Research Stay at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne
On October 1, Dr Paško Bilić began a research stay at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne, Germany. The Institute is at the forefront of research in political economy and economic sociology. During his stay, Paško Bilić will conduct...
IRMO Researchers on a Study Visit to Montréal and Toronto
IRMO researchers and CULTMED project collaborators Dr. Aleksandra Uzelac and Dr. Dea Vidović participated in a study visit to Montréal and Toronto, Canada, from August 22 to 29, 2026. During the visit, they held a series of meetings with representatives of cultural...
IRMO Researchers Participate in the ICCPR 2026 International Conference in Ottawa
IRMO researchers and CULTMED project collaborators Dr Dea Vidović and Dr Aleksandra Uzelac participated in the international scientific conference ICCPR 2026, held in Ottawa, Canada, from August 17 to 22, 2026. At the conference, they presented the co-authored...
Methodological Training at the Summer School in Lugano, Switzerland
Our researcher, research associate at IRMO and PhD candidate in the Doctoral Programme in Sociology in Zagreb, Nikolina Rajković, participated in the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods in Lugano, Switzerland, from 10 to 21 August 2026. She attended this...
IRMO Researchers at the 17th Conference of the European Sociological Association in Warsaw
Researchers from the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Dr Paško Bilić and research assistant Nikolina Rajković attended the 17th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), entitled Strengthening Democracies: Social Action,...
IRMO Researchers Presented Paper at the AIMAC 2026 International Conference in Rio de Janeiro
Researchers and members of the CULTMED project, Dr Ana Žuvela, Dr Dea Vidović, and Dr Aleksandra Uzelac, participated in the AIMAC 2026 – International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1 to 3 July 2026. At the...
IRMO Researchers on a Study Visit to São Paulo
Researchers and members of the CULTMED project, Dr Aleksandra Uzelac, Dr Dea Vidović, and Dr Ana Žuvela, were on a study visit to São Paulo, Brazil, from 4 to 9 July 2026, during which they held a series of meetings with representatives of leading Brazilian cultural...
IRMO Researcher visits University College Dublin as a part of COST Action P-WILL Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM)
Within the framework of COST Action CA21118 – Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab (P-WILL), a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) was carried out at University College Dublin (UCD). The work was carried out by Dr Jaka Primorac, Scientific Advisor at the Department for...
Dr Bužinkić’s Research Fellowship at Kings College of London
In June 2026, Dr. Emina Bužinkić was a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London, hosted through a collaboration with Dr. Mayssoun Sukarieh from the Department of International Development. The fellowship was supported through the project “DEVELOPER...
Scientific article “Operationalising cultural democracy – the experience from a transitional society”
Author: Ana Žuvela Journal: Cultural Trends Publisher: Taylor & Francis Year: 2026 Print: ISSN: 0954-8963 Online ISSN: 1469-3690 The article analyses how the concept of cultural democracy is operationalised within Croatian cultural policy and how it can be...
Article published by Dr Ana Žuvela in Cultural Trends
Dr Ana Žuvela, a research associate at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), has published a single-authored original scientific article “Operationalising cultural democracy – the experience from a transitional society” in the renowned...
Development of the Strategic Plan and Institutional Development of the Multimedia Cultural Centre (MKC), Split
Project duration: 1/942026 – 31/10/2026 Client: LiPS Project manager: Ana Žuvela, PhD The development of the four-year Strategic Plan of the Multimedia Cultural Centre (MKC) is based on a comprehensive analytical and participatory process aimed at defining clear...
IRMO researcher participated in ‘Labour Transfer School 2026’
Jaka Primorac, PhD, Scientific Advisor from the IRMO Department of Culture and Communication, participated as a lecturer and mentor at the fifth Labour Transfer School 2026 (LTS 2026), which took place from 3-10 June 2026 in Buggerru, Sardinia, Italy. LTS is an...
Chapter “Circular Cultural Tourism: Concept and Benefits Through Theory and Practice”
Book titele: Cultural Heritage Tourism and Circular Economy: Enhancing Identity, Visibility and Sustainability, XXXIII, 476 pp. Editors: Anna Trono, Polyxeni Moira Chapter author: Daniela Angelina Jelinčić Publisher: Springer Nature Year: 2026 ISBN 978-3-032-14081-4...
A new chapter of the book on the application of the circular economy to cultural tourism has been published
IRMO researcher Daniela Angelina Jelinčić published a new book chapter entitled Circular Cultural Tourism: Concept and Benefits Through Theory and Practice. The chapter is part of a larger publishing project that resulted in the book Cultural Heritage Tourism and...
Dr Barbara Lovrinić Higgins and Dr Aleksandra Uzelac participated in DARIAH 2026, the Annual Digital Humanities Conference
Dr Barbara Lovrinić Higgins and Dr Aleksandra Uzelac, CULTMED collaborators, participated in the DARIAH 2026 Annual Event (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities), held from 26 to 29 May 2026 at Roma Tre University in Rome, Italy. The conference...
Article “Tourist assessment of nightlife in Zagreb through TripAdvisor reviews”
Authors: Marko Raič and Daniela Angelina Jelinčić Journal: “Turyzm/Tourism”, Vol. 36 No. 1 (2026) Publisher: Institute of Urban Geography, Tourism Studies, and Geoinformation, poland Year: 2026 e-ISSN 2080-6922, ISSN 0867-5856...
8th Lecture in the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series Held: Dr Katja Praznik on the Class Challenges of Cultural Work and Participatory Research
On Thursday, 19 May 2026, the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) in Zagreb hosted the eighth lecture in the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, featuring Dr Katja Praznik, Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo...