CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Prof. Dr. Biljana Vankovska Date and ...

2004-2005, Freedom House Grant, Albania and Macedonia towards Sustainable Cooperationin Bilateral and Regional Confidence Building, Project Coordinator2004, Regional Office for Civilian Peace Building, Swiss Embassy to Macedonia, Post-OhridMacedonia: Towards Setting Genuine Peace-Building Agenda (Dealing with the past),International Expert Workshop, Project Coordinator2003-2004, US Embassy, Small Grant Program, Cross-Border Security and ConfidenceBuilding between Macedonia and Albania, Project Leader2003-2004, UN University and Swiss Peace, Gender and Disarmament, Participant in a bookproject2001-2002, UN University (Tokyo) and Institute for Peace Research (Hamburg), The Role ofthe Military in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, a study on “Civil-Military Relations vs. Ethnic-Military Relations in Macedonia: Question of Loyalty and/or Mutual Trust?”2001-2002, ERGOMAS and DCAF project on Democratic control of armed forces inEurope: How it really works?, a study on “Pre-Conflict and Post-Conflict Civil-MilitaryRelations in Macedonia”2001, International Alert, Privatisation of Security, a case study on “Privatisation of Securityin Croatia”2001, OSCE Inter-Universities CSS – Regional Stabilisation and Human Rights and ConflictPrevention Centre (University of Bihac), Group Research Project How Could the Re-Established Balance of Power in SEE Lead to Stabilisation of B&H1996-1998, Ministry of Science of the Republic of Macedonia, Group Research Project Risksand Threats for National Security of the Republic of Macedonia1996-1998, Research Support Scheme HESP, Central European University, Prague, CzechRepublic, Individual research project Civil-Military Relations in the Post-Communist BalkanCountriesScholar Conferences, Symposiums and Round-Tables:1. Graduate Center, CUNY, New York “Inside Out: Insider’s Perspectives on Post-Conflict Statebuilding”, July 2 – 3, 2007, New York, paper presenter2. NATO Advanced Workshop, “Environmental Change and Human Security:Recognizing and Acting on Hazard Impacts”, Pell Center for International Relations,Newport, Rhode Island, 4-7 June, 20073. Istituto per l’Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica. Alma Mater Studiorum -University of Bologna, International conference “Regional Cooperation, Peace-Enforcement and the Role of the Treaties in the Balkans”, 20-21 January 2006, Forli,Italy, key-note speaker4. London School of Economics and Finish MFA, International Workshop “HumanSecurity Agenda for the Balkans”, 17 May 2006, Helsinki, Finland5

5. CDRSEE Thesaloniki, Seminar “Past and Present: Consequences forDemocratisation”, 2-4 July 2004, Belgrade, Serbia6. EUISS Balkans Task Force, “Kosovo: what prospects for final status?”, 2 July, 2004,Paris, France.7. ERGOMAS, “Military and Society in the 21 Century”, 19-21 September, 2002,Portoroz, Slovenia, paper presenter8. DCAF (Geneva) and Faculty of Philosophy (Skopje), International SeminarChallenges of Post-Conflict Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Macedonia, 27-29June, 2002, Skopje, Macedonia, presentation on “Post-Conflict Reconstruction of theSecurity Sector: Macedonian Challenges”.9. DCAF and the Macedonian Ministry of Defence, International Workshop Nationalsecurity strategy and security sector reform in Macedonia, 27-28 May, 2002, Skopje,Macedonia, presentation on “Civil Society and National Security”10. DCAF, International Workshop Promoting Civil Society in Good Governance:Lessons for the Security Sector, Prague, 15-16 April 2002, paper presenter “WesternCivil-Society Empowerment and the Lessons from the Balkans”11. DCAF, International Workshop Legal issues and Practices in the Field of DemocraticControl of Armed Forces and the Security Sector: National and InternationalPerspectives, Geneva, 4-6 April 2002, organiser12. Heinrich Boll Stiftung – Berlin, International Workshop « The Internationals on theBalkans: Lessons for Macedonia », Berlin, Germany, 1-2 December 2001, speaker on“International Crisis (Mis)Management – A Macedonian View”13. Intra-Macedonian Dialogue, Interlaken, Switzerland, 23-25 November 2001,participant14. UN University (Tokyo) and Institute for Peace Research (Hamburg), Conference onThe Role of the Military in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Hamburg, Germany, 21-23November 2001, paper-presentation “Civil-Military Relations vs. Ethnic-MilitaryRelations in Macedonia: Question of Loyalty and/or Mutual Trust?”15. Federal College for Security Studies and Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Seminaron “Democratic Control of Armed Forces: The Role of Parliament, Media andAcademia”, Belgrade, 25-27 October, 2001, paper-presentation on “The Role ofAcademic Community in Developing Democratic Control of Armed Forces”16. IUS Biennial Conference, Baltimore, USA, 19-21 October 2001, paper-presentation“Rule of Law and Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Post-Cold WarInternational Setting”17. Soros Foundation – Moldova, Roundtable Discussion “Educating Tolerance in Multi-Ethnic Societies”, Chisinau, Moldova, 4-6 October 2001, paper-presentation“Teaching Tolerance and/or Peace: Macedonian Experiences and Failures”6

18. Eurobalkan Institute and Open Society Institute, “Implementation of the FrameworkPeace Agreement and Future of Macedonia”, Skopje, Macedonia, 10 September, 2001,Moderator and Speaker (“On Security Aspects of the Ohrid Peace Agreement”)19. Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces and NATO ParliamentarianAssembly, PCAF Workshop on “Strengthening Parliamentarian Oversight of theSecurity Sector”, Brussels, Belgium, 5-9 July 2001, Key-note speaker “TheSignificance of Democratic Assistance to Parliaments: Can Democratic Control ofArmed Forces Be a Gift?”20. “Transparency in Defence Planning, Budgeting and Procurement”, Geneva Centre forDemocratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and Bulgarian Military Academy“Rakowski”, Sofia, 17-19 May, 2001 - organiser21. “Legal Framing of Democratic Control of Armed Forces”, Geneva Centre forDemocratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, 3-5 May, 2001,organiser22. “Ethnic Reconciliation and Economic Development”, European Movement of Serbia,Krusevac, Yugoslavia, 2-3 February, 2001, Speaker23. “Human Rights Centres Network”, WUS Austria, Graz, Austria, 7-10 December,2000, Participant24. International Security Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, 15 – 17 November, 2000,Participant25. University of Oslo, International Conference "Meeting Place Oslo - the role ofuniversities in democratisation and regional stabilisation", Oslo, Norway, 6-7November, 2000, Keynote Speaker ("Human Rights, Democratisation and RegionalStabilisation")26. Institute of Defence and Peace Studies (University of Skopje) and PfP ConsortiumWG on Crisis Management in SEE, International Scholar Conference "Ten YearsAfter: Democratisation and Security Challenges in SEE", Ohrid, Macedonia, 27-29October, 2000, Conference Arranger and Conference Speaker ("ConflictMismanagement in Former Yugoslavia: Is There a Way Out?"27. NATO Defence College (Rome) and the Faculty of Social Sciences (Ljubljana),International Research Seminar “Security in Central and South East Europe”, Bled,Slovenia, 20-23 September, 2000, Conference Speaker (“Organised Crime, MassMigrations, Refugees, Ethnic and Religious Conflict”)28. 18 th IPRA General Conference, “Dialogue of Civilisations”, Tampere, Finland, 5-9August, 2000, Paper-presenter “Conflict Prevention in the Shadow of War:Macedonia’s Challenges”29. Institute of Defence (Faculty of Philosophy – Skopje) and MoD of the Republic ofMacedonia, Round Table “Re-consideration of the Strategy of National Security ofMacedonia”, 5-7 July, 2000, Skopje, participant7

30. 3 rd PfP Consortium Meeting “Building Strategic Community through Research andEducation”, Tallinn, Estonia, 20-23 June, 2000, participant31. Working Group on Crisis Management in SEE of the PfP Consortium, Workshop‘Information Management in the Field of Security Policy in SEE’, Reichenau, Austria,19 – 22 May 2000, Conference Speaker32. University of Tromso, International Conference Higher Education of Peace, Tromso,Norway, 5-8 May, 2000, Paper-presenter, “Higher Education for Peace in Macedonia:Prospects and Challenges”33. George Marshall Center, 3 rd International Geopolitical Colloquium Globalisation,Fragmentation and Security, Garmisch, Germany, 11 – 13 March 2000, ConferenceSpeaker “Between Globalisation and Fragmentation: A Macedonian Perspective”34. Black Sea University Foundation, Workshop “Conflict Resolution Network in SEE”,Sinaia, Romania, 4-7 January 2000, participant35. Second Annual Conference of PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and SecurityStudies Institutes, Enhancing Cooperation in Education and Research in the 21stCentury, Sofia, Bulgaria, 8-10 December, 199936. Inter-University Seminar, Biennial Conference, Baltimore, USA, 22-24 October,1999, Paper-presenter “Democratisation of the Balkan Militaries”37. Central European University, Summer University, TRANSCEND: ConflictTransformation Course, Budapest, Hungary, 26 July – 4 August, 1999, participant38. 2nd International Conference, Sociological Research Center of the Bulgarian Ministryof Defence, "NATO at 50 and in the Future", Sofia, Bulgaria, 24-27 June, 1999,Paper-presenter “Democratic Control over NATO”39. 40 th ISA Annual Convention, Washington DC, USA, February 16-20, 1999, Paperpresenter“Between Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution: MacedonianPerspective of the Kosovo Crisis”40. 3rd International Security Forum, Zurich, Switzerland, 19-22 October, 1998,Participant.41. International Seminar Security in South-Eastern Europe, Institute of Sociological andPolitical Studies (Sofia), in cooperation with Center for European Studies -Groningen, Sofia, Bulgaria, 16-19 October, 1998.42. George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, 2 nd International Geo-Political Colloquium on Euro-Atlantic Security The Significance of Centrifugal andCentripetal Geo-Political Forces to the Emerging European Security System,Garmisch, Germany, 6-10 May, 1998, participant43. Centre for Sociological Research of the MoD of the Republic of Bulgaria incooperation with the Sociological Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, coorganizedwith Hanns Seidel Foundation, International Conference Armed Forces in A8

Democratic Society, Sofia, Bulgaria, 27-29 April, 1998, paper-presenter “The Militaryand Peace after the Cold War”44. 39th ISA Annual Convention The Westphalian System in Historical and GlobalPerspective, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 17-21 March, 1998, Paper-presenter“UNPREDEP in Macedonia: New Approach to the Concept of Modern Diplomacy”45. The Balkan Peace Studies Center, Round-Table Peace and Constitutions, Skopje,Macedonia, 18 February, 199846. 1997 International Halki Seminar, Session 1: EU and its Eastern Neighbours:Security, Cooperation and Human Rights, Halki, Greece, 4-11 September, 1997,participant47. IPSA XVII World Congress Conflict and Order, Seoul, Korea, August 17-21, 1997,Paper-presenter48. Institute for Defence and Military Academy, Scientific Conference Defence System ofthe Macedonian Republic: Trends and Prospects, Ohrid, Macedonia, 23-25November, 199649. IPSA Research Committee on Armed Forces and Society and the Sejong Institute,International Interdisciplinary Conference National Security and Globalization, Seoul,Korea, July 23-26, 199650. Institute for Defence, Symposium Changes in the Social and Economic System andSocialization of the Defence System, Popova Sapka, Macedonia, 12-14 May, 19909