Ana Madureira holds a BA in Music from the School of Music and Performing Arts – Polytechnic Institute of Porto, and an MA in Music Teaching from the Institute of Education – University of Minho. She is currently completing an MA in History, International Relations and Cooperation at the University of Porto. Her current research focuses on political participation and minority rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Broader research interests include human rights, cultural and heritage diplomacy.
The cases of Portugal and Spain expose the ambivalence of ‘shared heritage’. Although cultural heritage can support cooperation and diplomatic rapprochement, this notion may obscure the unequal historical circumstances through which objects entered European collections. Restitution can therefore …

– Main question: can BiH strengthen rule of law and fundamental rights while preserving a constitutionally exclusionary system? – Main argument: the post-Dayton framework institutionalised ethnopolitical division, while veto mechanisms and sectarian incentives obstruct reform. – Conclusion: democ…
