Author: Mario Žuliček

International conference in Rijeka to explore inclusive approaches to memorialisation in the Western Balkans

The British Council and the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Rijeka will host an international conference titled “Beyond Commemoration: Building the Future of Inclusive Memorialisation in the Western Balkans”, bringing together practitioners, researchers, artists, and policy experts from across the region to discuss new approaches to remembering the past, as […]

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 […]

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 […]

Implementation of the microcredential program “Public Policy Analysis” started

From January 29 to February 1, the first block of lectures was held in Rijeka as part of the implementation of the microcredential program “Public Policy Analysis,” marking the start of the program at the University of Rijeka. This is the first academic program fully focused on public policy, delivered by the Center for Peace […]

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 […]

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 […]

Research by Dr. Tena Prelec informs the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025

Research conducted by Dr. Tena Prelec, Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka and member of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CSMK), has informed the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025, published by the UK Government. The Strategy draws on findings from Indulging Kleptocracy (Oxford University Press, 2025), co-authored by Dr. Prelec together with John […]

Guest lecture of dr. Valentina Otmačić at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana

Dr. Valentina Otmačić, Deputy Head of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Rijeka, delivered a guest lecture in Ljubljana on 8 December 2025. Dr. Otmačić visited Ljubljana at the invitation of Assoc. Prof. Alenka Bartulović from the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Arts, University of […]

Dr. Valentina Otmačić at the Zagreb International scientific conference After wars: consequences, lessons, interpretations

The international scientific conference titled “After Wars: Consequences, Lessons, Interpretations” was held in Zagreb on 21-22 November 2025. It was organized by the journal Tragovi and the Institute of Social Sciences from Belgrade. The conference was attended by 47 authors from 11 countries, among them Dr. Valentina Otmačić, Deputy Head of the Center for Peace […]

Mario Žuliček participated in professional training at Tallinn University.

Dr. Mario Žuliček participated in a staff mobility program for professional development within the framework of the Erasmus+ program. The mobility took place at Tallinn University from September 22 to October 31, 2026, combining both physical and virtual components. The focus of the mobility and professional training was the analysis of the implementation of study […]

Dr. Valentina Otmačić at the Second International Peace Forum in Granada (Spain)

The University of Granada in Spain hosted the academic aspects of the Second International Peace Forum (II Foro Internacional de Paz) held from October 20 to 25, 2025. As a space that fosters academic, activist, and artistic exchange and reflection on peace from multiple perspectives, the Forum brought together over 100 participants from numerous countries […]

Marko Kovačić’s presentation at the international conference in Brussels

Assoc. Prof. Marko Kovačić, Head of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CSMK) at the University of Rijeka, presented at the international conference Youth Perspectives in Contemporary Europe: New Tasks for Research and Policy, held on 20–21 October 2025 in Brussels. He delivered a presentation titled Learning from national and local approaches to youth mainstreaming and the use of […]

Dr Tena Prelec delivers keynote at the Second Conference on Forensic Accounting in Belgrade

On 3 October 2025, Dr Tena Prelec (University of Rijeka / CSMK) was honoured to deliver a keynote address at the Second Conference on Forensic Accounting, hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade. Speaking to an audience of academics, practitioners, regulators, and students, Dr Prelec presented her lecture “Transnational Linkages: How […]

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