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