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Education

• Institute of Political Science, University of Vienna, Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.)
  PhD summa cum laude on “Austrian Kosovo Policy 1986-1999”, 2012-2019
• Institute of Political Science, University of Vienna, Degree: Master of Arts (MA)
  – EU and Europeanization
  – State Activity, Policy and Governance Analysis, 2008-2012
• Department of Political Science, University of Prishtina Degree: Bachelor (BA), 2002-2005

Professional Experience

• Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Austria, First Secretary, 2019- August 2020
• Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Austria, Second Secretary, 2016-2018
• Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Austria, Third Secretary, 2014-2016
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, Kosovo Senior Media Officer, 2014
• The Kosovar Association of Political Science Students (PSSA) President of PSSA, 2004-2005

Memberships

• Austrian Political Science Association (ÖGPW)
• The Albanian Sociological Association (AIS)

Recent Publications and Activities

• Ajeti, Faruk (2019): Die Kosovopolitik Österreichs in den Jahren 1986-1999 (Austrian Kosovo Policy 1986-1999). Diss. phil., Uni Wien, Wien.
• Clewing, Konrad/Ajeti, Faruk (2018): Kosovo und die österreichisch-albanischen Beziehungen: Bilder einer Geschichte (Hrsg. von der Botschaft der Republik Kosovo in Österreich, vom Albanien-Institut e.V. und der Österreichisch-kosovarischen Freundschaftsgesellschaft). Akademischer Verlag, München.
• Ajeti, Faruk/Ajeti Kurbogaj, Resmije (2013): Die Rolle der EU-Außen-politik im Kosovo 1989-2010 (The Role of the EU Foreign Policy in Kosovo 1989-2010). Peter Lang Verlag, Vienna. Eva Kreisky/Helmut Kramer (eds.), Politik und Demokratie. Band 30.

Journal Articles

• Ajeti, Faruk (2020): Österreichs Vorreiterrolle in der Kosovopolitik, in: Europäische Rundschau, 48. Jahrgang, Nr. 1/2020, S. 101-104.
• Ajeti, Faruk (2017): Nationalism and integration, solidarity and morality, in: Social Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 112-115.
• Ajeti, Faruk (2013): European Union between a more democratic and democracy deficit union presented at the 8 Annual Conference “Democracy in Times of Turmoil; a multidimensional approach” of Albanian Institute of Sociology, Durres (Albania), 22-23 November 2013.

Newspaper Articles

• Von Panda-Diplomatie zur globalen Pandemie, in: Wiener Zeitung, Mai 2020
• China’s new Silk Road, in: New Statesman (with Kristina Spohr), April 2020
• Die neue „Seidenstraße der Gesundheit“ führt von Peking nach Rom, in: Wiener Zeitung (with Kristina Spohr), March 2020
• History helps us understand how Vladimir Putin handles his power, in: The HILL, February 2020
• Wie China auf dem Balkan der EU auf der Nase herumtanzt, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, January 2020
• Ist die „Neue Seidenstraße“ Chinas eine Einbahnstraße?, in: Kurier, January 2020
• Versöhnung beginnt mit Entschuldigung, in: Die Presse, January 2020
• Why the Western Balkans still matter, in: The HILL, December 2019
• For an EU that spans the whole of Europe, in: European Letters, December 2019
• Österreich und Kosovo, in: Paneuropa, November 2019
• EU-Erweiterung am Westbalkan: Aus Fehlern lernen, in: Der Standard, October 2019

In the News

• Annäherung zwischen Serbien und Kosovo im Weißen Haus, in: Kurier, September 2020
• China’s growing presence in the Balkans, in: New Bugajski Hour, April 2020
• Rruga e “Re e Mëndafshit të Shëndetësisë” që të çon nga Kina në Romë, in: KlanKosova (with Kristina Spohr), April 2020
• China and the coronavirus pandemic, in: ABC NEWS, March 2020
• Increasing transatlantic cooperation is the key to stability in the Balkans, in: Voice of America, February 2020
• Europe must not neglect the Western Balkans, in: Radio Free Europe, February 2020
• Wer sich den Balkan krallt, wenn die EU sich zurückzieht, in: Kurier, December 2019
• 1989-a dhe raporti transatlantik – të vetëkënaqur në krizë, in Koha Ditore, November 2019