Alba Çela, Executive Director of the Albanian Institute for International Studies and a member of the Western Balkans Strategy Group supported by HBS.

Alba Cela holds a B.A in Political Science/ Int. Relations from the American University in Bulgaria as well as an M. A in Nationalism Studies from the Central European University . She has been a recipient of the John Gunn scholarship at the University of Washington and Lee in Virginia. Alba’s main areas of research are: democratization, political parties, national identity and European integration. Additionally, Alba participates as an independent expert in research, monitoring & evaluation and advocacy projects for several international donors and organizations such as OSFA/ FES/ BIRN etc.