From March 10 to March 23, 2025, the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism AMU was visited by Dr. Vladimir Ivanović from the University of Zagreb (Croatia). Invited by the Research Group on Border and Regional Studies as part of the CEEPUS project. Dr. Ivanović delivered lectures on topics related to the peripheralization of spaces, focusing on how borderlands function within nation-states and the European Union, exploring issues of marginalization, governance, and identity. Additionally, he discussed the urban-rural divide in Central Europe, examining its impact on subjective well-being and regional inequalities.
As part of the Open Lecture Series, Dr. Ivanović shared with the audience the first results of the project Walking Borders, Risk and Belonging: Advances in Ethno-Mimetic Research in the Making and Re-Making of Three European Borders. The interdisciplinary project "Walking Borders, Risk and Belonging: advances in ethno-mimetic research in the making and re-making of three European borders examines the significance and consequences of three European borders.'' (Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland/Ukraine, Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland) in the context of migration, security, nationalism, and geopoliticalconflicts, particularly in light of the war in Ukraine and Brexit.
More about project here.
