The Center actively works to strengthen social cohesion through the advocacy of policies that promote positive peace, social justice and economic stability. Through partnerships with local and international organizations and institutions, it creates networks for collaboration between researchers, decision makers and communities. It organizes dialogues, public initiatives and educational programs that will empower citizens and institutions in the constructive resolution of conflicts. Special emphasis is placed on connecting local communities with global scientific trends, in order to integrate regional challenges into the broader context of stability and development.
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Launching the EUINSPIRE Project – Young People Co-Creating the Future of Europe
On Friday, 27 February 2026, together with partner organisations we officially launched the international project EUINSPIRE – Engaging Young People and Citizens in Shaping Policies for a Reformed Europe, which will run until February 2028. At the start of the project, partners held a virtual kick-off meeting where they reviewed the project’s key objectives, presented…
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Militarization and Conscientious Objection in Rijeka Secondary Schools
In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Rijeka, the Centre for Peace Studies, and the Delta Association, a series of lectures for final-year secondary school students in Rijeka will be held this April and May on the topics of the militarization of society and conscientious objection. The lectures…
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Launch of UNIRI Peace Talks webinar series, with the presentation of the book “Constructive Resistance”
Center for Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Rijeka (Croatia) is launching UNIRI Peace Talks, a series of online seminars aiming at knowledge dissemination and exchange in the field of peace and conflict studies. Significant recent publications and inspiring practical work will be presented during these quarterly webinars, which are open to scholars,…
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Dr. Barbara Frey awarded an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship at CSMK for ENVIJUST-WB
Dr. Barbara Frey has been awarded a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF) by the European Commission for her research project ENVIJUST-WB: Green Transition and Environmental Justice in the European Periphery: Asymmetries and Contestation in the Western Balkans. The fellowship will be hosted by the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CSMK) at the University of Rijeka and amounts to…
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Tena Prelec in Večernji list on Democratic Backsliding and “Creeping Authoritarianism”
Assistant Professor Dr. Tena Prelec, from the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Rijeka, gave an extensive interview to Večernji list, in which she warns about the increasingly visible democratic backsliding worldwide and the rise of populist and authoritarian tendencies. In the interview published in the Obzor supplement, Prelec points out…
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First Assembly and Strategic Planning of the Initiative “On the Pathways of Gorski Kotar Peacebuilders” Held in Delnice
On Saturday, 10 January 2026, the first assembly of the initiative “On the Pathways of Gorski Kotar Peacebuilders” was held in Delnice. Representing the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Rijeka, the assembly was attended by Dr. Valentina Otmačić. In addition to the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, the initiative,…