Marko Kovacic

MARKO KOVACIC

PhD, expert in (youth) public policy

Education

PhD in Public Policy
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

2020

 

MA in Political Science
Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)

2011

 

MA in Public Policy
University of Zagreb; Faculty of Political Science (Croatia)

2011

 

BA in Political Science
University of Zagreb; Faculty of Political Science (Croatia)

2010

Critical Thinking in and about youth work
Reykjavik, Island

2023

 

Study visit Democracy Reloaded – local youth participation
Lisbon, Portugal

2018

 

Connecting Youth training
Associazione Villa Vigoni, Belaggio, Italy

2017

 

2nd European Youth work convention
European Commission, Council of Europe; Brussels, Belgium

2015

 

Conference on the role of youth work in supporting young people in vulnerable situations
Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth; Valletta, Malta

2014

 

Helping Children and Youth with Migrant Background Succeed: Making schools matter for all
SIRIUS Network, Bruxelles, Belgium

2014

 

European Youth Forum
Thessaloniki, Greece, The Heinrich Böll Foundation

2014

 

Youth in 2020
Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth, Budapest, Hungary

2013

 

Berlin Youth Congress 2013
The Heinrich Böll Foundation

2013

 

Youth Policy Cooperation in South East Europe: Symposium on the role of information and counseling in fostering young people’s social inclusion and access to their rights
Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth

2013

 

Training Power of Non-formal learning
Luxembourg’s National Agency for the EU programme “Youth in Action”, Luxembourg

2013

 

Symposium on Youth Policy Cooperation in South East Europe: focus on recognition of youth work & non formal-normal learning
Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth, Tirana, Albania

2012

 

Workshops: a) Policy Research and Output; b) Leading a Policy Centre
CEPOR

2012

 

Training in Q methodology
GONG, Zagreb, Croatia

2012

 

Balkan Peer Exchange
Symposium of think tank representatives; Beograd, Serbia

2012

 

Study visit Increasing the Impact of Civil Society Organization’s Action
Organizer: European Commission; Brussels, Belgium

2009

 

Alpbach Summer School on European Integration
Belegrade, Serbia

2009

 

Mlada MIRamiDA
Summer school on human rights and peace-building; Centre for Peace Studies, Croatian Youth Network

2009

 

Human Rights School
Human Rights Centre and The European Law Association Student   

2008

 

Winter Human Rights School
Croatian Debate Society and The Ministry of Science Education & Sports, Josipdol, Croatia

2007

 

International Debate and Rhetoric Institute
Two-week education, Duino, Italy

2003

 

Quadrennial debate and rhetoric program
The Croatian Debate Society

2002 – 2006

Postdoctoral fellowship
University of Graz (Graz, Austria)

(October 2022-April 2023)

 

Youth political sociology
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)

(October 2015-April 2016) 

 

School of Social Work; Department of Youth Studies
University of Minnesota (USA)

2014
 

Experience

Vice dean for research and international cooperation
Edward Bernays University of Applied Sciences

2023 – Today

 

Assistant professor, co-chair and a founder of the academic program Young people in Contemporary Society
University of Rijeka and Institute for Social Research in Zagreb [higher education]

2017 – 2022

 

Research fellow in youth studies

  • Elected to a position of an Assistant professor in political science
  • Elected to a position of a Research associate in political science

Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Center for Youth and Gender Studies

2013 – Today

 

Program coordinator
Network of Education Policy Centers [International organization]

2013 – 2014

 

Secretary general
Centre for Democracy and Law Miko Tripalo, Zagreb, Croatia [civil society organization]

2011 – 2012

 

Program coordinator
Croatian Debate Society, Zagreb [civil society organization]

2007 – 2009

 

Youth worker
II Gymnasium, Zagreb [educational institution]

2006 – 2009

Courses: Student and community 1& 2, Pedagogy of youth work
University of Rijeka

Introduction to public policy, Youth Policy & Politics; Community Engaged Research
Bernays University of Applied Sciences

Academic year 2022/2023 

 

Courses: Student and community 1& 2, Pedagogy of youth work
University of Rijeka

Academic year 2021/2022 

 

Courses: Theory and Practice of Youth Work, Sociology of Youth
University of Rijeka

Academic year 2020/2021 

 

Class Pedagogy of Youth Work
University of Rijeka

Academic year 2019/2020

 

Courses: Youth and Politics and Youth Policy, Theory and Practice of Youth Work
University of Rijeka

Academic year 2018/20219

 

Class Contentious Politics in New and Old Democracies (TA)
University of Zagreb

Academic year 2014/2015

 

Guest lectures
University of Zagreb, University of Rijeka, University of Zadar, University of Osijek, University of North, University of Ljubljana, State University of Baku, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 

Involved in presidencies of EU in the field of youth
Finland, Germany, Sweden, Belgium

2020 – Onwards

 

Curator for youth political participation
Resource Pool SALTO Participation & Information

2019 – 2021

 

Expert working group member for/on:

    • European Youth Work Agenda
    • European Training Strategy
    • Developing youth friendly municipalities certificate
    • Drafting the Youth Act, Croatia
    • Drafting the National youth strategy of Croatia 2014.-2017.
    • Youth work regulation in Croatia
    • Drafting the National youth strategy of Croatia 2020.-2024.
    • Drafting the youth participation strategy for new generation of programes – Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps (SALTO Participation & Information)
    • Researching education and career paths of youth workers (EU-CoE Youth Partnership)
    • Making local youth programs in: Zagreb, Rijeka, Dubrovnik, Vukovar, Medulin, Belisce, and Sv. Ivan Zelina

University of Rijeka

2013 –  Today

National Correspondent for youth policy
The European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy, a body jointly managed by the European Commission and the Council of Europe

2013 – Today

 

Youth Wiki National Correspondent
European Commission

2017 – 2022

 

Editorial board member
Journal: “Sociology and Space” & Croatian Political Science Review

2019 – Today

 

Supervisory board member
Croatian Political Science Association

2016 – Today

 

Project evaluator for projects in the field of youth and human rights
(Erasmus+ at the European Commission, Erasmus + VET and Higher Education, Ministry for Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy, Europe for citizens, COST)

2015 – 2021

 

Local board “Kralj Zvonimir” member

2013 – 2009

 

Youth Advisory Board member
Zagreb’s City Assembly

2012 – 2014

 

Editorial board member
The political science journal “Mali Levijatan”

2008 – 2010

 

Member (2007-2009 – Executive Board member)
Croatian Debate Society

2006 – 2014

Awards and acknowledgements

  • 2022

Award “Stjepan Cipek”, Forum for Freedom in Education

2022
2021
  • 2021

EPA Editors' Choice Best Paper Award in the field of public policy

  • 2010

Deans award for academic
achievement, University of Zagreb


CEU Fellowship winner, Central
European University

2010
2009
  • 2009

Recognition of Ministry of
Science, Education & Sports -
especially successful mentor

  • 2008

Croatian debate representations
elector; 1st place - International
debate tournament, Skopje,
Macedonia

2008
2006
  • 2006

Croatian debate representations
elector; 1st place - International
debate tournament, Budva,
Montenegro


2006-2010 - Scholarship of the
Republic of Croatia for outstanding
academic achievements

Skills

Organization skills

 

Organized a 30 000 people protest in support of the education reform, Croatia

2017

 

Organized a 50 000 people protest in support of the education reform, Croatia

2016

 

Organized a conference Democratic Potentials of Young People, Institute for Social Research

2014

 

Organized a conference The Prospective of Civil Society in Croatia: Different Views, The
Open Society Foundations 2008 organized a conference Europeanization of National
Politics Central European Political Science Association

2013

Additional skills

 

Advanced knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research techniques


Research projects evaluator for the Latvian Research Council


Computer skills: Microsoft Office package, SPSS, N-vivo, WordPress

Languages

 

Croatian (Serbian/Bosnian/Montenegrin)

Native

 

English

Fluent

 

Spanish

Conversational
 

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