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About me

Nerkez Opacin

Academic TitleSenior Assistant
Position(s)
(Unpaid Leave)
Email
nopacin@ius.edu.ba
Office Tel
+387 33 957 400
Fax
+387 33 957105
Education
DegreeFaculty/ProgramUniversityYear
MA
Master of Peace and Security Studies
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg
2011
BA
Faculty of Business and Administration, International Relations
International University of Sarajevo
2009
Academic Experience
TitleFaculty/ProgramUniversityPeriod
Senior Assistant, Lecturer
Faculty of Business and Administration, International Relations
International University of Sarajevo
Since 2013
Summer Schools Coordinator
International Relations
International University of Sarajevo
Since January 2014
Student Advisor
International Relations
International University of Sarajevo
Since September 2013
Administrative Experience
TitleFaculty/ProgramUniversityPeriod
Summer School Coordinator
2014 Summer School "Cross Continental - Interethnic Relations for Peace"
International University of Sarajevo
January 2014 - July 2014
Internship Coordinator
FBA/IR
IUS
Since July 2014
Academic Advisor
FBA/IR
IUS
Since September 2013
Summer School Coordinator
Learning from the past – 20 Years after the Bosnian War: Education for Reconciliation and Lasting Peace in Post-conflict Societies
IUS
2014-2015
Work Experience
TitleEmployerPeriod
Research Intern
Center for OSCE Research (CORE), Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy
February 2011 - May 2011
Research Intern
Center for Security Studies - BiH
June 2008 - October 2008
ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Opacin Nerkez, "A Case Study for the Capitalist Peace Theory – China's Potential Role in the Stabilization Process in Afghanistan." 06/2013; In proceeding of: 2013 European Conference of Technology and Society, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sakarya Üniversitesi and International University of Sarajevo.

REWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship for the year 2010/2011 at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy - Master in Peace and Security Studies.

International University of Sarajevo granted Scholarships to students who achieved exceptional success during their studies (received a 75% discount on the total tuition fee).

ORGANIZED CONFERENCES

2014 Summer School "Cross Continental - Interethnic Relations for Peace" (The summer schools covers varios fields of international relations, conflict analysis and resolution, peace research, security studies, preventive diplomacy, international law, sociology and ethnicity. It is an interactive learning experience consisting of lectures, class discussions, workshops, field visits and conferences focusing on comparative studies) (2014)

The international summer school Learning from the past –20 Years after the Bosnian War: Education for Reconciliation and Lasting Peace in Post-conflict Societies (By examining the ways how and what we can learn from the past in order to confront the challenges in the present, this summer school promotes the idea of education as an essential tool for reconciliation and an agent of positive societal change in a post-conflict country like Bosnia and Herzegovina) (2015)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Conflict analysis and resolution, peacebuilding, peace and security studies, interethnic reconciliation, Southeast Europe, international relations, geopolitics

PROJECTS

Consultant and member of the expert team for the creation of a pedagogical tool "MOnuMENTImotion/MemorInmotion" – A Pedagogical Tool on the Culture of Remembrance - working on developing a pedagogical tool kit for schools, universities and organizations of the civil sector working in peace education. 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Political Academy Boris Divkovic – Ethnic Conflicts: Dealing with the Past? lecture and workshop (November 2014)

Sarajevo Peace Event 2014, “Our Story” – Peacebuilding through Storytelling workshop (June 2014)

My Publications at IUS

List of my IUS Publications


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