The Department for International Economic and Political Relations implements the project the International Relations – Determinants of Resilient Sustainable Development (MO4R) project. This project is funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026 over a four-year period from 2024 to 2027. Researchers involved in the MO4R project focus on identifying and analyzing security, economic, political, cultural, and other social processes needed achieve sustainable development and enhance the resilience of the Republic of Croatia in both regional and international contexts. The primary research areas include:
- stability and security (UN Sustainable Development Goals 9, 11, 16 and 17),
- competitiveness and innovation (Goals 8, 9, 11 and 12), and
- global challenges and international context (Goals 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16 and 17).
Additionally, project addresses, to a lesser extent, issues related to relevant cultural and economic , social, and natural resources and their utilization (Goals 3, 4, 5, 11, and 1).
The Center for Migration Studies is a part of this project.
The research conducted facilitates the identification of relevant social and economic processes, as well as the formulation of necessary policies and measures to enhance resilience and sustainability.
Besides scientific research, project activities encompass the dissemination and expansion of knowledge and the popularization of science.
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Workshop of the ENDURE project
Senada Šelo Šabić, Ph.D., and Emina Bužinkić, Ph.D., participated in the workshop Resilience/Resistance in an Age of Global Uncertainties on March 14, 2025. The event was organized as part of the ENDURE project (Inequalities, Community Resilience, and New Governance...
Policy Lab event of the FutuRes project
Senada Šelo Šabić, Ph.D., participated in the Policy Lab event organized by the FutuRes (Towards a Resilient Future of Europe) project on March 11, 2025. Designed as a stakeholder dialogue, the Policy Lab provided an online platform for meaningful engagement between...
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Lives and Socialization of Youth
On Monday, March 10, the Pedagogical Faculty in Bihać hosted Dr. Emina Bužinkić, who conducted a workshop titled “Youth and the Social Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Combining methods of classroom critical discourse analysis and memory storytelling, 30 students...
Centre for Migration Studies
The Centre conducts and develops migration studies with the goal of contributing to public debate and raising awareness within Croatian society of the various aspects of migration’s impact on the country’s development.
The establishment of the Centre as a centre of excellence aims to achieve recognition and systematization of migration research and to establish a framework for collaboration with scientists, initiatives, and institutions involved in migration related issues. Topics of focus include the status of foreign workers and the challenges of their integration, border regimes and security issues, the role of local communities in developing cultural policies and integration practices for working with refugees and migrants, the media representation of migrants’ positions and Croatian citizens’ perceptions towards migrations, among others.