Balkan Disinformation Summit 2024, Remzie Shahini-Hoxhaj – Kosovo

Remzie Shahini-Hoxhaj – is a Professor of Communication in the Department of Journalism at the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”. She is the founder and director of the Media Institute at the University of Prishtina. She was a lecturer at the University of Applied Science Salzburg in Austria (2019-2021) and a visiting fellow at Dartmouth University (2017). Her research interests include television and communication culture in transitional societies, media literacy and public relation. Since 2000, she has been involved in numerous international projects on education and human rights in Kosovo. Dr. Shahini-Hoxhaj completed her Ph.D. in Communication and Journalism at the University of Vienna, Austria (2014). She also holds a dual Master’s degree in Intercultural Communication from Europa-Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, and St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia, Bulgaria (2004). Her Bachelor’s degree is in German Language and Literature from the University of Prishtina (2001). Her research is published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. She is the current President of the Kosovar Austrian Society (OEKG) and a Board Member of the European Communication and Culture Society (ESEC). She has received many awards for her work and is a mother of two. She fluently speaks Albanian, English, German and Serbo-Croatian.