Dr. Hamza Preljević is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations (PSIR) at the International University of Sarajevo (IUS). Concurrently, he serves as the director of the Balkan Studies Center (BSC) at IUS. Dr. Preljević has held various academic-administrative positions at IUS, including Demonstrator (2015-2016), Managing Editor at Epiphany – Journal of Transdisciplinary Studies (2019-2021), Secretary of the Balkan Studies Center (2019-2023), and Senior Assistant (2016-2024). Additionally, he has actively participated in numerous working groups and academic committees at IUS. In May 2023, he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled "The EU's Transformative Power through a Strategy of Conditionality and Europeanization in a Contested State: Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015-2022)," earning his Ph.D. in International Relations from IUS. Dr. Preljević's research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including Bosnian politics, Bosnian Muslims' issues, Western Balkan studies, EU integration, and security studies, with a particular focus on transatlantic relations and NATO's engagement with the Western Balkans.