Research

As the Director of Max van der Stoel Institute, Veli Kreci leads Social Sciences Research Group (SSG), conducts research in the areas of public policy and administration, governance, and foreign policy; he is also principal investigator in several national and international research projects. Aside from his extensive research work and active engagements in the projects and consulting, he is actively engaged teaching to master and PhD students.

Teaching

• Policy Analysis & Public Policy Analysis
  Fall Semesters - MA and PhD level course

• Foreign Policy Analysis
  MA level

• Comparative Politics
  Summer Semesters PhD level course

  Courses taught in the past

• Research Methodology & Doctoral Dissertation Writing
  Doctoral level courses

Professional Honors and Awards

• Horizon Europe – the framework program for research and innovation (2021-2027),
  Program Committee Member. Since March 2021.

• Active Citizen Participation 2.0.,
  Member of the Advisory Board. Since March 2021.

• Research Group on “European Law, Policies, and Institutions (ELPI)”,
  Member of the RG since October 2020.

• Routledge’s Public Administration list, Reviewer since 2020.

• Vice-President, University Board. South East European University,
  Elected mandate period 2020-2024.

• The Fulbright Scholar Program award,
  Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Monterey, California, USA.

• Presidential Appointee,
  Member of the National Security Council Macedonia 2009-2017

• Member of the UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Studies and Research,
  Skopje, Macedonia. 2012-Present.

• The Fulbright Selection Board Member,
  The U.S. Embassy in Skopje, December 2014.

• Analytica-Think Tank. Founding Council Member.,
  President 2014-2019. Assembly President since June 2019.

• Returning Scholar, Academic Fellowship Program-Open Society Institute,
  August, 2004-2005.

• 4 Under 40 Alumni Award, University of Pittsburgh,
  Graduate School of Public and International Affairs recognition of alumni leadership potential.

• Local Faculty Fellow,
  Civic Education Project-OSI. 31 July, 2003-2004.

• University of Pittsburgh, GSPIA, International Affairs Scholarship,
  Awarded for attaining GPA greater than 3.5. October 2001-January 2002.

• Carl Beck Papers Fellowship,
  Awarded for research on East European countries. July 2001-October 2001.

Teaching Positions

• Adjunct Professor
  Seattle University, College of Arts and Sciences, Institute of Public Service. Course taught: Effective Policy Making-European Union. Summer 2019.

• Visiting Professor
  Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. Second cycle International Relations program offered under the Institute for Security, Defense, and Peace Studies. 2015-2019.

• Visiting Professor
  Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey, Graduate School of International Policy and Management. Course co-taught: Policy Analysis, 2013-2014.

• Visiting Research Assistant Professor
  Graduate School of Public & International Affairs (GSPIA), University of Pittsburgh. 2009.

• Co-professor
  2008 International Summer University-Macedonia, Ohrid, Macedonia. Course co-taught: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis

• Co-professor
  2007 International Summer University-Macedonia, Bitola, Macedonia. Course co-taught: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis

• Adjunct Faculty Member
  Graduate Center for Public Policy and Management (GCPPM), University of Pittsburgh’s project in Skopje, Macedonia. Courses co-taught: Public Policy Analysis and Public Management

• Keynote Lecturer
  1st Summer School of the Faculty of Economics TU of Kosice on “Policy Making and Politics at the Local Level.

Professional Associations

• International Political Science Association (IPSA).
  Member since 2015.

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
  Member since 2010.

• Pittsburgh Alumni Association & Macedonia Alumni Club.
  International Representative for Macedonia. Member since 2009.

• National Institutions and Schools for Public Affairs in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee).
  Principal Representative 2004-2008.

• Nansen Dialogue Center, Executive Board Member 2007-2010.

•  American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).
  Member since 2005.

•  European Movement in Macedonia. Associate member.  Member since 2005.