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Abit Hoxha | Researcher

University of Agder
Abit Hoxha is an Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Institute of Nordic and Media Studies at the University of Agder, Norway. He is also Professor II at University of Stavanger. He has an extensive experience with research projects, in particular with Framework 7 (InfoCore), Horizon 2020 (RePast) and Horizon Europa (ReMeD). He is a principal co- investigator for Kosovo with the Worlds of Journalism Study. He was a senior researcher with the British Academy funded project at the University of Lancaster researching “Transitional Journalism and dealing with the past”. From 2024 until 2026, he served as Project Manager for Resilient Media for Democracy in the Digital Age, a Horizon Europe- funded project under the European Union. He has completed a postgraduate study on adult education (UNIPED). He holds an MSc from the Durham Global Security Institute at Durham University (UK), an MA in Journalism from the Kosovo Institute of Journalism and Communication, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Prishtina, Kosovo.

With expertise spanning both academic research and applied practice, Abit engages in scholarly discussions on transitional societies while also training journalists in sensitive reporting. He has previously worked with prominent international organizations including UNDP, UNFAO, the World Bank, and UN Women in Kosovo and Western Balkans.

Abit is currently completing his PhD at LMU Munich, Germany, where his dissertation, “Conflict News Production,” examines journalistic news production across the Western Balkans, the Middle East, and the Great Lakes region of Sub-Saharan Africa. Through reconstructive interviews with journalists, his research explores the influences shaping news production and the processes by which news comes into being.

Links:
https://www.uia.no/english/about-uia/employees/abith/index.html
https://www.uis.no/nb/profile/abit-hoxha
http://www.resilientmedia.eu/
http://www.worldsofjournalism.org/
https://safetyofjournalists.org/academic-experts

Recent publications

2026

Hoxha, A. (2026). ReMeD deliverable D6.1 indicators and mechanisms of threats to democracy. ReMeD. https://resilientmedia.eu/?p=1830 

Laterza, V., Hoxha, A., Tales, T., & Amaxopoulou, M. (2026). ReMeD Policy Brief No 2: Increasing the Social Legitimacy of the EU Digital Services Act. Retrieved 19 March 2026, from https://resilientmedia.eu/?p=1402 

Hoxha, A., & Laterza, V. (2026). ReMeD Policy Brief No 3: Strengthening communication and building social legitimacy. https://resilientmedia.eu/?p=2039

 

2025

Andresen, K., & Hoxha, A. (2025). Reports – WJS3: (2021-2025) – Worlds of Journalism [Country report]. Worlds of Journalism Study. https://www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/

Hoxha, A. (2025). Dealing with troubled history: How journalists in history newsbeat reconstruct the past in media productions today. In E. Siapera, A. Fiedler, & K. Andresen (Eds.), Media and past conflict in Europe: Dynamics of mediation and power. Routledge.

Slavtcheva-Petkova, V., Ramaprasad, J., et al. (2025). Safety and work-related risks. In Journalism under duress. Worlds of Journalism Study.

Terzis, G., & Hoxha, A. (2025). Journalism safety interventions: Ethical perspectives and possible impacts amongst women journalists covering conflict. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 14, 299–319. https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00192_1

 

2024

Hoxha, A., & Andresen, K. (2024). Future of dark tourism in Kosovo: From divisions to digital possibilities. In P. R. Stone & D. W. M. Wright (Eds.), The future of dark tourism. Channel View Publications.

Hoxha, A., Andresen, K., & Mulliqi, G. (2024). When journalists become news: A review of safety and solidarity of Kosovar and Ukrainian journalists at the times of war. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241303112

Hoxha, A., Andresen, K., Paschalidis, P., & Fiedler, A. (2024). Producing indefinite drafts of history: Journalists’ roles in historic revisionism in Europe and beyond. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241233381

Kebede, S., & Hoxha, A. (2024). Protesting for change: Ethiopia’s diasporic media and the fight for democracy. In L. Tshuma, T. Matsilele, M. Shepherd, & M. Mbongeni (Eds.), Media, social movements, and protest cultures in Africa: Hashtags, humor and slogans. Lexington Books.

 

2023

Hoxha, A., & Chekerovski, D. (2023). Responsible reporting on dealing with the past. ForumZFD.

Mulliqi-Bojaj, G., Hoxha, A., & Spirovski, M. (2023). Media mapping and dealing with the past. ForumZFD.

Slavtcheva-Petkova, V., Ramaprasad, J., Springer, N., Hughes, S., Hanitzsch, T., Hamada, B., Hoxha, A., & Steindl, N. (2023). Conceptualizing journalists’ safety around the globe. Digital Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2162429

 

2022

Hoxha, A. (2022). Investigative journalism. In T. P. Vos, F. Hanusch, D. Dimitrakopoulou, M. Geertsema-Sligh, & A. Sehl (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of journalism studies. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0134

Nicolaidou, I., Zupančič, R., Fiedler, A., Andresen, K., Hoxha, A., Ntaltagianni, C., Aivalioti, M., Kasapovic, M., & Milioni, D. (2022). Virtual tours as emerging technologies to engage children and youth with their country’s historical conflicts. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning, 17(21), 164–183. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v17i21.32853

Kenneth Andresen | Researcher

University of Agder

Kenneth Andresen (PhD) is Professor of media studies at University of Agder in Norway. He holds a doctorate in media Studies from the University of Oslo. His research and publications over 25 years has been the fields of international journalism and media development, especially in relation to historical conflicts in Europe. He has been Work Package Leader in several international research projects, including two Horizon Europe projects; RePAST 2018-2021 (Revisiting the PAST, Anticipating the future) and ReMeD 2022-2026 (Resilient Media for Democracy in the Digital Age). He has also led research funded by the Norwegian Research Council. His PhD Thesis is an investigation into the development and influences in journalism in Kosovo, titled Journalism under pressure. The case of Kosovo (2015). He has published several articles on journalism in conflict areas, with topics like; fixers (2008 & 2020), protocol news (2009), news events (2012), transitional journalism (2017 & 2020), journalism education (2019), journalistic cultures (2019), journalism and revisionism (2025), and solidarity among journalists (2025). He has also published works on virtual tours (2022), troubled past in Europe (2023), and dark tourism (2024). He also conducted research on the postcard as an early social medium, and he is a devoted collector of historical postcards from Kosovo.

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