Danilo Mandić is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, where he teaches on war, forced migration, political sociology and research methods. His research focuses on social movements, nationalism, ethnic relations, civil war and organized crime. He co-edited a volume (with Tamara Pavasović Trošt) on youth in Southeast Europe, and led a BCARS research team to study Syrian refugees on the Balkan Route. His book Gangsters and Other Statesmen, on the role of organized crime in separatist movements of the post-Cold War period, is out with Princeton University Press (2021). His forthcoming book on Syrian refugees in expected in 2022.