SORIA-METAIS Grégoire
Contact details
I work on the role of actors (think tanks, diplomatic institutions, intellectuals and politicians) in shaping Serbia's foreign policy. My research interests cover European issues, including enlargement policies and the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). These issues lead me to examine the political and societal challenges facing societies in South-East Europe.
Functions
Contract doctoral student in political science (2025 - in progress) under the direction of Dorota Dakowska
Provisional title: «Conflicting ambitions. Serbia's foreign policy since 2006».»
Associate researcher - Young researchers component of the «Shared Horizons» project run by the French Institute in the Western Balkans.
Professional experience and work placements
- February - October 2023: Administrator of the online media le Courrier des Balkans, Arcueil, Belgrade (Serbia), Pristina (Kosovo).
- August 2022 - January 2023: «ED-BALK Higher Education in the Western Balkans» project assistant, Paris and Bitola (Northern Macedonia).
- February 2022 - July 2022: «Blue Book» trainee at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Accession Negotiations (DG NEAR), Montenegro / Serbia Unit, Brussels (Belgium).
- February 2021 - July 2021: Intern-analyst at the Chancellery of the French Embassy in Serbia, Belgrade (Serbia).
Areas of research
Foreign policy analysis
European Union Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
Sociology of international relations
Productions
Academic communication
" Convincing and supporting against all odds: the constraints and adaptation strategies of European integration experts in Serbia ", ST 10 «Security and enlargement: (re)thinking EU enlargement through the prism of security issues in Eastern Europe». AFSP Congress, Lyon, France, 30 June - 2 July 2026.
Presentation of research « Victory for the insurgents, torment for the defeated: the logic of violence and cooperation during the break-up of the Republic of Yugoslavia (1995-2006) »Conflictuality, cooperation and the (re)composition of the State in the contemporary Mediterranean and Middle Eastern space«, joint Mesopolhis / IREMAM seminar, Aix-Marseille University, France, 1st April 2026.
Research presentation, " Business and State Capture in Serbia's Media Environment, a Strategy for Capturing the Fourth Power », Southeastern European Student Symposium (Südosteuropa Gesellschaft), online from Germany, 31 March 2023
Scientific events
Conference« Strengthening scientific cooperation in the Western Balkans and the way forward »with the support of the Institute of Political Studies of the University of Belgrade (Serbia), the St-Clement of Ohrid Faculty of Bitola (Northern Macedonia), the Faculty of Philology of Nikšić (Montenegro), and INALCO, CERCL and Europanova - Organising member - INALCO (Paris), 17-18 November 2023
Press article
Soria-Metais, Grégoire, « Belgrade hosts the first All-Serb Assembly" , New Eastern Europe, 8 July 2024