Paško Bilić, principal investigator of the project Digital Data, Infrastructures, and Development (DEVELOPER), has published an article titled “Infrastructure as a Sociological Phenomenon: Ontological and Developmental Dimensions” in the journal Sociologija i prostor (Scopus). The article addresses the concept of infrastructure, which, although intuitively understood, remains theoretically underdeveloped in sociology. The author emphasises that infrastructure is a fundamental precondition for social, political, and economic processes, whose significance is most often recognised only when disruptions occur. The aim of the article is to offer theoretical guidelines for a sociological analysis of infrastructure and to connect structure and agency. Particular emphasis is placed on the ontological significance of infrastructure and its political-economic dimension. The article provides a metatheoretical framework for understanding infrastructural practices and the powers that shape their availability and functionality. It is available (in Croatian) in open access at the following link:
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...
