Valery Perry

Valery Perry has been working in Bosnia and Herzegovina for nearly two decades, conducting research and working for organizations including the NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR), the European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI) and several NGOs. She worked at the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo from 2004 – 2011, as Deputy Director of the Education Department, and Deputy Director of the Human Dimension Department. She most recently worked as Chief of Party for the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG) in Sarajevo, implementing a project to increase civil society engagement in constitutional reform processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is currently an independent researcher and consultant in Sarajevo, and is a Senior Associate in the Democratization Policy Council and PILPG Senior Peace Fellow.

Valery received a B.A. from the University of Rochester, an M.A. from Indiana University’s Russian and East European Institute, and a Ph.D. from George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, writing a dissertation examining democratization and peacebuilding strategies in post-Dayton BiH. Valery has published numerous articles and book chapters, and has spoken at conferences and policy events in the United States and throughout Europe. In 2015 Ashgate will publish a book she has co-edited with Soeren Keil, entitled, Statebuilding and Democratization in Bosnia and Herzegovina.