Edvin Pezo

Dr. Edvin Pezo is a Researcher at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) in Regensburg, Germany, affiliated with the History Department. He specializes in the history of Southeastern Europe, focusing on forced migration, political structures in socialist Yugoslavia, and 20th-century population policies.

• Education: MA in History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Modern History, and Economic Geography (Munich, 2001); PhD (FSU Jena).
• Research Focus: Yugoslav-Turkish migration agreements, Balkan Wars, communist Yugoslavia's political organization, and infrastructural challenges in Southeastern Europe.
• Projects: Editor and coordinator of the Handbook on the History of Southeast Europe (since 2010); research on post-WWI state formation and Yugoslavia's state security reforms.
• Presentations: Keynote speaker at conferences in Belgrade, Pula, and Cambridge (2017–2024), discussing topics like Yugoslavia's integration failures, Balkan migration dynamics, and EU-Balkan relations.