Career summary

2022 - Ongoing - PhD researcher | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Managed activities on a European R&I project on behalf of the VU as a project partner.

Presented project outputs at international conferences.

Planned and coordinated research activities with an international research group.

Facilitated workshops and training sessions.

2021 - 2022 - Project coordinator | Green European Foundation (Brussels, Belgium)

Managed international projects | Prepared research and analysis.

Managed a total budget of 110 000 EUR.

Facilitated activity planning meetings and supported drafting of strategy documents.

2019 - 2020 - Project assistant / Work group coordinator | Cooperation and Development Network (Belgrade, Serbia)

Implemented a 5 day international training on alternative city development processes.

Organised and facilitated webinars and in-person training sessions.

Education

2022 - Ongoing - PhD researcher | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Dissertation topic: Sustainability at scale: a study of supranational governance and multiscalarity of sustainability transitions

2019 - 2020 - MA Political Science (Cum Laude) | University of Zagreb (Croatia)

Thesis: Smart City Governance: Models in Practice

International exchange: Universiteit Utrecht (The Netherlands)

2015 - 2019 - BA Political Science | University of Zagreb (Croatia)

Academic Writing, Statistics, Research Methods, Comparative Analysis

Publications

2025 - Stakeholder engagement in European research and innovation: An investigation into how and why EU R&I projects develop engagement tools | Open Research Europe

2024 - Towards new perspectives of stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions: Bringing the supranational level into view | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

2020 - New Momentum for Climate Politics in Croatia | Green European Journal

2020 - Governance Reforms and Smart Cities: Models in Practice | Master thesis, University of Zagreb

2020 - Organise! Object! Outsmart the Paradigm! | Green European Foundation

2019 - Book review - Cultural Evolution. People’s Motivations are Changing, and Reshaping the World | Croatian Political Science Review