Florian Bieber is a Professor of Southeast European History and Politics and Director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, Austria. He coordinates the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG).
He studied Political Science and History in Austria, Hungary and the USA. Between 2019 and 2022, he held the Jean Monnet Chair in the Europeanisation of Southeastern Europe. He is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Tirana. Recent publications include Pulverfass Balkan (Ch. Links 2023), Debating Nationalism (Bloomsbury 2020) and The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans (Palgrave 2020).