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June 6, 2022

Nikola Petrović, PhD held the lecture titled “Ideology, historical grievances and positions on European integration“, as part of the Jean Monnet Visiting Lecture Series organized by the Chair of General History of Law and State of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. The lecture dealt with the development of pro-European and Eurosceptic attitudes throughout the history of European integration.

More: https://tinyurl.com/4f7jdkek.

April 27, 2022

The Croatian Sociological Association held a public forum on “The contexts of Croatian accession into the Eurozone“. The speakers were Marina Tkalec, PhD (Institute of Economics, Zagreb) and Associate Professor Višeslav Raos, PhD (Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb).

After the introductory presentations, a discussion was held on the Croatian accession into the Eurozone, which was moderated by Nikola Petrović, PhD.

April 19, 2022

Filip Fila, MA commented for Magazin Jutarnjeg lista on the developments within the Visegrád Group. The paper addresses the question of how these developmental trends are influencing the meaning of the Visegrád Group as a symbol of 'resistance to Bruxelles', and how thy affect the newly formed gap between the Hungarian and Polish authorities.

More: https://tinyurl.com/2s3t4y63.

April 11, 2022

Nikola Petrović, PhD and Stevo Đurašković, PhD (Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb) were guests in the radio talk-show “Okrugli stol ponedjeljkom“ on The Croatian Radio Third Programme. The guests discussed European integration and disintegration processes.

Recording of the show: https://tinyurl.com/yckf735n.

April 2, 2022

Nikola Petrović, PhD participated in the sociological forum series Public Sociology Zadar. He was discussing the influence of geopolitical changes on the trends in Croatian economy, between the European periphery and semi-periphery. In that context, he reflected on the consequences that the war in Ukraine could have on the positioning of Croatian economy.

More: https://tinyurl.com/2ap3ney3.

March 11, 2022

A text by Stevo Đurašković “The war in Ukraine and the European Union's coming to terms with its own identity and ideology” has been published on Ideje.hr.

The text can be read at the link: https://ideje.hr/rat-u-ukrajini-i-suocavanje-europske-unije-s-vlastitim-identitetom-i-ideologijom/.

December 13, 2021

Višeslav Raos commented for the Index portal on the link between vaccination and political attitudes based on the results of the project survey.

More about it on the link: https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/je-li-procijepljenost-povezana-s-politickim-religijskim-i-svjetonazorskim-izborima/2323657.aspx?index_ref=naslovnica_vijesti_prva_d.

November 25, 2021

Nikola Petrović presented a paper titled "Europeanism and Euroscepticism: Contexts and discourses" at the conference (Re)Contextualising the Discursive Construction of Europe.

More on the presentation: https://www.bib.irb.hr/1182930.

November 5, 2021

Filip Fila and Marita Grubišić-Čabo presented a paper titled "The Land of Milk and Honey - Young Peoples' Perception of Croatia and Europe" at the Croatian Political Science Talks 2021.

More on the presentation: https://www.bib.irb.hr/1156417.

September 21, 2021

Adrijana Martinović and Ana Pošćić held a talk titled "Financial conditionality as a means of ensuring rule of law" at the conference “The Future of Europe: Challenges to preserving fundamental principles”.

More on the presentation: https://www.bib.irb.hr/1146428.

September 11, 2021

Nikola Petrović commented for the weekly Nacional on the accession of the mayor of Zagreb to the Pact of Free Cities in the context of European politics.

More about it on the link: https://www.nacional.hr/ekskluzivno-tomasevic-u-budimpesti-preko-orbana-pocinje-politicki-sraz-s-plenkovicem/.

September 9, 2021

Filip Fila, Višeslav Raos and Nikola Petrović presented a paper titled "Centrist Populisms of Central and Eastern Europe: New Challengers for Domestic Elites as Well as for Brussels Elites?" at the 51st annual UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) conference.

More on the presentation: https://www.bib.irb.hr/1142275.

August 31, 2021

Nikola Petrović presented a paper titled "The Core-Periphery or Original Member States- Latecomers Cleavage in the EU?" at the 15th ESA Conference.

More on the presentation: https://www.bib.irb.hr/1182903.

June 29, 2021

The IDEU panel titled 'Comparison of Supranational Identity-building and Disintegration of Socialist Yugoslavia and the European Union' was organized at the Council for European Studies (CES) 2021 virtual conference on June 22nd 2021. The following papers were presented:

Ivan Obadić: The dissolution of Yugoslavia and the crisis of the European Union: What can we learn?

Stevo Đurašković and Nikola Petrović: The EU Identity Crisis: The Lessons from Socialist Yugoslavia Unlearned?

Ana Maskalan: Place of women’s rights in supranation building: Comparison of socialist Yugoslavia and the European Union

Nikola Petrović, Filip Fila and Marko Mrakovčić: Yugoslavs and Europeans compared: Supranational polities and supranational identification

February 26, 2021

Višeslav Raos held a presentation titled “One Game Played by Different Rules: National Electoral Models, Strategies, and Effects at the 2019 EP Election“ at the annual EGPP conference.

More on the presentation: https://www.bib.irb.hr/1114079.

December 24, 2020

A text by Nikola Petrović “An opportunity for strengthening the Europeanization of economies” has been published in Glas Slavonije.

The text can be read at the link: https://www.glas-slavonije.hr/452101/11/Stipe-Buzar-Namjerno-usporavanje-ekonomije-bez-presedana.

December 4, 2020

Filip Fila held a presentation titled “The Visegrad group - a united front against a common European narrative?” on December 4th 2020 at the international online conference “7th Young Scholars Forum” organized by IDM (Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa).

In the presentation Filip (primarily) challenged the notion introduced in the title by pointing out the differences in how populisms of the ruling parties of the group reflect on attitudes towards the EU. He also pointed out differences in relevant characteristics and public opinion of the member states’ citizens.

The recording of the panel can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM3Icf50wrI, and Filip’s presentation at 3:17:00.

October 7, 2020

The IDEU project has been presented as a panel at Croatian Political Science Talks 2020 on October 7th 2020. Four presentations in total summarized some of the initial project results and valuable feedback was provided in return. The presenters and their topics were as follows:

- Ana Maskalan: Eu-Topia in the Time of Coronavirus: A Philosophical Reflection on Pandemic (Anti)Utopian Imaginaries

- Marko Mrakovčić, Adrijana Martinović i Nikola Petrović: European Crises and the Challenges of (Dis)Integration: From the Crisis of the Eurozone to the Coronavirus Pandemic

- Nikola Petrović, Višeslav Raos i Filip Fila: Historical Legacies and Populism in the Parties of Central and Eastern Europe: From the Criticism of Postcommunist Elites to Resisting the Elites in Brussels

- Stevo Đurašković: Supranational vs. National Instead of National and Supranational – the Comparison of Yugoslav and European Identity-Building

The recording of the panel can be watched here: https://youtu.be/c-KBbF1p5bk.

June 20, 2020

Nikola Petrović gave an interview to Glas Slavonije about the IDEU project, influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on integration and disintegration processes in the EU and Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU.

The interview can be read at the link: https://www.glas-slavonije.hr/435258/11/Uniju-cekaju-izazovno-i-ljeto-i-jesen.

May 13, 2020

A text by Nikola Petrović “COVID-19 pandemic and the future of the European Union” has been published in Croatian Sociological Association’s series of texts: “Sociology in isolation”. It deals with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis on integration and disintegration processes in the EU and compares it with recent European integration crises.

The text can be read at the link: http://hsd.hr/hr/2020/05/13/pandemija-covid-19-i-buducnost-europske-unije/.

May 12, 2020

The IDEU project has a strong emphasis on comparative-historical approach and members of the research team presented it at the Kliofest – a history festival. The themes of the comparison of the use of the politics of history in different parts of the EU (Nikola Petrović) and the comparison of socialist Yugoslavia and the European Union through comparing the break-up of Yugoslavia and disintegration processes in the EU (Ivan Obadić) and through comparing the building of supranational identities in both political organisations (Stevo Đurašković) were presented.

The presentation (in Croatian) can be viewed at the link: https://youtu.be/QROywYPHziQ.