Sead Turčalo is Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Security Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Sarajevo. He is Vice President of the Sarajevo-based think-tank Atlantic Initiative. He researches geopolitics, international security, peace studies, and international conflict management. As coordinator of several international projects, he possesses significant experience in project management.

Prof. Turčalo is the author and co-author of several books and a long list of articles and book chapters on the topics of state-building, the role of the international community in post-conflict societies, geopolitics, and euroatlantic integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He received his Ph.D. in security studies from University of Sarajevo.