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IRMO scientist at the 15th FEBST international conference
The 15th FEBST international conference was held in Brela between May 21 and 23, 2025, titled “Economic policies, business perspectives and transformation of sustainability”. The conference was organized by the Faculty of Economics in Split and held under the auspices...
GIZ webinar: “Gender-sensitive energy transition and workforce empowerment in the Western Balkans”
Ana-Maria Boromisa, PhD, the Head of the Department for International Economic and Political Relations, participated on May 22 in the webinar of the German Society for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit - GIZ) named...
IRMO at the EERA JP ESI Spring Event 2025
Ana-Maria Boromisa, PhD, took part in the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) Joint Programme on Energy Systems Integration (JP ESI) Spring Event 2025, which is held from 20 to 23 May 2025 at the Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP) in Zagreb, Croatia. EERA is...
Dr. Senada Šelo Šabić at the Conference “From Migration to Integration”
Last week, the second edition of the 27 STARS conference titled “From Migration to Integration” was held in Zagreb. The conference was organized by the student association Financijski klub from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb. The...
IRMO Research Assistant at Student Conference in Ljubljana
Research Assistant at the Department of International Economic and Political Relations Leona Knežević Mužić participated in the 5th Student Conference on International Relations in Ljubljana on 8 and 9 May 2025. The conference was organized by EUTOPIA connected...
Community Resilience Lab in Zagreb
The Community Resilience Lab, held from April 22 to 26, 2025, brought together over 150 researchers, activists, artists, and community members to reflect on social inequalities, integration, and collective resilience during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19...
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...
Opinion piece on EU Migration Policies in Al Jazeera
IRMO's Emina Bužinkić, PhD, 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). The article, written together with Nidžara Ahmetašević, critically addresses the...
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...