Position:
RGPP Academic Tutor/Mentor
Contact information
Rufat Demirov is a young Roma academic and activist from North Macedonia. In 2019 he completed his B.A. studies in Political Science at the Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus in Skopje. In 2020 he finished the RGPP program at CEU in Budapest. In 2022 he completed his M.A. studies in Political Science at CEU in Vienna. He is currently a PhD student in International Relations at the CEU Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations. He has been involved in many governmental and non-governmental activities concerning Roma in North Macedonia and Europe. His academic interests zoom in to issues of the Roma through the scope of: Racialization, Statelessness, Multiculturalism, Recognition, Political Organization, Social Movements, Biopolitics, Dehumanization, Intersectional Social identity, Post-colonial and De-colonial theory, and Gender and Queer theory. Rufat is teaching the Roma Identity and Leadership in the winter and spring terms.