I am a Bucharest-based freelance journalist and political analyst covering Southeastern Europe, with a special focus on Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova. I am a correspondent for De Groene Amsterdammer, BNR Nieuwsradio, NPO Radio 1 and VRT Radio 1. I am also the editor-curator of the Romanian Dispatch newsletter, editor-in-chief of Donau and regular contributor to Panenka Magazine.
Currently, I am an associated researcher at the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), Social Sciences Division, where I conduct research projects on gender and politics and on civil society organisations in the Black Sea region.
From 2016-2018, I was a correspondent in Beirut and a visiting fellow at the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World at Lebanese American University (LAU), where I taught courses on gender and human rights.
A political scientist and journalist by training, I have worked in human rights and transitional justice in post-communist Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa over the past thirty years. I have published on political extremism, migration, gender-based violence, citizenship and human rights.More...
Livia Bergmeijer
Copy Editor / Translator / Voice Over Artist
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I have over 15 years' professional experience as an English language copy-editor, writer, translator, and voice over artist. I am of Italian/Dutch origins, was raised in the UK, and have been residing in Beirut, Lebanon, for twelve years. I translate predominantly from Arabic to English for various local and international organizations. My main areas of interest are art, culture, literature, and politics, and much of my professional focus is centered on writing, editing, and translating for artistic, cultural, or academic projects as well as NGOs based in the MENA region.More...