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Invitation to Alessandro Monsutti’s Talk: Refugees without Borders: Towards a Global Ethnography of Afghan Mobilities
The Centre for Migration Studies of the Institute for Development and International Relations warmly invites you to a public talk by professor Alessandro Monsutti, titled “Refugees without Borders: Towards a Global Ethnography of Afghan Mobilities.” The talk will take...
IRMO Participates in the New COST Action “Networking European Security Knowledge (NetSec)”
A new COST Action, Networking European Security Knowledge (NetSec), in which IRMO participates, has been approved. IRMO’s senior advisor in the Department for International Economic and Political Relations, Senada Šelo Šabić, PhD, serves on the Action’s Management...
Article “Energy Transition in the Western Balkans”
The article Energy Transition in the Western Balkans by the Head of the Department for International Economic and Political Relations, Ana-Maria Boromisa, PhD, was published in Structural Change in the Western Balkans. In the article, Dr. Boromisa examines energy...
Book “The Organisation of Irresponsibility? Reassessing COVID-19 in Europe”
A new edited volume, The Organisation of Irresponsibility? Reassessing COVID-19 in Europe, has been published as part of the Brill’s Studies in Critical Social Sciences series (Volume 347). The book is co-edited by Ewan Kerr, IRMO's Emina Bužinkić, and James Foley....
Panel Discussion: 10 Years Since the Long Summer of Migration
On 16th of December 2025, a panel discussion titled “10 Years Since the Long Summer of Migration” was held at the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb, within the exhibition space Z/zemlja. The event marked a decade since the developments that profoundly shaped migration...
IRMO’s scientist at MCBC WB6 workshop
Municipal Cross-Border Cooperation in the Western Balkans Project (MCBC WB6) Workshop Inclusive Energy Transition in the WB6: Women’s Leadership, Marginalized Groups, and Municipal Cooperation was held on December 4th, 2025. The hybrid workshop was organized by the...
IRMO at the 13th RACVIAC Conference on Security Challenges for Europe
Centre for Security Cooperation (RACVIAC), together with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Office for Croatia and Slovenia, held the 13th annual Conference on Security Challenges for Europe in Zagreb on 25–26 November 2025. The event once again brought together a...
IRMO aktualno “Croatian small and medium-sized enterprises in the green transition: What have the new geopolitical circumstances brought us?”
In the new issue of IRMO aktualno, Nevenka Čučković, PhD, analyses the impact of the new geopolitical circumstances on the processes of the green transition in Croatian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Owing to their size and limited financial capacity,...
Book chapter “Democratic Backsliding in Croatia – Autocratic Tendencies Die Hard”
IRMO scientist Dr. Senada Šelo Šabić and IRMO research assistant Ana Vučemilović-Grgić have published a book chapter entitled “Democratic Backsliding in Croatia - Autocratic Tendencies Die Hard” in the volume Democratic Backsliding in Europe. The book was published by...
IRMO scientist at a high-level conference in Tirana
The Aspen Institute Germany, in cooperation with Albania’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, hosted a high-level conference “Structural Change in the Western Balkans” in Tirana from October 27–30, 2025. The event addressed major regional challenges driven by...
IRMO Research Assistant at the international conference “Sustainable Development for a Sustainable Future”
The International Scientific Conference, themed "Sustainable Development for a Sustainable Future," was held on 9-10 October 2025. It was held in Skopje, North Macedonia, in hybrid form. The conference aimed to explore cutting-edge microeconomic and macroeconomic...
IRMO Scientist Participated in Teaching at an International Program in China
Ana-Maria Boromisa, PhD, participated in teaching at the graduate study of International Material Flow Management at Yantai University in China. Together with Maja Božičević Vrhovčak, PhD, from the Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar, dr. Boromisa is teaching the course...
Cres Summer School 2025: Defending Democracy in Turbulent Times
From 14–20 September 2025, the fourth edition of the Cres Summer School – “Defending democracy in turbulent times: challenges and opportunities. The European perspective” – took place at the historic Moise Palace in Cres. The Summer School brought together 18 young...
Nairobi Workshop – Horizon Europe project application
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has assembled a consortium for the Horizon Europe project application under the call Fostering equity and justice in climate policies – Societal Readiness Pilot. The consortium includes partners from northern...
29th International Scientific Conference “National Minorities, Migration, and Security” held on Brijuni
The 29th International Scientific Conference National Minorities, Migration, and Security was held on Brijuni island from 8 through 10 September 2025. The event was organised by the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, in cooperation with the Academic...
Article “The Executive Power versus the Legislative Power: The Powers of the US President and the Congress in Matters of Military Authority”
In collaboration with Ante Zrile, a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, dr. sc. Sandro Knezović, Research Adviser at the Institute for Development and International Relations, published a scientific article titled “The...
International Research Project on the Impact of the Pandemic completed
The Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) has successfully completed the international research project ENDURE – Inequalities, Community Resilience, and New Governance Modalities in a Post-Pandemic World (https://www.endure-project.org). The...
Article “Left Behind: Unpacking Racialization of Migrant and Minoritized Students in Croatian Education During Covid-19”
The journal Migration and Ethnic Themes recently published the article “Left Behind: Unpacking Racialization of Migrant and Minoritized Students in Croatian Education During Covid-19,” authored by Emina Bužinkić, PhD, and Antonija Petričušić, PhD. The article...
Agitating Memory, Mobilizing Justice: Reflections from the Collective Memory-Work Symposium in Vienna
From July 17 to 20, the University of Vienna hosted the International Symposium on Collective Memory‑Work. The event gathered scholars, artists, and activists working across disciplines to explore collaborative memory methodologies as tools for social and political...
IRMO’s Emina Bužinkić, PhD, at ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat
The ISA Forum of Sociology Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene was held in Rabat, Morocco, from 6 to 12 July. Hosted for the first time in the MENA region, the Forum gathered scholars from around the world for intense academic exchanges and public engagements at...
Senada Šelo Šabić on Universities as Defenders of Freedom of Thought
In the June issue of Vox, Dr. Šelo Šabić addresses three questions about political pressures on academic freedoms, the challenges faced by the academic community, and Europe's potential to position itself as a stable environment for international science. Read the...