Noela Mahmutaj (PhD) is an early-career researcher and lecturer at the Institute of European Studies at the University of Tirana, Albania. Her main research interests and publications focus on IR topics, especially those related to contemporary geopolitics and external influences in the Western Balkans and Black Sea regions. She has published several research papers and articles in her area of interest.
Noela says:
I am honored to receive the RSA Start-Up Research Grant, which will support my ongoing research into the geopolitical changes impacting the Western Balkans and EU enlargement efforts. I sincerely appreciate the opportunity provided by the RSA.