About L. Lula

Lutjona holds a bachelor degree in Political Science from University of Tirana. She pursued her graduate studies at the Joint Interdisciplinary Master in South East European Studies, University of Belgrade and Karl Franzens University of Graz. During th master she specialized on EU integration of the Western Balkans. Apart from her academic commitment, she has been active in various local NGOs and international seminars, mainly focused on human rights, regional cooperation, reconciliation and peace-building processes. She has been actively engaged in research / consulting with several bodies such as OSCE PiA, COORP.AL (Helvetas funded platform), ESAA Brussels, QKHA (Horizon 2020 project). In 2012 she was awarded a one-month, fully funded Research Fellowship at Gerogia Southern University, USA. Her areas of interest range from political parties, democratization, transition societies, Southeast Europe and EU enlargement.