This page focuses on the current project of IRMO’s Department for Culture and Communication CULTMED – Interdisciplinary Research on Cultural and Media Policies and Practices: Developmental and Democratic Potentials (December 31, 2023 – December 31, 2027), funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026, NextGeneration EU program.
CULTMED focuses on research related to the development of culture and cultural policy, media and media policy in Croatia and defines the local, regional, national, European and global environment of Croatian culture and media. The project aims to establish the necessary structural conditions for ongoing research in the fields of culture and media by setting up two centres of excellence: the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, Development and Cooperation (CULTURELINK) and the Centre for Media Sociology and Digital Society (CEMEDIG). These centres will also engage external collaborators who will be actively involved in the centres’ activities.
By building such a framework, the project seeks to improve the sustainability, visibility, and systematic long-term approach to cultural and media research. The two centers will provide the communication infrastructure needed for the implementation of the planned activities during the project duration and ensure long-term monitoring of research in these areas beyond the four-year project cycle
This page also contains information on other current and completed projects carried out within the Department for Culture and Communication, an archive of conferences organized by the Department and the Culturelink Network, as well as selected scholarly monographs published by the Department’s researchers.
News – Culture and Media
Save the date: Culturelink Guest Lecture Series – Assoc. Prof. Nataša Kraljević: Culture Between Institutions and the International Arena: The Potential of Montenegro’s Cultural Diplomacy
CULTURELINK – Centre for Research in Cultural Policy, Development and Cooperation, within the framework of the CULTMED project, is organising a guest lecture by Assoc. Prof. Nataša Kraljević from Mediterranean University in Podgorica. The lecture, entitled “Culture...
Research Stay at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne
On October 1, Dr Paško Bilić began a research stay at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne, Germany. The Institute is at the forefront of research in political economy and economic sociology. During his stay, Paško Bilić will conduct...
IRMO Researcher Participated in the Green Academy
Dr Jaka Primorac, Scientific Advisor at the Department for Culture and Communication, participated in the tenth anniversary edition of the Green Academy, held in Komiža on the island of Vis, Croatia. This year’s edition was titled "Life in the Time of Monsters:...
Final Report on Interviews Conducted as Part of the DEVELOPER Project Published
Paško Bilić, Emina Bužinkić, Nikolina Rajković, Jaka Primorac and Toni Prug, researchers on the Croatian Science Foundation-funded project Digital Data, Infrastructures and Development (DEVELOPER) [HRZZ IP-2022-10-2780], have prepared a report entitled Digital Data...
IRMO and MUERF Researchers Discuss CULTURAI
An international consortium coordinated by the National Library of the Netherlands (KB) has been awarded €5 million in funding through Horizon Europe for the research project CULTURAI. Over the next four years, the project will lay the foundations for a virtual...
IRMO Researchers on a Study Visit to Montréal and Toronto
IRMO researchers and CULTMED project collaborators Dr. Aleksandra Uzelac and Dr. Dea Vidović participated in a study visit to Montréal and Toronto, Canada, from August 22 to 29, 2026. During the visit, they held a series of meetings with representatives of cultural...
IRMO Researchers Participate in the ICCPR 2026 International Conference in Ottawa
IRMO researchers and CULTMED project collaborators Dr Dea Vidović and Dr Aleksandra Uzelac participated in the international scientific conference ICCPR 2026, held in Ottawa, Canada, from August 17 to 22, 2026. At the conference, they presented the co-authored...
Methodological Training at the Summer School in Lugano, Switzerland
Our researcher, research associate at IRMO and PhD candidate in the Doctoral Programme in Sociology in Zagreb, Nikolina Rajković, participated in the 30th Summer School in Social Sciences Methods in Lugano, Switzerland, from 10 to 21 August 2026. She attended this...
IRMO Researchers at the 17th Conference of the European Sociological Association in Warsaw
Researchers from the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Dr Paško Bilić and research assistant Nikolina Rajković attended the 17th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), entitled Strengthening Democracies: Social Action,...
IRMO Researchers on a Study Visit to São Paulo
Researchers and members of the CULTMED project, Dr Aleksandra Uzelac, Dr Dea Vidović, and Dr Ana Žuvela, were on a study visit to São Paulo, Brazil, from 4 to 9 July 2026, during which they held a series of meetings with representatives of leading Brazilian cultural...
IRMO Researchers Presented Paper at the AIMAC 2026 International Conference in Rio de Janeiro
Researchers and members of the CULTMED project, Dr Ana Žuvela, Dr Dea Vidović, and Dr Aleksandra Uzelac, participated in the AIMAC 2026 – International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1 to 3 July 2026. At the...
IRMO Researcher visits University College Dublin as a part of COST Action P-WILL Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM)
Within the framework of COST Action CA21118 – Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab (P-WILL), a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) was carried out at University College Dublin (UCD). The work was carried out by Dr Jaka Primorac, Scientific Advisor at the Department for...
CEMEDIG CENTER
CEMEDIG – Centre for Sociology of Media and Digital Society
The CEMEDIG Center promotes and directs the research of the Department of Culture and Communications in the field of media sociology, a special branch of sociology characterized by interdisciplinary openness to related disciplines in the field of social sciences and humanities. This particularly applies to economically oriented topics, such as the political economy of the media, and legal and political topics, such as media regulation. In the context of digitization, the term digital sociology is often used as a term close to media sociology, and the focus is on specific development topics such as data infrastructures, platforms, digital data, digital media literacy, and data justice.
CULTURELINK CENTER
CULTURELINK – Centre for Research in Cultural Policy, Development and Cooperation
CULTURELINK Centre was established in 2024 as a result of IRMO’s long-term engagement in coordinating the Culturelink Network. The Centre aims to build on and further develop IRMO’s affluent research repository and decades-long commitment to coordinating the global cultural network (culturelink.org) for research and collaboration in the field of cultural development, which gathered more than 2000 institutional and individual members from all continents since its establishment in 1989. Culturelink Centre’s work and activities will provide an organizational and infrastructural framework for the Department of Culture and Communication national and international research partnerships and collaborations c contributing to the wider outreach and better visibility of the Department’s research results.
