Dr. Michaelina Jakala
Dr. Michaelina Jakala’s research explores the lived experiences and intersections of gender, peacebuilding and transitional justice, specifically in Bosnia-Herzegovina with a focus on civilian victims of war and marginalized groups. She has previously worked on the successful ESRC funded Localising International Law: Examining the Outreach Strategies of the War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina project led by Dr. Alex Jeffrey at the University of Cambridge.
Dr. Jakala has organized, chaired and presented at a variety of international conferences and workshops. She also has experience working with young people and peacebuilding within the civil society sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina. She is currently researching the role of young people in peacebuilding and continuing to explore civilian victims of war and marginalized groups within transitional societies.
- Jeffrey, A. and Jakala, M. (2014) The hybrid legal geographies of a war crimes court. The Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol.104, No.3, pp.652-667.
- Jones, B., Jeffrey, A. and Jakala, M. (2013). The ‘transitional citizen’: civil society, political agency and hopes for transitional justice in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In Simić, O. and Vočić, Z. (eds.) Transitional justice and civil society in the Balkans, Springer Publications.
- Jakala, M. (2013). Pictures of home: a reflection on young people and home in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. Visual Sociology: Newsletter of the International Sociological Association Visual Sociology Working Group TG05, Issue 7, October, pp. 2-7.
- Jeffrey, A. and Jakala, M. (2012) Beyond trial justice in the Former Yugoslavia. The Geographical Journal, vol.178, No.4, pp.290-295.
- Jakala, M. and Jeffrey, A. (2012). Exploring civil society across borders. RECOM Initiative !Voice, Sarajevo, BiH.
- Jeffrey, A. and Jakala, M. (2012). Why the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina should focus on its outreach. Justice Report, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Sarajevo, BiH.
- Jakala, M. and Jeffrey, A. (2012). Komuniciranje pravde: predstavljanje novogistraživačkog projekta. Mirovne novosti, Sarajevo, BiH.
- Istanbul Human Security Conference: The Fourth Istanbul Human Security Conference, Twenty Years On: Human Security at a Crossroads will be taking place on: 23-24 October 2014. As a close collaboration between the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University, the United Nations Human Security Unit, the Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Turkey, and Kadir Has University in Istanbul, the conference will be hosted by Kadir Has in Istanbul. Our panel sessions address our four conference themes in innovative and interactive formats to engage both the academic and practitioner communities.
- ESRC funded (RES-061-25-0479) Localising International Law: Examining the Outreach Strategies of the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: This research examines the relationship between war crimes courts and victim communities. This is achieved by looking at how the recently established war crimes chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBiH) has attempted to 'reach out' to the Bosnian citizenry through its public outreach initiatives. Furthermore, this research aims at exploring the ways in which public outreach activities can assist in developing trust in trial processes, establishing the legitimacy of new judicial instruments and fostering popular participation in judicial institutions.
