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:
8th Lecture in the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series Held: Dr Katja Praznik on the Class Challenges of Cultural Work and Participatory Research
On Tuesday, 19 May 2026, the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) in Zagreb hosted the eighth lecture in the Culturelink Guest Lecture Series, featuring Dr Katja Praznik, Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA),...
