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Gëzim Visoka

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Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies
T:+35317007978

I am the Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU). Dr Visoka is a leading international scholar on statehood and state recognition, and post-conflict peacebuilding and statebuilding. His research focuses on the making, remaking, and unmaking of states and peace processes in contemporary world politics. He is the author and editor of 12 published books, over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, and over 25 book chapters published with leading university presses and global academic publishers. Among his published works are: The Derecognition of States (2024); The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation (with Oliver P. Richmond, 2021), Normalization in World Politics (with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, 2021); and Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Peace and Conflict Studies (with Oliver P. Richmond, 2021). His work has been with leading international peer-reviewed journals, such as: Nature, International Affairs, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of Common Market Studies; Geopolitics; Review of International Studies; Cooperation and Conflict; International Studies Review; Foreign Policy Analysis; International Peacekeeping; and Civil Wars. Dr Visoka is the founding Editor of Routledge Studies in Statehood (Taylor & Francis), and Co-Editor of Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies (Palgrave) together with Oliver P. Richmond and Annika Björkdahl). In addition to his academic activity, Dr Visoka has over 20 years of experience working with civil society groups and policy consultancy in post-conflict societies.

Book

	Year	Publication
	2026	Gëzim Visoka; Edward Newman (2026) The Gatekeepers of Statehood: The European Union and the Recognition of States. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
	2025	Gëzim Visoka; Ramesh Ganohariti (2025) Sub-State Recognition: The Politics of Recognition from Below. Cham: Palgrave.
	2025	Sandra Pogodda; Gëzim Visoka; Oliver P. Richmond (2025) Counter-Peace. New York: Oxford University Press.
	2024	Gezim Visoka (2024) The Derecognition of States. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. [Link] https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11703277
	2023	Sandra Pogodda; Oliver P. Richmond; Gezim Visoka (2023) Failed Peacemaking: Counter-Peace and International Order. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30081-3
	2023	Oliver Richmond; Gëzim Visoka; Ioannis Tellidis (2023) Peace in Digital International Relations: Prospects and Limitations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009396752
	2022	Visoka, G.; Lemay-Hébert, N. (2022) Normalization in World Politics. [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Visoka, G. (2018) Acting like a state: Kosovo and the everyday making of statehood. [Link]
	2017	Gëzim Visoka (2017) Shaping Peace in Kosovo: The Politics of Peacebuilding and Statehood. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Gëzim Visoka (2016) Peace Figuration after International Intervention: Intentions, Events and Consequences of Liberal Peacebuilding. Abington, UK: Routledge. [Link]

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2024	Gëzim Visoka (2024) 'The Evolution of Peacebuilding' In: Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding. London : Routledge. [Link]
	2021	Richmond, O.P.; Visoka, G. (2021) 'Introduction: International, State, and Local Dynamics of Peace in the Twenty-First Century' In: The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation. [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Visoka, G. (2021) 'Emancipatory Peace' In: The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation. [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Visoka, G. (2020) 'Kosovo: a hybrid negative peace' In: Research Handbook on Post-Conflict State Building. [Link] https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-post-conflict-state-building-9781788971638.html
	2019	Visoka, G. (2019) 'Kosovo: Between western and non-western states' In: The Western Balkans in the World: Linkages and Relations with Non-Western Countries. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Visoka, G.; Musliu, V. (2019) 'Conclusion: After local critiques' In: Unravelling Liberal Interventionism: Local Critiques of Statebuilding in Kosovo. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Gëzim Visoka, Edward Newman and John Doyle (2019) 'Introduction: Statehood and Recognition in the Twenty-First Century' In: Routledge Handbook of State Recognition. London : Routledge. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Visoka, G. (2019) 'International statebuilding and local resistance in Kosovo' In: Unravelling Liberal Interventionism: Local Critiques of Statebuilding in Kosovo. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Visoka, G.; Doyle, J.; Newman, E. (2019) 'Introduction: Statehood and recognition in world politics' In: ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF STATE RECOGNITION. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Gëzim Visoka and Edward Newman (2019) 'Recognition of States by Regional Organisations: The European Union’s Contested Experience' In: Routledge Handbook of State Recognition. London : Routledge. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Gëzim Visoka (2019) 'Kosovo' In: Routledge Handbook of State Recognition. London : Routledge. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Gëzim Visoka (2019) 'Towards a Critical Agenda on State Recognition' In: Routledge Handbook of State Recognition. London : Routledge. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Visoka, G. (2019) 'The derecognition of states' In: ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF STATE RECOGNITION. [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Visoka, G. (2018) 'Agents of peace: Place, identity and peacebuilding' In: The politics of identity: Place, space and discourse. [Link]
	2017	Visoka, G. (2017) 'After hybridity?' In: Hybridity: Law, Culture and Development. [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Gezim Visoka (2018) 'Kosovo Between Western and Non-Western States' In: Western Balkans in the World. Abingdon : Routledge.
	2017	Gëzim Visoka (2017) ''After Hybridity?'' In: Hybridity: Law, Culture and Development. Abington : Routledge. [Link]
	2017	Gëzim Visoka (2017) 'Norbert Elias and Statebuilding After Violent Conflict' In: Norbert Elias and Violence. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link]
	2017	Visoka, G. (2017) 'Norbert elias and state building after violent conflict' In: Norbert Elias and Violence. [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Visoka G. (2016) 'Peace Multitudes: Liberal Peace, Local Agency, and Peace Formation in Kosovo' In: Post-Liberal Peace Transitions. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9781474402170
	2015	Visoka, G. (2015) 'National NGOs' In: The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action. [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Visoka G. (2015) 'National NGOs' In: The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action. London : Routledge. [Link]
	2012	Visoka G. (2012) 'The Obstacles to Sustainable Peace and Democracy in Post-Independence Kosovo' In: Peacebuilding and Reconciliation: Contemporary Challenges and Themes. London : Pluto Press. [Link]
	2008	Visoka G. (2008) 'Political Parties and Minority Participation: The Case of Roma, Ashkalia, and Egyptians in Kosovo' In: Political Parties and Minority Participation. Skopje : FES.
	2019	Visoka, G. (2019) 'Towards a critical agenda on state recognition' In: ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF STATE RECOGNITION. [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Visoka, G.; Newman, E. (2019) 'Recognition of states by regional organisations: The european union’s contested experience' In: ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF STATE RECOGNITION. [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Visoka, G. (2016) 'Peace multitudes: Liberal peace, local agency and peace formation in Kosovo' In: Post-Liberal Peace Transitions: Between Peace Formation and State Formation. [Link]

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2022	Oliver Richmond;Gëzim Visoka (Ed.). (2022) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies. Cham: Springer, [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Oliver Richmond;Gëzim Visoka (Ed.). (2021) The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation. New York: Oxford University Press, [Link] https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190904418.001.0001
	2020	Gëzim Visoka, John Doyle, and Edward Newman (Ed.). (2020) Routledge Handbook of State Recognition. London: Routledge, [Link] https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351131759
	2019	Gezim Visoka and Vjosa Musliu (Ed.). (2019) Unravelling Liberal Interventionism: Local Critiques of Statebuilding in Kosovo. Abingdon: Roudledge,

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2024	Edward Newman; Gëzim Visoka (2024) 'NATO in Kosovo and the Logic of Successful Security Practices'. International Affairs, 100 (2). [Link] https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae014
	2024	Richmond, Oliver P.; Pogodda, Sandra; Visoka, Gezim (2024) 'The international dynamics of counter-peace'. European Journal of International Relations, 30 (1). [DOI]
	2023	Gëzim Visoka; Nicolas Lemay-Hébert (2023) 'Normalization Interventions in World Politics'. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 17 (5). [Link] https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2023.2235168
	2023	Sandra Pogodda; Oliver P. Richmond; Gezim Visoka (2023) 'Counter-peace: From Isolated Blockages in Peace Processes to Systemic Patterns'. Review of International Studies, 49 (3). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210522000377
	2023	Newman, E.; Visoka, G. (2023) 'The Geopolitics of State Recognition in a Transitional International Order'. Geopolitics, 28 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Visoka, Gezim (2022) 'Statehood and recognition in world politics: Towards a critical research agenda'. Cooperation and Conflict, 57 (2). [DOI]
	2021	Richmond, O.P.; Mac Ginty, R.; Pogodda, S.; Visoka, G. (2021) 'Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes'. Peacebuilding, 9 . [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Visoka, G. (2020) 'Everyday peace capture: Nationalism and the dynamics of peace after violent conflict'. Nations and Nationalism, 26 . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Visoka, G. (2019) 'Metis diplomacy: The everyday politics of becoming a sovereign state'. Cooperation and Conflict, 54 . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Visoka, Gezim (2019) 'Critique and Alternativity in International Relations'. International Studies Review, 21 (4). [DOI]
	2018	Newman, Edward; Visoka, Gezim (2018) 'The Foreign Policy of State Recognition: Kosovo's Diplomatic Strategy to Join International Society'. Foreign Policy Analysis, 14 (3). [DOI]
	2018	Newman, E.; Visoka, G. (2018) 'The European Union's practice of state recognition: Between norms and interests'. Review of International Studies, 44 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Gjevori, Elvin; Visoka, Gezim (2016) 'Albanian peacekeepers: exploring the inward-looking utility of international peacekeeping'. International Peacekeeping, 23 (4). [DOI]
	2016	Visoka, Gezim; Doyle, John (2016) 'Neo-Functional Peace: The European Union Way of Resolving Conflicts'. Jcms-Journal Of Common Market Studies, 54 (4). [DOI]
	2016	Visoka, G. (2016) 'Arrested Truth: Transitional Justice and the Politics of Remembrance in Kosovo'. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 8 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Visoka, G (2016) 'Peace is what we make of it? Peace-shaping events and 'non-events''. Peacebuilding, 4 :54-70. [DOI]
	2019	(2019) 'Kosovo 20 Years On: Implications for International Order'. The Brown Journal of World Affairs, . [Link]
	2018	Edward Newman and Gezim Visoka (2018) 'The European Union’s Practice of State Recognition: Between Norms and Interests'. Review of International Studies, .
	2017	Lemay-Hebert, Nicolas; Visoka, Gezim (2017) 'Normal Peace: A New Strategic Narrative of Intervention'. Politics And Governance, 5 (3). [DOI]
	2017	Visoka, Gezim; Richmond, Oliver (2017) 'After Liberal Peace? From Failed State-Building to an Emancipatory Peace in Kosovo'. International Studies Perspectives, 18 (1). [DOI]
	2017	(2017) 'Normal Peace: A New Strategic Narrative of Intervention'. . [Link]
	2017	Gëzim Visoka; John Doyle (2017) 'The Promise and Future of Neo-Functional Peace: A Reply to Bergmann and Niemann'. Jcms-Journal Of Common Market Studies, 56 (2):439-445. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12684
	2016	Visoka, G.; Doyle, J. (2016) 'Neo-functional peace: The European union way of resolving conflicts'. Journal of Common Market Studies, 54 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Gëzim Visoka (2016) 'Arrested Truth: Transitional Justice and the Politics of Remembrance in Kosovo'. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 8 (1):62-80. [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Visoka G. (2015) ''Peace/knowledge: The Promise of New Epistemologies of Peace''. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 9 (4):542-550. [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Visoka, Gezim; Doyle, John (2014) 'Peacebuilding and International Responsibility'. International Peacekeeping, 21 (5). [DOI]
	2013	Visoka, G.; Gjevori, E. (2013) 'Census politics and ethnicity in the Western Balkans'. East European Politics, 29 . [Link] [DOI]
	2013	Visoka G. (2013) 'Three Levels of Hybridisation Practices in Post-conflict Kosovo'. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 7 :23-36. [Link] [DOI]
	2012	(2012) 'Three Levels of Hybridisation Practices in Post-conflict Kosovo'. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, . [Link]
	2012	Visoka G. (2012) 'The ‘Kafkaesque Accountability’ of International Governance in Kosovo'. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 6 (2):189-212. [Link] [DOI]
	2011	Visoka, G. (2011) 'International governance and local resistance in Kosovo: The thin line between ethical, emancipatory and exclusionary politics'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 22 . [Link] [DOI]
	2011	Visoka, G.; Bolton, G. (2011) 'The complex nature and implications of international engagement after Kosovo's independence'. Civil Wars, 13 . [Link] [DOI]
	2011	Visoka G. and Beha A. (2011) 'Minority Consultative Bodies in Kosovo: A Quest for Effective Emancipation or Elusive Participation?'. ECMI JOURNAL ON ETHNOPOLITICS AND MINORITY ISSUES IN EUROPE, 10 :1-30. [Link]
	2024	Richmond, O.P.; Pogodda, S.; Visoka, G. (2024) 'The international dynamics of counter-peace'. European Journal of International Relations, 30 . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661231168772
	2012	(2012) 'The ‘Kafkaesque Accountability’ of International Governance in Kosovo'. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, . [Link]

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2019	Edward Newman and Gëzim Visoka (2019) 'Kosovo 20 Years On: Implications for International Order' 26 (1) :215-231. [Link]
	2010	Grace Bolton and Gëzim Visoka (2010) 'Recognizing Kosovo’s independence: Remedial secession or earned sovereignty?' . [Link]

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2015	Gëzim Visoka (2015) IDD Guest Seminar World of Our Unmaking: Rethinking Peacebuilding Intentions, Events and Consequences Brimingham, UK, 19/01/2015-.
	2015	Gëzim Visoka (2015) LSE Millennium Conference Peace Figuration: A New Framework for Studying the Success and Failure of Peacebuilding London, 17/10/2015-18/10/2015.
	2015	Gëzim Visoka (2015) Third Annual Conference of International Association of Peace and Conflict Studies From Statebuilding to State Commitment: The Problem of Political Obligations in Conflict-affected societies Manchester, UK, 10/09/2015-11/09/2015.
	2015	Nicolas Lemay-Herbert and Gëzim Visoka (2015) EISA 9th Pan-European Conference on International Relations Normal Peace: Peacebuilding and the Paradox of Normalcy Sicily, Italy, 23/09/2015-26/09/2015.
	2014	Gëzim Visoka (2014) Shaping Peace: Local Infrastructures and State Formation Peace is what we make of it? Peace-shaping events and non-events Manchester, UK, 11/09/2014-12/09/2014.
	2012	Gëzim Visoka (2012) NUPI Policy Seminar Reflections on Post-Liberal Peace and Peace Formation Oslo, Norway, 21/11/2012-.
	2012	Gëzim Visoka (2012) ESF Conference - 'In Search of Peace: Dialogues between theories and practices' Making Peace Between Peace Theories: A Neo‐Lakatosian and Non‐conflictual View of Peace Research Norrkoping, Sweden, 20/10/2012-24/10/2012.
	2012	Gëzim Visoka (2012) The Social and the Political in Discourses of State-building The Discourse of Unintended Consequences in Statebuilding Research University of Westminster, 27/04/2012-.

Discussion Paper

	Year	Publication
	2014	Visoka G. (2014) Contributor Profile: Albania. DP [Link]
	2013	Visoka G. (2013) Political Obligations in Kosovo. DP [Link]
	2013	Visoka G. (2013) UNMIK after Kosovo Independence: Exit or 'Exist' Strategy. DP
	2013	Visoka G. and Beha A. (2013) Clearing Up the Fog of Conflict: Actor-based Mapping of the Disputes in the North of Kosovo. DP [Link]
	2012	Gëzim Visoka, Ramadan Ilazi and Adem Beha (2012) A Peace Treaty for Sustainable Peace: A New Beginning for Kosovo and Serbia. DP

Review Articles

	Year	Publication
	2017	Visoka G. (2017) Review essay: criminalised power structures. REV [Link] [DOI]
	2012	Gëzim Visoka (2012) 'New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding' edited by Edward Newman, Roland Paris and Oliver P. Richmond. Tokyo: UN University Press, 2009. REV

Working Paper

	Year	Publication
	2013	Visoka G. (2013) 'EULEX Accountability in Kosovo'. WP [Link]

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	The International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (IAPCS)		-

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
			-

Education

	Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
		Dublin City University	Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations
		University of Sussex	Master of Arts
		Coventry University	Post Graduate Certificate
		University of Prishtina	B.A.

Languages

Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
Albanian	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
Serbian	Basic	Basic	Basic

Research Interests

Post-conflict Peacebuilding and Statebuilding
State Recognition and Foreign Policy
Transitional Justice and Civil Society
Western Balkans

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2022	Conflict, Security and Peacebuilding	LG534
2022	Unrecognised States in the Intl. System	LG367
2022	Politics of the UN	LG552A
2022	International Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding	LG369
2022		LG113A
2022	Digital International Relations	LG396
2023		LG552
2022	Dissertation	LG368
2023		LG113
2022	Statehood and Recognition in World Politics	LG5051