Biography
Dr Biljana Kotevska is a socio-legal feminist scholar with expertise in equality and non-discrimination law, international human rights law, legal history, and research methodology. She is currently a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, where she is developing a monograph on intersectional discrimination and equality law in the post-Yugoslav context. Her research during the fellowship also explores political and class discrimination as urgent contemporary challenges.
Biljana holds a PhD in Law from Queen’s University Belfast (UK), an LLM in International Human Rights Law (with Distinction) from the University of Essex (UK), and an MA in Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe from the Universities of Sarajevo (BA) and Bologna (IT), as well as an LLB from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (MK).
Her academic work is grounded in extensive empirical and archival research across Europe. She has led several projects as Principal Investigator, including the ongoing FOLIO project, supported by an Early Stage Researcher grant from the EUI. Her teaching spans EU internal market law, human rights, gender equality, EU family law, and EU fundamental rights, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has also delivered professional training professional training for MPs, public officials, equality bodies, and national human rights institutions.
In addition to her academic work, Biljana is actively involved in public policy and legal reform. She has consulted for the European Commission, EIGE, FRA, OSCE, and the Council of Europe, contributing to legislative and institutional reforms in North Macedonia. She currently serves as expert coordinator on enlargement countries for the gender equality strand of the European Commission’s Network of Legal Experts on Gender Equality and Non-discrimination Law. Her work bridges academic research, legal practice, and public policy, with a strong focus on international law and social justice.