Canterbury (1998)
- First Degree, Department of Political Science and International Studies (strand International Studies), Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences (1994)
Research Interests
- Civil and ethnic wars
- Politics in post-conflict societies and states in transition with emphasis on South-East Europe
- Political stability and security in South-East Europe
Teaching
- FOREIGN POLICY IN THE BALKANS
(Β216-Ι)
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ELECTIVE
Department Abbreviation
BSO
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BALKAN, SLAVIC AND ORIENTAL STUDIES
Course Outlines
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- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTΕRN & SE. EUROPE
(ΒΣ208-Ι)
Type
ELECTIVE
Department Abbreviation
BSO
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BALKAN, SLAVIC AND ORIENTAL STUDIES
Course Outlines
COURSE OUTLINE
(1) GENERAL
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Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies |
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Undergraduate |
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COURSE CODE |
ΒΣ208-Ι |
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Political Developments in Southeastern Europe |
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(2) LEARNING OUTCOMES
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The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences of an appropriate level, which the students will acquire with the successful completion of the course are described. Consult Appendix A
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The general aim of the course is to offer to students the necessary methodological tools and knowledge in order to be able to understand and analyse a series of issues that relate to the so-called transition that the ex-Communist states of south-eastern Europe went through after 1990. The course seeks to identify the main features of internal political developments as well as of foreign policy developments that have affected the region.
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General Competences |
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Taking into consideration the general competences that the degree-holder must acquire (as these appear in the Diploma Supplement and appear below), at which of the following does the course aim? |
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Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology Adapting to new situations Decision-making Working independently Team work Working in an international environment Working in an interdisciplinary environment Production of new research ideas |
Project planning and management Respect for difference and multiculturalism Respect for the natural environment Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues Criticism and self-criticism Production of free, creative and inductive thinking …… Others… ……. |
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Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
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(3) SYLLABUS
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The course begins with an introduction to the political geography of the region (south-eastern Europe) and an examination of the main post-Second World War developments that saw the emergence and consolidation of Communist regimes in the region. It continues with an analysis of the violent dissolution of the SFR of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, that totally reshaped the map of the region, with the emergence of new states. Then it examines the main political developments in a series of states (Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania), analyzing the main features and problems of their so-called transition to a parliamentary democracy and free market economy. At the same time, minority, foreign policy issues and EU’s policy in the region are being discussed.
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(4) TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
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Face-to-face, in exceptional cases use of distance learning |
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USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY |
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TEACHING METHODS The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail. Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, fieldwork, study and analysis of bibliography, tutorials, placements, clinical practice, art workshop, interactive teaching, educational visits, project, essay writing, artistic creativity, etc.
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STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Description of the evaluation procedure
Language of evaluation, methods of evaluation, summative or conclusive, multiple choice questionnaires, short-answer questions, open-ended questions, problem solving, written work, essay/report, oral examination, public presentation, laboratory work, clinical examination of patient, art interpretation, other
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Oral examination (the students have also the choice to complete and present a short essay, that will be taken into account in their final assessment
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(5) ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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- Suggested bibliography: Γ. Χρηστίδης, Βόρεια Μακεδονία. Πολιτική και κοινωνία. Από την ανεξαρτησία στη Συμφωνία των Πρεσπών (1991-2019), (Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Επίκεντρο 2023). Γ. Χρηστίδης, Η σερβική πολιτική στο Κόσοβο (Ιούνιος 1999 – 2016) (Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Πανεπιστημίου Μακεδονίας, 2017).
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- POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
(MAPE0106)
Type
COMPULSORY
Department Abbreviation
MPE
Department
MASTER'S DEGREE IN POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF CONTEMPORARY EASTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
Course Outlines
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to some of the main political and social developments in post-communist Europe. By providing an overview of diverse social and political trends and offering historical and theoretical background to key issues the course will help the student develop the necessary skills for a comprehensive understanding of contemporary Eastern and South-East Europe. Based on the historical specificities of the regions and set against the backdrop of the first post-Communist decade the course will elaborate on trends and events at the local, national and regional level. Analyzing both the elite and the grass root levels and particularly interested in their interplay, the course will employ multiple teaching methodologies and approaches. Spanning disciplinary fields from political science, sociology and international relations to conflict studies, anthropology and cultural studies, the course will avoid providing students with a set of fixed disciplinary knowledge. Rather the course is intended to provide plentiful ‘food for thought’ on actors, structures and processes. It will encourage students to seek their own understanding of contemporary Eastern Europe and South-East Europe and to think ‘creatively’ about these societies, their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and prospects.
- POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE STATES OF THE POSTJUGOSLAV AREA
(ΒΣ209-Ι)
Type
ELECTIVE
Department Abbreviation
BSO
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BALKAN, SLAVIC AND ORIENTAL STUDIES
Course Outlines
Η περιγραφή του μαθήματος δεν είναι διαθέσιμη
Publications
- Books (23 records)
Περιλαμβάνει Βιβλία ή/και μονογραφίες σε διεθνείς ή ελληνικούς εκδοτικούς οίκους. Κεφάλαια ή άρθρα συλλογικών τόμων ή επιμέλεια τόμων σε διεθνείς ή ελληνικούς εκδοτικούς οίκους.
2020
- Ioannis Armakolas, "Greece: Kosovo's Most Engaged Non-recogniser", in Ioannis Armakolas and James Ker-Lindsay (eds.), “The politics of recognition and engagement – EU member state interactions with Kosovo”, Palgrave, 2020
- James Ker-Lindsay and Ioannis Armakolas, "Kosovo, EU Member States and the Recognition-Engagement Nexus", in Ioannis Armakolas and James Ker-Lindsay (eds.) “The politics of recognition and engagement – EU member state interactions with Kosovo”, Palgrave, 2020
- James Ker-Lindsay, Ioannis Armakolas, Rosa Balfour, Corina Stratulat, "Introduction: The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans", in James Ker-Lindsay, Ioannis Armakolas, Rosa Balfour, Corina Stratulat (eds.), "The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans", Routledge: London and New York, 2020
- James Ker-Lindsay, Ioannis Armakolas, Rosa Balfour, Corina Stratulat (eds.), "The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans", Routledge: London and New York, 2020
- Ioannis Armakolas and James Ker-Lindsay (eds.), “The politics of recognition and engagement – EU member state interactions with Kosovo”, Palgrave, 2020
2019
- Ioannis Armakolas, Agon Demjaha, Arolda Elbasani, Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, “Introduction”, in Ioannis Armakolas, Agon Demjaha, Arolda Elbasani, Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, (eds.) “Local and International Determinants of Kosovo's Statehood”, Kosovo Foundation for Open Society, Pristina, 2019
- Ioannis Armakolas, Agon Demjaha, Arolda Elbasani, Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, (eds.) “Local and International Determinants of Kosovo's Statehood”, Kosovo Foundation for Open Society, Pristina, 2019
2018
- Ioannis Armakolas, "Kosovo's Status Consolidation: Lessons from the Berlin Process", in David L. Phillips and Lulzim Peci (eds.), "Threats and Challenges to Kosovo's Sovereignty", Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, 2018
2017
- Ioannis Armakolas, Agon Demjaha, Arolda Elbasani, Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, Elton Skendaj, Nikolas Tzifakis (eds.) “State- building in post-independence Kosovo: Policy challenges and societal considerations”, Kosovo Foundation for Open Society, Pristina, 2017
- Rosa Balfour, Corina Stratulat, James Ker-Lindsay and Ioannis Armakolas (eds.) “The national politics of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans”, Special issue, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies,Vol.17(4), 2017
2016
- Dimitris Skleparis and Ioannis Armakolas, “The refugee crisis and the role of NGOs, civil society and media in Greece”, in David Phillips (ed.), Balkan Human Corridor: Essays on the Refugee and Migrant Crisis from Scholars and Opinion Leaders in Southeast Europe, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, June 2016, pp.171-184
- Triantafyllos Karatrantos and Ioannis Armakolas, “Building fences and closing borders – Experience and implications”, in David Phillips (ed.), Balkan Human Corridor: Essays on the Refugee and Migrant Crisis from Scholars and Opinion Leaders in Southeast Europe, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, June 2016, pp.144-155
- Ioannis Armakolas and Triantafyllos Karatrantos, “Infiltration of terrorists in mixed migration flows”, in David Phillips (ed.), Balkan Human Corridor: Essays on the Refugee and Migrant Crisis from Scholars and Opinion Leaders in Southeast Europe, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, June 2016, pp.81-93
- Ioannis Armakolas, “Politika i društvo u Tuzli od 1992. do 1995. godine: Političko natjecanje i građanska alternativa” (“Politics and society in Tuzla, 1992 to 1995: Political competition and civic alternatives”), University Press & Association for Modern History BiH, Sarajevo, December 2016
2015
- Ioannis Armakolas, Imagining community in Bosnia: Constructing and Reconstructing the Slana Banja Memorial Complex in Tuzla, in Marie Louise Stig Sorensen and Dacia Viejo-Rose (eds.) War and Cultural Heritage: Biographies of Place", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015
2014
- Ioannis Armakolas, Imagining community in Bosnia: Constructing and Reconstructing the Slana Banja Memorial Complex in Tuzla, in Marie Louise Stig Sorensen and Dacia Viejo-Rose (eds.) War, cultural heritage, and the shaping of memory, Cambridge University Press, υπό έκδοση, 2014
2012
- Ioannis Armakolas and Apostolis Karabairis, Greece-Kosovo: A complex relationship, in Kosovo Foundation for Open Society, Kosovo calling, Pristina, 2012, σελ.93-119
2010
- Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας και Θάνος Ντόκος (επιμ.) Από τα Βαλκάνια στη Νοτιοανατολική Ευρώπη: Προκλήσεις και προοπτικές στον 21ο αιώνα, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Σιδέρη, 2010
- Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας και Θάνος Ντόκος, Εισαγωγή - 1999-2009: Τα Βαλκάνια μεταξύ ρευστότητας και σταθεροποίησης, στο Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας & Θάνος Ντόκος (επιμ.) Από τα Βαλκάνια στη Νοτιοανατολική Ευρώπη: Προκλήσεις και προοπτικές στον 21ο αιώνα, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Σιδέρη, 2010
2007
- Ioannis Armakolas, Sarajevo no more? Identity and the experience of place among Bosnian Serb Sarajevans in Republika Srpska, στο Xavier Bougarel, Ger Duijzings & Elissa Helms (επιμ.) The new Bosnian mosaic: Identities, memories and moral claims in a post-war society, Ashgate, 2007, σελ.79-.99
2001
- Ioannis Armakolas, Identity and conflict in globalizing times: experiencing the global in areas raged by conflict and the case of the Bosnian Serbs, στο Catherine Danks & Paul Kennedy (επιμ.) Globalization and national identities: crisis or opportunity?, Palgrave, 2001, σελ.46-63
- Ioannis Armakolas, A field trip to Bosnia: the dilemmas of the first-time researcher, στο Marie Smyth & Gillian Robinson (επιμ.) Researching violently divided societies: ethical and methodological issues, Pluto Press and UN University Press, 2001, σελ.165-183
1996
- Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας, Βασική βιβλιογραφία για τα εθνικά θέματα, Σιδέρης, 1996, σελ.110
- Scientific Journals (8 records)
Περιλαμβάνει Άρθρα σε διεθνή ή ελληνικά επιστημονικά περιοδικά (με κριτές).
2017
- James Ker-Lindsay, Ioannis Armakolas, Rosa Balfour, Corina Stratulat, “Introduction: The national politics of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans”, Special issue, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies,Vol.17(4), 2017, pp. 511-522
- Ioannis Armakolas and Georgios Triantafyllou, “Greece and EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: Understanding an ambivalent relationship”, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies,Vol.17(4), 2017
2014
- Ioannis Armakolas and Apostolis Karabairis, “A changing party landscape? An analysis of the October 2010 elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, Southeastern Europe, vol.38, 2014, pp.171-202
- Ioannis Armakolas and Maja Maksimovic, “Memory and the used of wartime past in contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina: The case of the Bosniak campaign for the 2013 population census”, Επιστήμη και Κοινωνία, τεύχος 32, Φθινόπωρο 2014, Θεματικό Αφιέρωμα ‘Μαζική βία και θύματα’, pp. 59-94
2011
- Ioannis Armakolas, Studying identities, political institutions and civil society in contemporary Bosnia Some conceptual and methodological considerations, Transitions, Special issue Renegotiating the Polity. Exploring the paths from peace to shared political identities in contemporary Bosnia-Herzegovina, Vol.52(2), Institut de Sociologie de l'ULB/Institut Européen de l'Université de Genève, 2011, σελ.123-130
- Ioannis Armakolas, The paradox of Tuzla city: Explaining non-nationalist local politics during the Bosnian war, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.63(2), March 2011, σελ.229-261
2010
- Ioannis Armakolas, Southeastern Europe at the crossroads, Special issue, Guest editor: Ioannis Armakolas, Hellenic Studies, Vol.18(2), Autumn 2010, σελ.37-64
2008
- Ioannis Armakolas and Eleni Vossou, Transitional justice in practice: the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia and beyond, UNISCI Discussion Papers, No.18, October 2008
- Other (36 records)
Περιλαμβάνει Παρουσιάσεις σε διεθνή ή ελληνικά συνέδρια χωρίς δημοσίευση σε πρακτικά.
2013
- Ioannis Armakolas and Maja Maksimovic, Serbias Resolution on Kosovo and Metohija & the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue: Is there a Solution after the Resolution?, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 09, March 2013, σελ.4
- Ioannis Armakolas and Maja Makismovic, A Balkan Hotspot: The Controversy over the UÇPMB War Memorial in the Presevo Valley, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 10, April 2013, σελ.4
- Ioannis Armakolas and Maja Maksimovic, The Beginning of the End for the Kosovo Problem? The Agreement on Normalisation of Relations between Belgrade and Pristina and its Aftermath, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 15, May 2013, σελ.4
- Boyka Boneva and Ioannis Armakolas, The Continuing Political Crisis in Bulgaria, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 21, July 2013, σελ.4
- Introduction to Albanian Politics and Elections, Albanian Elections Observatory Brief No. 1, ELIAMEP, April 2013, σελ.7
- Controversy over the Central Elections Commission and Political Coalitions for June 2013 Elections, Albanian Elections Observatory Brief No. 2, ELIAMEP, May 2013, σελ.8
- Election Campaign, Party Strategies, Public Opinion Polls, Albanian Elections Observatory Brief No. 3, ELIAMEP, June 2013, σελ.10
- Ioannis Armakolas and Maja Maksimovic, Babylution A civic awakening in Bosnia and Herzegovina?, Working Paper no.34, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy, July 2013, σελ.3-11
- Albanian Elections 2013: Analysis of the Electoral Results, Albanian Elections Observatory Brief No. 4, ELIAMEP, September 2013, σελ.13
2012
- Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας και Μπλεντάρ Φετά, Αλβανική Πολιτική: Το ίδιο Έργο από την Αρχή, ELIAMEP, Briefing Note Νο. 13, Mάρτιος 2012, σελ.4
- Ioannis Armakolas and Bledar Feta, Albanian Politics: the Prehistory of a Coming Political Clash, ELIAMEP, Briefing Note No. 16, April 2012, σελ.3
- Ioannis Armakolas Bledar Feta, Signaling Change in Albanian Politics: Edi Ramas Visit to South Serbias Presevo Valley, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No.17, April 2012, σελ.3
- Ioannis Armakolas and Bledar Feta, A Dangerous inter-ethnic Balance in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 24, June 2012, σελ.5
- Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας και Μπλεντάρ Φετά, Τα Νέα Πολιτικά Κόμματα στην Αλβανία και η Αναδιάταξη της Αλβανικής Πολιτικής Σκηνής, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 26, Ιούνιος 2012, σελ.4
- Milena Milosevic and Ioannis Armakolas, The Montenegrin Political Landscape: The End of Political Stability, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 27, July 2012, σελ.3
- Milena Milosevic and Ioannis Armakolas, Montenegros EU Membership: Tough Talks Ahead, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 29, September 2012, σελ.3
- Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας και Μπλεντάρ Φετά, Η Ολοκλήρωση της Επιτηρούμενης Ανεξαρτησίας του Κοσόβου Αφήνει Ανοιχτό το Ζήτημα του Βορρά, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 30, September 2012, σελ.5
- Ioannis Armakolas and Maja Maksimovic, Local Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Change or more of the Same?, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 34, November 2012, σελ.4
- Ioannis Armakolas and Maja Maksimovic, Serbia ICTY Trials and Tribulations, ELIAMEP Briefing Note No. 35, December 2012, σελ.3
2011
- Ioannis Armakolas, Re-reading the Bosnian crisis, The Working Group on the Western Balkans, East European Studies Program, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies, Special report, 2011, σελ.1-13
- Ioannis Armakolas, Reconstructing cultural heritage in Bosnia: The case of the Slana Banja memorial complex, Background paper, European Commission FP7 research project: CRIC Cultural Heritage and the Reconstruction of Identities after Conflict, http://www.cric.arch.cam.ac.uk, May 2011, δημοσιεύθηκε στο πόρταλ http://www.transconflict.com, June 2011
2010
- Re-linking the Western Balkans: The Transportation Dimension, CSIS-EKEM Policy Report, No. 1, Center for Strategic and International Studies & Hellenic Centre for European Studies, February 2010, σελ.44
- Confronting Unconventional Threats in Southeast Europe, CSIS-EKEM Policy Report, Νo. 2, Center for Strategic and International Studies & Hellenic Centre for European Studies, April 2010, σελ.10
- Ioannis Armakolas, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 14 years after Dayton, prospects for political reconciliation (Final report), DFID-Department for International Development (UK), Sarajevo, August 2010, σελ.1-78
- Re-linking the Western Balkans: The Energy Dimension, CSIS-EKEM Policy Report, No. 3, Center for Strategic and International Studies & Hellenic Centre for European Studies, September 2010, σελ.9
- Assessing Human Security in the Western Balkans, CSIS-EKEM Policy Report, No. 4, Center for Strategic and International Studies & Hellenic Centre for European Studies, November 2010, σελ.7
- NATO and the Western Balkans: New Strategic Concept, Old Challenges, EKEM Report, November 2010, σελ.16
2009
- Assessment and analysis of EU accession risk factors for Bosnia and Herzegovina, DFID-Department for International Development (UK), Sarajevo, July 2009, σελ.102
2008
- Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας, Το νέο βαλκανικό παζλ μετά την ανεξαρτησία του Κοσόβου, Διπλωματία, τεύχος 53, Μάιος 2008, σελ.54-66
2007
- Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας, Ισλάμ, μειονότητες και πολιτική αστάθεια στην πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβία (Ισλαμιστική τρομοκρατία, καθεστώς Κοσόβου, Σερβία), στο Ιωάννης Αρμακόλας και Ιωάννης Μαθιουδάκης, Ο ρόλος των εθνοτήτων στις διαμάχες στην Νοτιο-Ανατολική Ευρώπη, Ερευνητική Μελέτη, Ινστιτούτο Αμυντικών Αναλύσεων, Μάιος 2007, σελ.169-279
2005
- Για ένα πρωταγωνιστικό ρόλο της Ελλάδας στα Βαλκάνια: Θέσεις για την ελληνική βαλκανική πολιτική Ινστιτούτο Στρατηγικών και Αναπτυξιακών Μελετών (ΙΣΤΑΜΕ), Κείμενο Τεκμηρίωσης Νο.1, Αθήνα - Οκτώβριος 2005, σελ.12
2004
- Silvia Lauzzana and Ioannis Armakolas, Humanitarian Aid and the Political Economy of War in Bosnia-Herzegovina, unpublished paper, Center for International Studies, University of Cambridge, presented at the conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (Hague), 2004, σελ.31
1999
- Ioannis Armakolas, Identity transformations and conflict: an interdisciplinary approach to the Yugoslav war, Research Report, Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity (INCORE - University of Ulster & United Nations University), 1999, σελ.57
- Tuzla: A changing memorial culture for a new vision of Bosnia (long version)
- Tuzla: A changing memorial culture for a new vision of Bosnia
- Mostar: Heritage reconstruction in a divided city
