Marina Vulović, PhD
EU/Europe Visiting Fellow
Areas of Expertise
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Kosovo
- Serbia
- South-East Europe
- Western Balkans
- EU enlargement policy
Short Curriculum vitae
Since 01/2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of International Relations, University Potsdam, Germany
10/2022–12/2023 Research Associate in the SWP Research Project »Geostrategic Competition for the EU in the Western Balkans«
01/2021–09/2022 Postodoctoral Researcher in the project »Hegemonic Mobilisations in Central and Eastern Europe« at the University of Helsinki, Finland
01/2017–12/2020 Doctoral Researcher in the field of Serbia-Kosovo relations, Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Changes, University of Helsinki, Finland
01/2020–03/2020 Visiting Researcher in the Political Science Research Group, IOS Regensburg, Germany
09/2019–12/2019 Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria
01/2018–03/2018 Visiting Doctoral Student at the Department of Politics and International Relations and at South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), University of Oxford, UK
SWP Publications
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The EU’s Raw Materials Diplomacy: Serbia as a Test Case
The Rule of Law and Sustainability as Benchmarks for Europe’s Raw Materials Cooperation
SWP Comment 2025/C 10, 12.03.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C10
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Fast-paced or sluggish? The EU accession of the Western Balkans amidst geostrategic rivalries
The Western Balkans are of high geostrategic importance for the European Union. Marina Vulović and Florian Bieber discuss how the European integration of the countries in the region can be achieved and how geopolitical shifts - from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the rise of China – are impacting this process. Host: Esme Nicholson.
SWP Podcast 2023/eP 04, 08.11.2023 -
Economic Relations between the Western Balkans and Non-EU Countries
How the EU can respond to challenges concerning direct investment, trade and energy security
SWP Comment 2023/C 36, 07.07.2023, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C36
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European Political Community: Opportunities for the Western Balkans
Contrary to initial concerns, the European Political Community is not a substitute for EU enlargement. The countries of the Western Balkans should use the forum to make their political mark and set priorities, say Margit Wunsch Gaarmann and Marina Vulović.
Point of View, 27.06.2023 -
The Normalisation of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia
How the EU can secure the implementation of the “European proposal”
SWP Comment 2023/C 17, 15.03.2023, 6 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C17
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Western Balkan Foreign and Security Ties with External Actors
An arena of geostrategic rivalry for the EU or a local power struggle?
SWP Comment 2023/C 08, 09.02.2023, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C08
External publications
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The Student Protest Movement in Serbia: What does the Future hold?
in: Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG Talks, Podcast, 27.02.2026 -
Resetting the EU’s Approach to Serbia: Lessons from the 2024-25 Protests
in: BiEPAG Policy Brief, December 2025 -
Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo
in: Review of International Studies, Volume 51 , Special Issue 6: The Global Politics of Cultural Heritage, November 2025, pp. 1027 - 1047doi:10.1017/S0260210525101058
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25 Years After
Dealing with the Past in Kosovo
in: Forum Zivilier Friedensdienst, September 2024 -
Object-cause of desire and ontological security: evidence from Serbia's opposition to Kosovo's membership in UNESCO
in: International Theory, 2024:1-30doi:10.1017/S1752971923000210
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Serbia and Kosovo: EU-Backed Agreement Seeks Regional Stability
in: BTI Blog, 31.05.2023