Flamur Ismaili is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, International Balkan University in Skopje and the Head of Balkan Research Center at IBU.  His academic journey began at South East European University, where he completed his law degree, before continuing his studies in Türkiye with a government scholarship. He earned both his Master’s and PhD in International Relations at Gazi University in Ankara. During his time in Ankara, he gained valuable diplomatic and administrative experience, first as Secretary at the Embassy of North Macedonia and later as an Immigration Officer and subsequently as a Consular Officer at the Royal Norwegian Embassy. In 2022, he was recognized as the PhD student with the highest academic performance among all international scholarship recipients in Türkiye. With a blend of academic and professional experience, his research and teaching interests focus on international Law, democracy and democratization processes, the Balkans, and international relations.