About Us
The conference „The Role of Cultural Heritage in Socio-Economic Development and Preservation of Democratic Values - HERItage” is organised by the University of Rijeka, under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia and the European Commission, as part of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2020. Listed below are persons actively involved in the organisation of the Conference.
Steering Group
Snježana Prijić Samaržija
Rector, University of Rijeka, Croatia,
Head of the SG
Blaženka Divjak
Minister of Science and Education, Government of the Republic of Croatia
Marina Vicelja Matijasic
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Maja Vehovec
Rector’s Counselor, University of Rijeka
Petar Bojanić
Director, Institute for Philosophy and Social theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia
International Scientific Committee
Paul Benneworth
Professorat University of Twente, The Netherlands
Etienne Balibar
Professor Emeritus of moral and political philosophy at Université de Paris X – Nanterre and Professor Emeritus of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine
Petar Bojanić
Director, Institute for Philosophy and Social theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Head of ISC
Blaženka Divjak
Minister of Science and Education, Government of the Republic of Croatia
Ulf Brunnbauer
Director, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies in Regensburg, Germany
Donatella della Porta
Professor of political science and political sociology at European University Institute, Florence
Wolfgang Merkel
Director, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany
Vedran Mimica
Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
Aleksandra Kanjuo Mrčela
Head of Doctoral School,University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Danica Kragić Jensfelt
Professor at Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
Martin Paul
President, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Snježana Prijić Samaržija
Rector, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Shalini Randeria
Rector, Institute for Humanities, Vienna, Austria
Klaus Schuch
Scientific Director and CEO of Institute for Social Innovation, Austria
Jo Shaw
Professor at Edinburgh School of Law, Edinburgh, Scotland
Slavica Singer
Professor Emeritus University J. J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Faculty of Economics
Henrik Urdal
Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway
Jonathan Wolff
Professor of Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Organising Committee
Maja Vehovec
Rector’s Counselor, University of Rijeka, Head of the OC
Marina Vicelja Matijasic
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Vice-Head of the OC
Laris Borić
University of Zadar, Department for Art History
Vesna Crnić Grotić
Dean, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law
Tvrtko Jakovina
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Zoran Kurelić
Dean, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Sciences
Hrvoje Marušić
Rector’s Advisor, University of Rijeka
Lidija Petrić
University of Split,Faculty of Economics
Željka Skočilić
Croatian Ministry of Science and Education
Marta Žuvić
Vice-Rector, University of Rijeka
Local Advisory Council
Sanja Bojanić
University of Rijeka, Academy of Applied Arts, Head of the LAC
Goran Bilogrivić
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Marin Blažević
Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc, Rijeka
Sarah Czerny
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Edita Ćulinović Herc
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law
Bojana Ćulum Ilić
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Saša Drezgić
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics
Helga Maškarin Ribarić
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Aleksandar Mijatović
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Aidan O’Malley
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Kristina Pandža
University of Rijeka, Center for Industrial Heritage
Patrizia Poščić
University of Rijeka, Department of Informatics
Antonija Primorac
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Irena Šegota Kregar
ECOC 2020
Nebojša Zelič
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Project Management and Logistics Board
Snježana Prijić Samaržija
Rector, University of Rijeka, Project Leader
Saša Zelenika
Rector’s Assistant for International Relations and Strategic Partnerships, University of Rijeka, Project Vice-Leader
Tea Dimnjašević
Students’ Council
Valentina Grimani
Center for EU projects
Nikolina Ivanović
Center for EU projects
Nataša Jakominić Marot
Center for EU projects
Ivana Klarin
Center for EU projects
Nina Kolaković
Rector’s Office
Jagoda Lesica
Protocol Office
Andrea Mešanović
Rector’s Office
Patricia Petrović
Procurement Office
Maja Skočanić
Center for EU projects
Slobodan Šolaja
Students’ Council
Aleksandar Šušnjar
Center for Quality Assurance