Conferences
· “Who Gets the Carrots or the Sticks from Western Actors? A Comparative Analysis of the Western Balkan Countries”, paper presented at International Academic Conference: Promoting and Protecting Democracy in Times of De-Democratization, 16-17 November 2023, Bonn, Germany.
· “Peace or Justice? The competition between norms and power politics and their impact on behavior of Ukraine on transitional justice”, paper presented at 16th EISA Pan-European conference on international relations (PEC), University of Potsdam, 6-9 September 2023, Potsdam, Germany.
· “Vevchani: imagining sovereignty and its consequences”, paper presented at international conference 'Breaking Away: Micronations, Microstates, and the Contestation of Sovereignty in East Central Europe, 1918 - Present: Political Thought, Aesthetic Output, and their Afterlives,' 31 Aug - 1 September 2023, Cres, Croatia.
· “Good neighbourly relations and its emergence as a new norm of regionalism”, paper presented at international conference 'The Legitimacy of New Regionalism in the European Integration Process', University of Oradea, 4-5 May 2023, Oradea, Romania.
· “Victims and transitional justice: achieving truth on atrocities”, lecture given at Training School 'EU Substantive Criminal Law and the Protection of Victims', University of Zagreb & COST Action CA18228 Global Atrocity Justice Constellations,
IUC Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27-31 March 2023.
· “Security studies in and on North Macedonia: the state of the discipline”, paper presented at international conference 'Rethinking mechanisms for security, peace and development', Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, 4-7 September 2022, Dojran, North Macedonia.
· “Hybridity and composite regime in judiciary governance of Albania: Subcontracting justice to international advice”, paper presented at international conference 'Political Regime Developments in Southeast Europe', Université Libre de Bruxelles, 5-6 May 2022, Brussels, Belgium.
· “Albania's sovereignty discourse and European integration”, paper presented at 26th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, 20-22 June 2019, Madrid, Spain.
· “Cyber security and its impact on the sovereignty in the Westphalian states of the South: the case of Albania”, paper presented at State of the Art of Cybersecurity and Cyberconflict Research Conference, ETH Zurich, 27-29 September 2018, Zürich, Switzerland.
· “Reconceptualizing the military assistance: evaluating Norwegian support to building integrity in the defence institutions in western Balkans”, paper presented at Second annual conference of the European Initiative on Security Studies (EISS), Pantheon Assas University Paris II, 20-22 June 2018, Paris, France.
· “Aid and European Agency for Reconstruction: lessons (not) learned”, paper presented at the conference “The EU and the Balkans at the End of the Second Decade of the 21st Century”, University of the Peloponnese, Conference, 4-5 June 2018, Corinth, Greece.
· “The institutional design of the EU agencies: the case of the European Agency for Reconstruction”, paper presented at Conference on Performance, Operability and the Accountability Overload of EU Agencies, Brussels (TARN), University of Maastricht, 12-13 April 2018, in Brussels, Belgium.
· “Clientelism and Informality in Albania”, paper presented at 4th European Workshops in International Studies, 7-11 June 2017, Cardiff, UK.
· “The use of social media by youth in contemporary Albania and its impact on their perceptions of the world”, poster presented at "The Generation of Transformation from a European Perspective" conference, 3-5 November 2016, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Text: http://www.bpb.de/system/files/dokument_pdf/Jusufi_Poster.pdf.
· “Albania's transformation since 1997: successes and failures”, paper presented at 3rd European Workshops in International Studies, 6 - 8 April, 2016, Tübingen, Germany.
· "EU’s international relations in Eurasian space: the practice of criticizing human rights record of Russia", paper presented at Beyond Vilnius: The European Union and the Emerging Eurasian Space conference, 29-30 January 2016, Trento, Italy.
· "Migration from the perspective of sending country", paper presented at World Demographic and Ageing Forum, 28-29 August 2012, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
· "EU external aid and its impact on domestic change in aid receiving countries of South Eastern Europe", paper presented at Workshop on Implementing EU External Policies, 6/7 May 2011, Bath, UK.
· "NATO enlargement and the Western Balkans: The state of the play and the prospects and challenges for the future", paper presented at Euro-Atlantic and European Integration in the Western Balkans conference, 13 December 2010, Athens.
· "Macedonia's perspectives on the new NATO Strategic Concept", paper presented at NATO’s New Strategic Concept conference, 11–12 March 2010, Tirana.
· "Macedonia's EU integration. Candidate state building and challenges. The review of the period from 2003 to 2009", paper presented at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars East European Studies Federal Conference "Innovative Strategies for European Integration of the Western Balkans", 6 May 2009, Washington DC.
· "Post-Conflict State Building. Macedonia. From formative to post-conflict state building to candidate-state building for EU membership", paper presented at ESF conference "Post-Crisis States Transformation: Rethinking the Foundations of the State", 1-5 May 2009, Linköping, Sweden.
· “Social Potentials of western Balkans”, paper presented at “European Future of the Western Balkans – The Youth has a Role to Play” conference of the European Fund for the Balkans, 10 April 2008, Belgrade.
· “Policy research and EU pre-acccession”, paper presented at International Policy Fellowship conference, 8 March 2008, Budapest.
· “The EU as an External Actor: the EU’s policies towards the SEE countries”, paper presented at Minority Rights Group International conference, 26 October 2007, Ohrid.
· “The reform processes in the area of security sector and their influence on the security governance,” paper presented at HUMSEC Annual Conference, 4-6 October 2007, Sarajevo.
· “EU assistance and its impact in dealing with the transnational crimes in the region of the western Balkans,” paper presented at Fighting Crime in the Backyard: EU Internal Security Policies in the Balkans, Young Researchers Workshop, 11 September 2007, Turin.
· “Defence Sector Assessment,” paper prepared in the framework of Geneva Centre DCAF project on defence reforms assessment in Southeast Europe (Geneva: DCAF 2006).
· “Progress in National Reconciliation in Macedonia”, paper presented at ECPD International Conference on the Balkans, Belgrade, 27-28 October 2006.
· “Defence Sector Assessment,” paper prepared in the framework of Geneva Centre DCAF project on defence reforms assessment in Southeast Europe (Geneva: DCAF 2006).
· “Progress in National Reconciliation in Macedonia”, paper presented at ECPD International Conference on NATIONAL RECONCILIATION, ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IN THE BALKANS - HUMAN SECURITY AND RECONCILIATION, Belgrade, October 27-28, 2006.
· “EU’s security and defence policy and stabilisation of the western Balkans,” paper presented at LSE/KCL European Foreign Policy Conference, “European Security: New Perspectives,” London School of Economics, London, June 30th – July 1st 2006.
· “Implementation of the Ohrid Accord,” paper presented at ECPD International Symposium “NATIONAL AND INTER-ETHNIC RECONCILIATION AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IN THE WESTERN BALKANS,” Belgrade, October 28 – 29, 2005.
· I. Yusufi, “EU Police Missions: From Conflict Management to Institution Building in the Western Balkans,” EU Institute for Security Studies, Occasional Paper (to be published soon).
· “Stabilising the European Periphery: The Case of Macedonia,” paper presented at Symposium on ‘Member State Building’, Oxford, 17-18 October 2005.
· “European integration and transitional processes and their impact on the evolution and development of political parties in the countries of western Balkans” The 7th Annual Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop, Harvard University, Boston, 2005, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kokkalis/workshop_2005.html.
· “Assisting state building in the Balkans: The Case of Macedonia,” paper presented at SAR conference “Europe as a Democracy Promoter,” Constanta, Romania, July 6, 2005.
· “Future Challenges for the Balkans region,” paper presented at Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders conference, Belgrade, Serbia, 11 June 2005
· “The Future of the Stabilisation and Association Process,” paper presented at international conference “Assessing Developments in the Western Balkans: Problems of Today, Ideas for the Future,” Bratislava, Slovakia, May 20-21, 2005.
· “Quelle Place Pour la Macedoine dans les Balkans et dans L’union Europenne?,” paper presented at a lecture at CERI Sciences Po, Paris, 29 March 2005.
· “Partnership for Peace: A New Lease on Life,” paper presented at the International Seminar “US Realignment and NATO Transformation: Implications for Southeast Europe and Greater Black Sea Region,” , Bucharest, Romania, July 12-13, 2004.
· "The Way Forward in the Reform of Defense and Security Sector of Macedonia," paper presented at the International Seminar on "Defense and Security Sector Reform in Western Balkans," Brdo-Kranj, Slovenia, October 3, 2003.
· "Implications of 2004 Dual Enlargement to the Security and Stability of Southeast Europe," paper presented at the conference on "Southeast European Security after the 2004 Dual Enlargement," Bucharest, Romania, July 10-12, 2003.
· "Establishing Benchmarks for Tackling the Security Challenges of South East Europe," paper presented at the ARI Movement's conference on "Security and Cooperation in Southeast Europe," Istanbul, Turkey, June 26-27, 2003.
· "Perspectives of Regional Cooperation in the Balkan Area: Why Should there be a Regional Perspective in the of the Balkans," paper presented at the Balkan Political Club's Conference: "The Regional Cooperation-the Nordic Experience," Sofia, Bulgaria, June 15 – 17, 2003.
· "Enlarged NATO and its Relevance in the Post-September 11 Era," paper presented at "New Faces Conference in Geneva", Geneva, Switzerland, August 29 - September 1, 2002.
· "Cooperation, Security and Stability: Recent Positive Developments in the Sphere of Regional Stability and Security," paper presented at Young Europeans for Security conference, Tirana, Albania, June 22, 2002.
· "Perspectives on Joint Regional Security Studies and Research in Crisis Management in Southeast Europe with Special Consideration of the Actual Situation in Macedonia," paper presented at the International Conference "Science for Peace and Development, Maribor, Slovenia, October 4-6, 2001.
· "Mission Essential Harvest," paper presented at Szeged Roundtable on Small Arms, Szeged, Hungary, September 14-15, 2001.
· "Visions for Macedonia's Security," paper presented at " Macedonia-Macedonias: Changing Contexts in the Changing Balkans conference", June 14-16, 2001.
· "Government as the other in the Internet Age," paper presented at Summer School: “The Face of the other,” Skopje, Macedonia, July 1-21, 2000.