{"id":4898,"date":"2026-05-17T08:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:48:28","slug":"new-seriously-balkans-podcast-episode-on-mining-and-environmental-justice-in-the-western-balkans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/new-seriously-balkans-podcast-episode-on-mining-and-environmental-justice-in-the-western-balkans\/","title":{"rendered":"New Seriously Balkans podcast episode on mining and environmental justice in the Western Balkans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new episode of the Seriously Balkans podcast series explores mining, environmental justice, and large-scale investment projects in the Western Balkans, with a focus on how green transition policies are reshaping governance and public trust across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The episode features two CSMK members: Dr Barbara Frey, Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, and Dr Tena Prelec, Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka and moderator of the discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversation covers cases including Rio Tinto\u2019s lithium project in Serbia, the Vare\u0161 mining project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgrade Waterfront, and Velika Pla\u017ea in Montenegro, examining tensions around environmental degradation, democratic accountability, and \u201ccorrosive capital\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside Barbara Frey, the episode features Vedran D\u017eihi\u0107 (OIIP\/BiEPAG) and Iliriana Gjoni (Carnegie Europe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara Frey discussed the political economy of the green transition and environmental justice in the Western Balkans as part of her MSCA PF project ENVIJUST-WB (\u201cGreen Transition and Environmental Justice in the European Periphery: Asymmetries and Contestation in the Western Balkans\u201d).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfa7\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f3a7\/72.png\">&nbsp;Listen here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6uO0n1GZ9h7gfrVWZSZ09H?si=mlSmwS2gR4mcqNMbMuQeAg&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seriously Balkans \u2013 Episode 24 on Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new episode of the Seriously Balkans podcast series explores mining, environmental justice, and large-scale investment projects in the Western Balkans, with a focus on how green transition policies are reshaping governance and public trust across the region. The episode features two CSMK members: Dr Barbara Frey, Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, and Dr Tena Prelec, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[66,69,68,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-advocacy-networking-community","category-education","category-research"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ENVIJUST-Podcast1.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Mario \u017duli\u010dek","author_link":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/author\/mario-zulicek\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4901,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions\/4901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}