Afrim Krasniqi
Institute of History / Albanian Academy of Sciences · Institute of History and Institute for Political Studies
Research Interests
Democracy, rule of law, civil society, election, political systems, political parties
Biography
Afrim Krasniqi is a Professor and researcher on contemporary history (Institute of History), and executive Director of the Albanian Institute for Political Studies (IPS). Professor Krasniqi earned his Doctorate title from the University of Tirana, defending the thesis “South Eastern Europe in the post-communist period: Analysis of political and governmental systems”. He holds a master’s degree from Viadrina University (Frankfurt, Oder, Germany). He worked as a political adviser to the office of two Albanian presidents, and appears as a columnist and political commentator on different media platforms in Albania and in the region. Furthermore, he has published many monographs, books, studies, and articles about political systems, party politics, civil society, elections, and democracy in Albania and South Eastern European (SEE) countries.
Recent Scopus Publications
- What Pre-Election Perceptions and Evidence From the 2025 Parliamentary Election Reveal About Electoral Integrity for Albania as a “Grey Regime”
- Albania and Kosovo, Commonalities and Differences in the Government Systems and Models of Representative Democracy
- ALBANIA’S PARLIAMENTARY ADMINISTRATION
- DEMOCRACY STATE AND AUTOCRATIZATION FEATURES IN THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
- What kind of democracy? Which kind of pluralism? Comparing president ramiz alia’s meetings with the intellectuals and with the student representation
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/(0000-0001-9311-5672)
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=1QRkmrIAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56157824300