Gentiana Gola is an Adviser for Europe in the Democracy Assessment (DA) team at International IDEA. Her role focuses on research and analysis, communication, outreach, and coordination in support of the Global State of Democracy (GSoD) programme.

Prior to joining International IDEA, Gentiana worked in the Democratization Department of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, where she focused on promoting representative participation, especially for women, youth, and non-majority communities. She also has experience in the civil society sector, where she contributed to project management and coordination at the Kosovar Centre for Gender Studies and the Balkans Policy Research Group. Additionally, Gentiana served in the public sector at Kosovo's Ministry for European Integration. During her studies, she worked in media and communications. Gentiana is a Swedish Institute scholar and holds an MSc in Political Science from the University of Gothenburg.