Biography

Klodiana Beshku is an Associated Professor of the University of Tirana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies of the European University Institute, where she was a Jean Monnet Fellow in 2020-2021. She has a PhD in Geopolitics from the University of Pisa and a M.A. Degree in European Studies from the University of Siena, Italy and the University Robert Schuman III of Strasbourg, France. She has held visiting research positions at Scuola Normale Superiore, and at the Historical Archives of the European Union and the Florence School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute. As a lecturer and visiting professor, she has taught academic and policy-oriented audiences in places such as University of Florence, University of Salzburg, University of Catania, University of Palermo, Albanian-American Development Foundation and Centre of Excellence of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania.

Fields of expertise

• Southeastern Europe