Claudia Laštro, PhD, is a University Assistant at the Centre for Southeast European Studies and a post-doctoral researcher within the project ‘Understanding coalition building in ‘soft’ authoritarianisms: A comparative analysis of the Western Balkans and the Caucasus,’ funded by the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA). She holds a PhD in Law and Politics from the University of Graz and a BA and MA in Political Science, History, and East European Studies from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.
Her research interests include autocratic and hybrid regimes, dominant parties, post-socialist transformation, and the interaction of formal and informal institutions. She received scholarships and grants from Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw), Bayerische Hochschulzentrum für Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteurop (BAYHOST), Schroubek-Fonds Östliches Europa, and the Rudi-Roth Scholarship.
Her research interests include autocratic and hybrid regimes, dominant parties, post-socialist transformation, and the interaction of formal and informal institutions. She received scholarships and grants from Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw), Bayerische Hochschulzentrum für Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteurop (BAYHOST), Schroubek-Fonds Östliches Europa, and the Rudi-Roth Scholarship.
