Damir Kapidžić is a Visiting Scholar in the Weatherhead Scholars Program. He is an associate professor of comparative politics at the University of Sarajevo. His work focuses on the processes through which democracy and authoritarianism are institutionalized in contexts of ethnic conflict, power-sharing, and democratic innovations in Southeast Europe, Southeast Asia, and East Africa.

Research Interests: Democracy and authoritarianism; Eastern Europe; Southeast Asia; institutional politics; ethnic conflict; power sharing; democratic innovations; deliberative processes; and citizens' assemblies.