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The final session of the workshop series “Youth and the Social Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic” was held
On Thursday, April 18, the final session of the workshop series “Youth and the Social Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic” was held at the Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. By combining storytelling and visual mapping methods,...
Ljubljana Roundtable Reflected on the New Pact Through Lived Experiences and Social Work Practices
On April 15th, the roundtable "Unpacking the New Pact on Migration and Asylum through Social Work Practices", organized by Reka si, Research and Art Institute, brought together activists, researchers, and practitioners at the Faculty of Social Work in Ljubljana. The...
An Article on EU Migration Policies published in Al Jazeera
Emina Bužinkić, a researcher at the Department for International Economic and Political Relations at IRMO, has co-authored an opinion piece published by Al Jazeera English, titled "It’s not just Trump, the EU is also waging an anti-migration crusade" (29 March 2025)....
Online lecture „Feminist Accountability in Migration Justice“
The Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change of the University of Minnesota hosted Emina Bužinkić, PhD, for a presentation on April 4th titled Feminist Accountability in Migration Justice. The presentation was based on her recent research into the...
Call for Papers: International Scientific Conference „Sustainable Development for Sustainable Future “, Skopje, North Macedonia, October 9-10, 2025
CALL FOR PAPERS Economic Institute Skopje, in cooperation with IRMO, is organizing the international scientific conference „ Sustainable Development for Sustainable Future “, to be held in Skopje on October 9-10, 2025. The aims of this conference is to explore a range...
IRMO scientist’s lecture at the online event “Border Regimes as Geopolitics”
On April 3, 2025, Emina Bužinkić, PhD, participated in the online event “Border Regimes as Geopolitics” organized by the Center for Global Migration Studies of the University of Göttingen. The event, which was held via Zoom and in English, brought together leading...
IRMO scientist at the panel „Global Upheavals, Local Struggles“
On April 3, 2025, Emina Bužinkić, PhD, participated in the panel Global Upheavals, Local Struggles: European and Western Balkan Responses to Geopolitical Turmoil held at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna. The event gathered leading scholars and...
Invitation to a Three-Day Event Focused on Research, Activism, and Policymaking Related to Migration
The Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) is pleased to invite you to participate in the Community Resilience Lab, a three-day event focused on research, activism, and policymaking related to migration. Organized by IRMO and its Center for...
Panel Discussion “Geopolitical Shifts and Security in the Western Balkans: What’s Next?”
The Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) and Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) jointly hosted the panel discussion: “Geopolitical Shifts and Security in the Western Balkans: What’s Next?”. The event took place in Zagreb on 3...
IRMO scientist at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue
The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin hosted the annual Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue from March 18 to 19, 2025. Held regularly for the past 11 years, the BETD gathered around 2,000 participants from over 130 countries, including government delegations...
Scholars Address Educational Inequalities and Governance at CIES 2025 Conference
On March 24, 2025, the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference hosted the panel "Navigating Challenges in Education: Exploring Technology, Activism, and Suppression in Diverse Contexts." The panel brought together researchers from Canada,...
IRMO scientist at ETN Imagine Kick-Off Meeting
The ETN Imagine Kick-Off Meeting took place from March 19-21, 2025, at the Alte Mensa, Hannah-Vogt-Saal in Göttingen, Germany. Organized by the ENLIGHT Thematic Network (ETN) on Migration, the conference aimed to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on equitable...
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...
Discussion “Migration Regimes in the EU and the U.S.”
On Tuesday, March 11, students and professors from the North Carolina State University visited IRMO’s Center for Migration Studies. During the thematic discussion "Migration Regimes in the EU and the U.S.", students presented their research projects on political...
IRMO researcher Emina Bužinkić presented her work “People’s Tribunals on Migrant Deaths and Disappearances: Justice Matters and Ethics”
The Polish research group Badaczki i Badaczke na Granicy held its third international seminar on the topic "Researching, Archiving, and Creating Memory: Methodologies and Ethics of Research (and Activism) on the Border." The seminar took place at the Polish-Belarusian...
Published Book Reviews by an IRMO Scholar in COMPSEES and Etnološka tribina Journals
Two book reviews by Dr. Emina Bužinkić, directly addressing migration regimes established along the so-called Balkan Route since 2015, were recently published. A review of Robert Rydzewski's book The Balkan Route – Hope, Migration and Europeanisation in Liminal Spaces...
Article by IRMO researcher published in the scientific journal Economic Annals
Nevenka Čučković (IRMO) and Valentina Vučković (School of Economics and Business, Zagreb) published an original scientific article ’Greening of SMEs in Western Balkan Countries – Evidence from Firm-Level Analysis’ in journal Economic Annals (Vol. 69, no. 243). The...
The new issue of SEE-6 Economic Outlook
The latest issue of SEE-6 Economic Outlook (Vol. 10, No. 2, December 2024) brings an analysis of the performance of the Croatian economy in 2024 and provides a medium-term economic outlook for 2025 - 2027. The analysis is written by Dr. Nevenka Čučković from IRMO. The...
The final workshop of the ESI Europe 2.0 project
The final workshop of the project Horizon Europe „ESI Europe 2.0” was organized by the Society for Sustainable Development Design (DOOR) and held on December 6, 2024. Research assistant at the Department for International Economic and Political Relations Leona...