2006 Internship Awardees and their Appointments:

Nina Bilandzic, MPA/ID Candidate 2007, Kennedy School of Government
--Working with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Belgrade, Serbia

Nicholas Kukrita, MPP Candidate 2007, Kennedy School of Government
--Working with the UNDP's Growing Sustainable Business Program in Serbia

Nikos Poulopoulos, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts and Science
--Research in Greece on "The Politics of Moderniztion:  Twentieth-Century Greek Culture and the Evil of 'Americanization.'"

Cristiana Strava, BA Candidate 2010, Harvard College
--Outreach and education to girls and women in rural Romania with the NGO A.L.E.G.

Gergana Yankova,, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts and Science
--Research at the Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria

2005 Internship Awardees and their Appointments:

Miroslav Vassilev, MPP Candidate 2006, Kennedy School and MBA Candidate 2006, Wharton School of Business, UPENN
Macedonian Red Cross and several small NGOs
--Equip a selected group of high risk women in Macedonia with skills, knowledge and attitudes essential to starting up and running micro-enterprises that will have a tangible social and community impact

Adam Smith, J.D. Candidate 2006, Harvard Law School
Documenta, Center for Dealing with the Past, Croatia
--Research Associate for the Yugolsav War Crime Tribunals

Leigh Miselis, MPA/ID Candidate 2006, Kennedy School
Partners for Development, US-based NGO located in Bosnia
--Evaluating the credit program, which provides financing to members of a farmers association through partnership with a commerical bank in order to provide economic opportunities and improve the quality of life of vulnerable populations

Ioannis Gkionis, MPA/ID Candidate 2006, Kennedy School
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Serbia
--Research Associate
 

2004 Internship Awardees and their Appointments:

Mariya Filipova, Mount Holyoke College Student
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria
--Assisted Public Relations Office with press releases and conferences and researched the topic of politics and economics

Jeanette Hahn, J.D. Candidate, University of Pittsburg
US Agency for International Development Accession Project, Serbia and Montenegro
--Conducted research focusing on legal reforms and how it can promote economic growth and private sector development

Ivona Josipovic, Harvard College Student
Ministry of European Integration, Croatia
--Evaluated goals and priorities for the Croatian Government for future negotiation with the European Union

Boriana Nikolova, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
--Authored chapter in publication on assessing different anticorruption initiatives and practices in Southeastern Europe

Christina Pasca, MidCareer MPA Graduate
Saxon Villages of Transylvania, Romania
--Researched the policies and mechanisms that will make sustainable development effective in Southeastern Europe

Maria Prieto, M.A. Candidate in Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia University
Elise Youn, M.A. Candidate in Modern Art: Critical Studies, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
--Conducted research on post-war reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ana Sirbu, Harvard College Student
Center of Strategic Studies, Chisinau, Moldova
--Researched current economic situation in the Republic of Moldova and assisted in survey of households in order to evaluate the size and social consequences of labor migration

Adnan Sulejmanpasic, M.A. Candidate in Science in Technology and Policy, M.I.T.
Southeastern Europe Telecommunication & Informatics Research Institute, Greece
--Studied internet and communications technology in Southeastern Europe

2003 Internship Awardees and their Appointments:

Kritonas Arsenis, MPA/ID Student
Central Bank of Bulgaria
--Performed research on its currency board

Yemi Babington-Ashaye, Joint Degree Candidate: MPA/ID, Kennedy School of Government and MBA, Sloan School of Management (MIT) Student
Istanbul Chamber of Industry
--Researched the evolution of industrial enterprises from 1993-2002

Manuel Costescu, MPA/ID Student and Verena Kugi, MPA Student
--The Microeconomics of Competitiveness Research Project in Romania

2000 Internship Awardees and their Appointments:

Yue Lu, MPA/ID Student
Finance Ministry of Albania

Cassandra Flenker, MPA/ID Student
Finance Ministry of Bulgaria

Andrew Beath, MPA/ID Student
National Bank of Bulgaria

Rie Fujisawa, MPA/ID Student
Institute for Economic Analysis and Forecasting, Bulgaria

Reinier Schliesser, MPA/ID Student
Central Bank of Greece

Naheed Hassan, MPA/ID Student
Finance Ministry of Greece

Nimish Mathur, MPA/ID Student
National Bank of Romania

Nozomi Iwama, MPA/ID Student
Central Bank of Turkey

Chandrika Bahadur, MPA/ID Student
Central Bank of Turkey

Ari Skromne, MPA/ID Student
United Nations Development Program, multiple Southeastern European regional offices

Past Kokkalis Program sponsored internship projects:

Theodora Dragostinova, Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of Florida
--The refugees of Thrace after the First World War

Cristian Pop-Eleches, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Harvard University
--The effects of access to abortion and contraceptives on infant and female outcomes, labor force participation, and the structure of the family and crime rates in Romania

David Lehrer, Joint Degree Candidate: MBA, Harvard Business School and MPP, Kennedy School of Government
--Romanian financial sector reform

Justin Levitt, Joint Degree Candidate: J.D., Harvard Law School and MPP, Kennedy School of Government
--Ethnic conflict in southeastern Europe, with a special focus on the former Yugoslavia

Maple Razsa, Ph.D. Candidate in Social Anthropology, Harvard University
--Ethnographic research on the Club of the Anti-Fascist Resistance in the Adriatic island of Vis

Cengiz Sisman, Ph.D. Candidate in History and Middle East Studies, Harvard University
--The Jewish Messianic Sabbatian Movement in its Ottoman Context

Cristina Vatulescu, Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature, Harvard University
--Communist and post-communist memory in Romania focusing on three institutions in their original context: the archive, the prison and the museum