Iosif Kovras is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Cyprus and the Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded project DISACT. Before joining the University of Cyprus he was an Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at City University of London. His research interests include comparative post-conflict transitional justice and human rights. His most recent book titled ‘Grassroots Activism and the Evolution of Transitional Justice‘, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017 and received Honorable Mention in International Studies Association book award. His work has been published in Comparative Political Studies, West European Politics, Comparative Politics, European Journal of International Relations, Political Geography, Political Psychology, Nations and Nationalism and Cooperation and Conflict, among others. His current research exploring the logic of the crime of disappearances in repressive and (post)conflict settings is funded by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant (2023-2028). Past research projects had received funding by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy and other funding bodies.