Ervin has a PhD in political and cultural sociology. He has taught political sociology and social theory in various public and private universities in Albania. In 2018, he joined the Institute of Anthropology, Albanian Academy of Science as full-time researcher, focusing on anthropology of minorities and diaspora. Author of the forthcoming book An Anthropology on poverty and marginalization:The Case of Roma minority in Albania and many scientific articles. Over the years, Dr Kaçiu has conducted fieldwork and quantitative research in Albania, Israel, Italy, and Kosovo. He has acted as a consultant for various international and local civil society organisations for many years. Dr Kaçiu’s areas of academic interest include anthropology and sociology of inorities, anthropology of vulnerable groups, political anthropology and sociology, genealogy of ideas and political thought and modernity.