- Alijeva, L. (2017). Left Behind? A Critical Study of the Russian-speaking Minority Rights to Citizenship and Language in the Post-Soviet Baltic States. Lessons from Nationalising Language Policies. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 24(4), pp. 484–536. doi:10.1163/15718115-02404004.
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About
Overview
Dr Lilija Alijeva is a Presidential Fellow at the City Law School, University of London. Her research focuses on the human rights of national, ethnic, linguistic, and religious minorities. Her current interdisciplinary research project focuses on the socio-economic and cultural rights of minorities and the need for a renewed global minority rights agenda that envisages better implementation of minority rights norms in times of peace and conflict. She is part of the Minority Rights Solidarity Network steering group, which is a network of academics and practitioners working in the field of minority rights.
She is also part of the University of London Institute in Paris-led Knowledge Diplomacy project team, which connects practitioners and academics across disciplines and promotes knowledge exchange on pressing societal issues. Dr Alijeva completed her PhD in Law and Political Science, fully funded by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership award, at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Qualifications
- PhD in Law and Political Science, School of Advanced Study, University of London, United Kingdom
- LLM, Middlesex University, United Kingdom
- BA International Politics, Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Employment
- Presidential Fellow, City, University of London, Sep 2023 – present
- Research Fellow, University of Sussex, Jul 2023
- Researcher and Project Manager, University of London Institute in Paris, Jan 2022 – Aug 2023
- Visiting Lecturer, University of Roehampton, Feb – Nov 2019
- Visiting Lecturer, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Jan – Sep 2019
- Research Assistant, Human Rights Consortium, Jan 2017 – Dec 2018
- Research Assistant, Middlesex University, Jul 2015 – Jul 2016
Memberships of committees
- Project Group Member, Knowledge Diplomacy Network
Memberships of professional organisations
- Steering Group Member, Minority Rights Solidarity Network
Award
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (2016) London Arts and Humanities Partnership Award
Full doctoral studies scholarship award
Languages
English, French, Latvian and Russian.
Publications
Publications by category
Conference paper/proceedings
- Alijeva, L. (2019). Minority Right to Effective Public Participation: a comparative case study of the Russian speaking minority in independent Estonia and Latvia. Association for the Study of Nationalities World Convention 2-4 May, Columbia University, New York, USA.
Internet publication
- Alijeva, L., Biro, A.-.M., Lennox, C. and Oda, M. (2018). New global database on minority issues: MinorityForum.info. Talking Humanities.
Journal article
Reports (5)
- Alijeva, L. (2023). University of London Knowledge Diplomacy Conference 2023. University of London Institute in Paris.
- Alijeva, L. (2022). Knowledge Diplomacy Seminar – Cities and Culture. University of London Institute in Paris.
- Alijeva, L. (2022). Knowledge Diplomacy Seminar – Cities as Sites of Knowledge Creation and Exchange. University of London Institute in Paris.
- Alijeva, L. (2022). Knowledge Diplomacy and Crisis. University of London Institute in Paris.
- Alijeva, L. Knowledge Diplomacy Seminar – Cities as Actors for Global Climate Change. University of London Institute in Paris.
Professional activities
Events/conferences (7)
- University of London Knowledge Diplomacy Conference. (Conference) Paris, France (2023). Chair, Organising Committee and Review Panel.
- The Consequences of War and Their Interdependence: Bringing Human Security Back To The Global Political Agenda. Padua, Italy (2022).
Paper: Minority Rights in Latvia: the right to minority language education and the impact of the war in Ukraine - The post-1989 Springtime of National Minorities? (Conference) Budapest, Hungary (2019). Invited speaker.
Paper: Minority right to effective public participation: a comparative case study of the Russian-speaking minority in independent Estonia and Latvia - ASN World Convention. (Conference) (2019).
Paper: Minority Right to Effective Public Participation: A Comparative Case Study of the Russian-Speaking Minority in Independent Estonia and Latvia? - 29th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN). (Conference) Edinburgh, UK (2019).
Paper: The League of Nations the Question of Minorities in Interwar Estonia and Latvia: forgotten examples of multiculturalism? - United Nations Geneva Side-event - Launch of the minorityforum.info website: NVivo and Coding Process. (Workshop) Geneva, Switzerland (2018). Invited speaker.
Description: Presented during the 11th Session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues side-event at the United Nations Office in Geneva. The presentation's focus was on the software aspect of Tom Latos Institute and Human Rights Consortium's research project and how data analysis benefited the creation of minorityforum.info website. - International Conference - Cities, territories and the struggles for human rights: a 2030 perspective. (Conference) Padua, Italy (2018). Session/Day Chair, Review Panel, Panel Member and Organising Committee.