Text “A Portrait of the Croatian Film Industry”
Author: Jaka Primorac Publisher: Croatian Film Association Year: 2026 ISSN 1330-7665 The new issue of the Croatian Film Chronicle (122–123/2025) features “A Portrait of the Croatian Film Industry” by Dr. Jaka Primorac, a collaborator on the CULTMED project and head of...
Dr. Jaka Primorac publishes a text on the Croatian film industry in the new issue of the Croatian Film Chronicle
The new issue of the Croatian Film Chronicle (122–123/2025) features “A Portrait of the Croatian Film Industry” by Dr. Jaka Primorac, a collaborator on the CULTMED project and head of the IRMO team within the CresCine project. The text is a translation and adaptation...
Head of the Centre for Sociology of Media and Digital Society (CEMEDIG) participated in a round table of the Parliamentary Committee
The Head of the Centre for the Sociology of Media and Digital Society (CEMEDIG), Dr. Paško Bilić, participated on 20 January 2026 in a round table of the Parliamentary Committee on Information, Informatization and Media, organised on the topic of the European Media...
Book “Creative and Cultural Work in Europe”
Editors: Bård Kleppe, Jaka Primorac, Miikka Pyykkönen and David Wright Publisher: Routledge Year: 2026 ISBN 9781032978130 The book brings together contributions by international authors from the fields of cultural sociology, cultural studies, media studies, and the...
Announcement of the forthcoming edited volume: Creative and Cultural Work in Europe (Routledge)
The book Creative and Cultural Work in Europe, published by the renowned international publisher Routledge, will be released soon. The volume is edited by Bård Kleppe (Telemark Research Institute, Norway), Jaka Primorac, research associate on the CULTMED project,...
Researchers from the Culture and Communication Department publish scholarly paper on democratizing cultural policy through participatory governance
Associates from the Culture and Communication Department and researchers on the CULTMED project, Dr Dea Vidović and Dr Ana Žuvela, are the authors of the scholarly chapter “Democratising Cultural Policy Through Participatory Governance,” published in the...
Chapter “Democratising Cultural Policy Through Participatory Governance”
Authors: Dea Vidović and Ana Žuvela Book: Cultural Democracy: Policy, Practice and Education Editors: Johan Kolsteeg, Jeroen Boomgaard and Barend van Heusden Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham Year: 2025 ISBN 978-3-032-02469-5 The chapter examines the relationship...
Analytical Study on Approaches to Joint Management of Cultural Infrastructure – A Foundation for the Management Model of Paromlin
Project duration: 24/9/2025 – 28/2/2026 Client: Centre for Cultural and Social Development “New Cultural Spaces”, Zagreb Project manager: Ana Žuvela, PhD Analytical study on approaches to the joint management of cultural infrastructure is based on the findings of the...
Development of an action plan for the project “SOCRAT – Socializing Craft & contemporary Art for sustainable Tourism”
Project duration: 01/12/2025 – 31/05/2026 Client: University of Zadar Project manager: Daniela Angelina Jelinčić, PhD IRMO’s role in this project is to provide expert support in the development of action plans that are part of the SOCRAT project (Socializing...
Barbara Lovrinić Higgins Defends PhD Dissertation on Digital Cultural Heritage and Cultural Policies
The Department for Culture and Communication is pleased to announce that on 23 December 2025 our associate, Barbara Lovrinić Higgins, successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled Re-working Cultural Memory and Heritage in the Digital Age: Cultural Policies for...
Edited volume in the Studies in Critical Social Sciences series (Brill Academic Publishing)
Dr Paško Bilić and Dr Thomas Allmer (Paderborn University, Germany) are editors of Rethinking Media and Communication: A Critical Sociological Lens for Brill Academic Publishing in the Studies in Critical Social Sciences series. The book comprises 17 chapters in which...
Book”Rethinking Media and Communication: A Critical Sociological Lens”
Editors: Paško Bilić and Thomas Allmer Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 355 Publisher: Brill Year: 2026 ISBN 978-90-04-74853-8 e-book: ISBN 978-90-04-74854-5 The book comprises 17 chapters in which different international authors address key...
IRMO aktualno “Data and Infrastructural Policies for the Digital Transformation of the Cultural Heritage Sector in the European Union”
In the latest issue of IRMO aktualno, Barbara Lovrinić Higgins explores the impact of European Union policies on the digital transformation of libraries, archives, and museums (LAM institutions), emphasizing their institutional convergence into “memory institutions”....
The CresCine Project Introduces the Interactive FIDA Tool and Announces a New Edition of the State of European Film Report
The European project CresCine, dedicated to strengthening the international competitiveness and cultural diversity of the film industry in small European markets, has this month announced a series of key developments that further shape the future of the sector through...
Ana Žuvela, PhD Appointed as Vice-President of the ENCATC Board of Directors
At the General Assembly of the European network ENCATC held on December 11, 2025, Ana Žuvela, PhD, a Research Associate from the Department of Culture and Communication at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), was appointed as...
IRMO aktalno “Audiences and domestic film – a few sketches from small European film markets”
Author: Jaka Primorac Editors of IRMO aktualno: Ana-Maria Boromisa, Sanja Maleković, Jakša Puljiz, Sanja Tišma, Aleksandra Uzelac Publisher: IRMO – Institute for Development and International Relations Year: 2025 ISSN 2757-0614 In the new issue of IRMO Aktualno, Jaka...
The Organisation of Irresponsibility? Reassessing COVID-19 in Europe
Editors: Ewan Kerr, Emina Bužinkić and James Foley Publisher: Brill Year: 2025 ISBN: 978-90-04-74777-7 The COVID-19 pandemic posed an unprecedented challenge to contemporary states and systems of governance. Yet, despite the scale of disruption between 2020 and 2022,...
IRMO Scholar Co-Edits New Volume: The Organisation of Irresponsibility? Reassessing COVID-19 in Europe, published by Brill
A new edited volume, The Organisation of Irresponsibility? Reassessing COVID-19 in Europe, has been published as part of Brill’s Studies in Critical Social Sciences series (Volume 347). The book is co-edited by Ewan Kerr, Emina Bužinkić (Institute for Development and...