Shaping social identities after violent conflict: youth in the Western Balkans

Examines the identities of young adults in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, and Macedonia.

With research drawn from a large multidisciplinary project exploring a potential for reconciliation in post-conflict societies, the authors discuss the interplay between ethnic, religious and national identities that have been the source of recent violent conflicts.

They focus on people aged 18-30, representing generations that are socialized after the wars, but live in ethnically divided societies burdened with a difficult history.

Another aim of the project was to compare majority and minority perspectives within each country, and to provide a unique view on how to reinterpret and build more inclusive social identities.