News – Culture and Media
Results of the HRZZ project DEVELOPER presented in Florence
Dr Valentina Vučković (Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb) and Dr Paško Bilić (IRMO) presented a paper titled Digital Infrastructure Spillovers: State Capacities and Inequalities in the EU, at the Understanding and Addressing Digital Inequalities conference...
Public discussion “Labor, Migration, and Digital Regimes through Workers’ Voices” held
As part of the Transnational Solidarities series, a public discussion titled “Labor, Migration, and Digital Regimes through Workers’ Voices” was held on November 14 at Club MaMa, focusing on labor, migration, and the transformation of work relations in the era of...
Lucija Gegić Stanić Participated in the Conference „Studentski protesti 2024/25: BloKADA, ako ne SADA?“
Lucija Gegić Stanić, an associate at the CULTMED project and the Department of Culture and Communication, participated in the conference “Studentski protesti 2024/25: BloKADA, ako ne SADA?” (Student Protests 2024/25: Blockade WHEN, if not NOW?), held on November 22...
French Network FNADAC Visited IRMO: Exchange of Experiences on Cultural Policies
As part of the CULTMED project, Dr Aleksandra Uzelac, Dr Ana Žuvela and Dr Dea Vidović hosted a meeting with representatives of the French network FNADAC (Fédération nationale des directrices et directeurs des affaires culturelles) at the IRMO Library on Wednesday, 19...
Roundtable “Small Markets, Big Stories” on the film industry in small EU countries held at the Zagreb Film Festival
The Department for Culture and Communication of the Institute for Development and International Relations organised a roundtable entitled "Small Markets, Big Stories - Film Industry in Small European Countries" on November 11, 2025, at the F22 stage of the Academy of...
Dr Ana Žuvela and Dr Dea Vidović Participated in the International Conference A Global Dialogue
CULTMED project associates Dr Ana Žuvela and Dr Dea Vidović participated in the international scientific conference "Cultural Policy and Sustainable Development: A Global Dialogue," held from 5 to 7 November 2025 in Lima, Peru, co-organised by the Pontifical Catholic...
Dr Jaka Primorac participated in the ISSA October School 2025
Jaka Primorac, PhD, the CULTMED project associate, participated from October 21-25, 2025, in the October School 2025 program, which was held in Komiža on the island of Vis with the thematic focus of 'Moving Beyond Collapse: Reimagining Institutions'. The school was...
Dr Jaka Primorac participated in the international conference on cultural policies in Luxembourg
Dr Jaka Primorac, the CULTMED project associate, from IRMO’s Department of Culture and Communication, participated from 16 to 17 October 2025 in the international conference on European cultural policies entitled "Watch it! Freedom of Artistic Expression. Cultural...
Dr Dea Vidović participated in a panel on international cultural cooperation.
Dr Dea Vidović, Senior Research Assistant and collaborator on the CULTMED project, participated on October 17, 2025, in the panel "International Cultural Cooperation and the Limits of Project-Based Collaboration," held at the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica in...
Save the Date: Small Markets, Big Stories – a Roundtable on the Film Industry in Small European Countries at the Zagreb Film Festival
The Department of Culture and Communication of the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) is organising a roundtable titled “Small Markets, Big Stories – The Film Industry in Small European Countries”, which will take place as part of the Zagreb...
Dr Lilian Richieri Hanania held the lecture “Twenty Years of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: From Negotiation to Implementation”
As part of the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, on the 13th of October 2025, at the Library of the Institute for Development and International Relations, Dr Lilian Richieri Hanania, UNESCO Expert, Associate Professor at Université Paris Cité, attorney and researcher...
Participatory Workshop for the Citizens of Šibenik and Šibenik-Knin County on the Socio-Cultural Impact of the Šibenik Public Cultural Institution “Fortress of Culture”
Researchers from the Department of Culture and Communication of the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) – Dr. Dea Vidović, Dr. Aleksandra Uzelac, and Sunčana Franić – conducted a participatory workshop as part of the preparation of the Study...
Guest lecture at the Department of International Development, King’s College London
The CULTMED project associate Dr Paško Bilić (IRMO) and Dr Toni Prug (University of Rijeka) held a lecture on the political economy of digital monopolies, relying on a monograph from 2021 co-authored with Dr Mislav Žitko (FFZG) under the title Political Economy of...
Culturelink Guest Lecture Series – Dr. Lilian Richieri Hanania: Twenty Years of the UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on Cultural Diversity: From Negotiation to Implementation
As part of the CULTMED project, CULTURELINK – The Centre for Research in Cultural Policy, Development and Cooperation is inviting you to the sixth lecture within the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, which will be held on Monday, October 13, 2025, at 4 p.m. in the...
Prof. Katharine Sarikakis held the lecture “The Future Reel: Young Europeans Shaping the Film Industry”
As part of the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, on the 24th of September 2025, at the Library of the Institute for Development and International Relations, Prof. Katharine Sarikakis, lecturer and researcher in communication science at the University of Vienna,...
Four New Reports on the European Film Industry Published within the CresCine Project
As part of the Horizon Europe project CresCine, which focuses on strengthening the international competitiveness and cultural diversity of the film industry in small European markets, four new reports on the European film industry were published during the summer....
IRMO Researchers at the ENCATC 2025 International Congress
IRMO researchers from the Department of Culture and Communication and CULTMED project collaborators, Dr. Aleksandra Uzelac, Dr. Ana Žuvela, and Dr. Dea Vidović, participated in the 33rd congress of the European Network on Cultural Management and Policy (ENCATC). The...
A PUBLIC COMPETITION for the associate position of assistant
Pursuant to Articles 48, 51 and 52 of its Statute, Class: 007-02/23-01/01, Reg. No.: 251-768-08-23-4 of 16 September 2023, the Institute for Development and International Relations, Zagreb, announces A PUBLIC COMPETITION for the associate position of assistant in the...
Summer School Political Economies of the Media – Theories and Methods Held in Šibenik
Organised by the Centre for Sociology of Media and Digital Society – CEMEDIG, as a part of the CULTMED project, the second edition of the summer school Political Economies of the Media – Theories and Methods took place at the educational campus of St. John’s Fortress...
Announcement – Culturelink Guest Lecture Series: Lecture by Katharine Sarikakis – “The Future Reel: Young Europeans Shaping the Film Industry”
As part of the CULTMED project, CULTURELINK – The Centre for Research in Cultural Policy, Development and Cooperation is inviting you to the fifth lecture within the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, which will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at 4 p.m. in...
Start of the Summer School Political Economies of the Media – Theories and Methods in Šibenik
Organised by the Centre for Sociology of Media and Digital Society (CEMEDIG), as a part of the CULTMED project, the summer school Political Economies of the Media – Theories and Methods will take place in Šibenik from 9 to 12 September 2025. The program brings...
Dr. Jaka Primorac published a co-authored article in the Convergence (Q1) journal
Dr. Jaka Primorac, CULTMED project associate from the Department of Culture and Communication, IRMO, co-authored a journal article with the following colleagues: Rita Grácio, Manuel José Damásio, André Rui Graça, Marta Materska-Samek, and Malgorzata Kotlinska from the...
Paraic Mc Quaid held a lecture “Basic Income for Artists: Assessment of the Irish Pilot”
As part of the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, on 2 September 2025, at the Library of the Institute for Development and International Relations, Prof. Paraic Mc Quaid, a researcher in cultural policy and arts management at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology...
IRMO scientists participated in the conference of the Media and Communication Research Network of the European Sociological Association (ESA RN18)
IRMO scientists Jaka Primorac and Paško Bilić, CULTMED project associates, participated in the international scientific conference of the Media and Communication Research Network of the European Sociological Association (ESA RN18), held from August 28 to 30, 2025. The...
Reminder: Culturelink Guest Lecture Series: Lecture by Paraic Mc Quaid – “Basic Income for Artists – assessment of the Irish Pilot”
A quick reminder to all interested parties that as part of the CULTMED project, CULTURELINK – The Centre for Research in Cultural Policy, Development and Cooperation is organizing the fourth lecture within the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, which will be held on...
IRMO researcher published a co-authored article in the Comedy Studies (Q2) journal
Dr. Jaka Primorac, associate on the CULTMED project from the Department of Culture and Communication, IRMO, co-authored a journal article with the following colleagues: Rita Grácio, Manuel José Damásio, André Rui Graça from the CICANT Centre, ECATI, Lusofona...
IRMO researcher participated in the annual IAMCR conference in Singapore
IRMO researcher Jaka Primorac, PhD, associate on the CULTMED project at the Department for Culture and Communication, participated in the international scientific conference organised by the International Association for Media and Communications Research (IAMCR), held...
IRMO Researchers conducted a field work in Šibenik
From July 16 to 20, 2025, Dr. Aleksandra Uzelac and Dr. Dea Vidović, researchers on the CULTMED project, have visited Šibenik to conduct a part of the qualitative research for the project “Study/Analysis of the Socio-Economic Impact of Fortress of Culture Šibenik...
Culturelink Guest Lecture Series: Lecture by Paraic Mc Quaid – “Basic Income for Artists – assessment of the Irish Pilot”
As part of the CULTMED project, CULTURELINK – The Centre for Research in Cultural Policy, Development and Cooperation is inviting you to the fourth lecture within the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, which will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 4 p.m. in the...
IRMO Scientists Visited Chișinău
Dr. Dea Vidović and Dr. Ana Žuvela, associates on the CULTMED project, visited Chișinău (Moldova) from 8 to 11 July 2025 as part of the implementation of the project dedicated to the Universul Cultural Centre. The Danish Cultural Institute organised this study visit...
IRMO Researchers at the International Sociological Association Forum in Morocco
From 6 to 11 July 2025, the 5th Forum of the International Sociological Association (ISA), titled Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene, was held at Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco. IRMO researchers Dr Emina Bužinkić and Dr Paško Bilić presented their work at the...
Dr. Jaka Primorac participated in the NECS conference in Lisbon
CULTMED project associate Jaka Primorac, PhD, participated in the annual international scientific conference of the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS), held this year at Lusofona University in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference took place from 18-21...
Results of the HRZZ DEVELOPER project published
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...
Helena Popović Held a Lecture “Media hunting migrants: racialized representations of migrants in Croatian media”
The Culturelink Centre organised a lecture by Dr. Helena Popović titled “Media hunting migrants: racialized representations of migrants in Croatian media” on Monday, June 16, 2025, at the IRMO Library. The lecture is part of the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series,...
Dr. Jaka Primorac participated in the 4th Labour Transfer School
Dr. Jaka Primorac, CULTMED project associate, participated in the 4th Labour Transfer School, which was held from 8th to 13th June 2025 in Buggerru, Sardinia, Italy and gathered almost one hundred participants from all over the world. The Labour Transfer School is an...
Dr. Dea Vidović Participated in the ENCATC Talk on Culture Compass for Europe
CULTMED project collaborator, Dr. Dea Vidović, took part on 6 June 2025 in the 50th edition of the "ENCATC Talks" programme, held under the title "Towards A New Culture Compass For Europe: The Vision of the Cultural Management and Policy Community." The online event...
IRMO Researchers at the International CEISAL 2025 Congress
Dr. Aleksandra Uzelac and Dr. Dea Vidović took part in the 11th International Scientific Congress of the CEISAL network, which focuses on research in the social sciences in Latin America. This year’s congress, titled "Social, Environmental and Climate Justice in Latin...
Culturelink Guest Lecture Series: Lecture by Helena Popović – ‘Media hunting migrants: racialized representations of migrants in Croatian media’
As part of the CULTMED project, CULTURELINK – The Centre for Research in Cultural Policy, Development and Cooperation is inviting you to the third lecture within the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, which will be held on Monday, June 16, 2025, at 4 p.m. in the...
Dr. Dea Vidović at the Public Presentation of the Publication Cultural Policy Pathways
Dr. Dea Vidović participated in the panel session Which policies for the future of culture?, held online on Thursday, May 29, 2025, as part of the final conference of D-Factor, a training program coordinated by the Italian cultural organisations Fondazione Emblema,...
Second CresCine Report Published: State of European Film
The CresCine project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme, has published its second report, "State of European Film." The report offers a comprehensive overview of the current status, challenges, and opportunities within the film industries of small European...
Presentation of the CresCine project results at the 78th Cannes Film Festival
At the 78th Cannes Film Festival, which took place from 13 to 24 May 2025, members of the Horizon Europa consortium of the CresCine project presented the results of research aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry, with a...
Lucija Gegić Stanić Participated in the 18th Postgraduate Seminar Feminisms in Transnational Perspective
Lucija Gegić Stanić, research assistant and associate on the CULTMED project, participated in the 18th edition of the postgraduate seminar Feminisms in Transnational Perspective, held from 12 to 16 May at the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik. This year’s seminar...
IRMO Team Held Workshops for the Preparation of the City of Osijek’s Cultural Development Programme
The scientific expert team from the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) — Dr. Dea Vidović, Dr. Ana Žuvela, Dr. Aleksandra Uzelac, and Sunčana Franić — held a series of productive workshops aimed at drafting the Cultural Development Programme...
Special issue of the Political Economy of Communication just published
The inaugural Political Economies of the Media postgraduate course held at the Inter-University Centre (IUC) in Dubrovnik in September 2023 was shaped by discussions around media ownership, labour, content, regulation, infrastructure, and everyday media practices. The...
Dr. Jaka Primorac participated in the International Labour Process Conference (ILPC) held in Santiago de Chile
As part of her research stay at Alberto Hurtado University in Santiago de Chile, Dr. Jaka Primorac, CULTMED project associate, participated in the 43rd International Labour Process Conference (ILPC) held at the Faculty of Economics of Alberto Hurtado University. The...
Conference Report: The European Union’s Digital Decade Policy – Regulation, Development, and Social Impact
Organised by the Centre for Sociology of Media and the Digital Society (CEMEDIG) at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), a public forum titled “The European Union’s Digital Decade Policy: Regulation, Development, and Social Impact” was...
What role does data play in 21st-century development?
Though ubiquitous, the metaphor of data as the new oil of capitalism conceals the complex developmental logic underpinning contemporary digital economies. Digital transformation is increasingly framed as a developmental imperative, with states adopting industrial...
Lectures at the ENCATC Academy on Sustainability in Cultural Management and Cultural Policy
Dr. Dea Vidović, senior assistant and collaborator on the CULTMED project, delivered lectures on funders’ approaches to sustainability, as well as on wellbeing and sustainable transformation in the cultural and creative sector. The 13th edition of the ENCATC Academy...
CULTMED project associates on the International Scientific Conference “Cultural Development and the Future of Cultural Policy”
IRMO researchers and CULTMED project collaborators Ana Žuvela and Aleksandra Uzelac participated in the programme of the international scientific conference "Cultural Development and the Future of Cultural Policy" held on 15th and 16th April 2025, in Kotor. The...
Workshops Held for the Cultural Development Program of the City of Rijeka
As part of the participatory process for drafting the “Cultural Development Program of the City of Rijeka 2025–2029,” the second and third workshops were held on April 8 and 9, 2025, at the Children's House in Rijeka. These workshops focused on defining strategic...