Date and place of birth

30 April 1960 – Ogulin

Education

1994 – Doctor's degree from the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb with the dissertation "Governing in Political and Defence Systems"

1985 – Master's degree from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb

1982 – Graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb

Career

2001 – Associate professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb

1999-2002 – Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb

1997-2001 – Senior lecturer at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb

1986-1997 – Research assistant at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb

1985-1986 – Junior researcher – Republic's Institute for Civil Defence in Zagreb

1982-1984 – Intern and staff member, Vrbovsko Municipal Administration

Teaching

* National Security Management, Faculty of Political Sciences – studies of Political Sciences and Journalism 1996-2001

* National and International Security, Fundamentals of National Security and National Security Policy – Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb – undergraduate studies of Political Sciences and Journalism since 2001

* National and International Security, Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb – post-graduate studies of International Relations since 1997

* Comparative Defence Systems, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia – graduate defence studies from 2001 to 2005

* Security Systems, studies of Criminology at the University of Zagreb 2000-2005

* Croatian National Security, Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb – post-graduate studies of Croatian Political System and Governance since 2003

* Comparative National Security Systems, Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb – post-graduate studies of Comparative Politics 2000-2005

* National and International Security, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb – post-graduate studies of Sociology since 2004

Research projects

* Croatia in the International Community, Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb, project manager: Professor Radovan Vukadinović, PhD, since 1997

* Croatia in the 21st Century: National Security Strategy of the Republic of Croatia, Government of the Republic of Croatia, project manager: Professor Ozren Žunec, PhD 2000-2001;

* Security Integrations in Europe, Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana, project manager: Professor Anton Grizold, PhD and Professor Marijan Malešić, PhD 1997-2001

Visits abroad

* Study visit at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana in 1996;

* Study visit at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Skopje in 1998;

* Study visit in the United States of America (International Visitor Program) at George Mason University – Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Fairfax; University of California Berkeley; Stanford University; Loyola University Chicago; Columbia University New York 1999;

* Study visit at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 2000

* Study visit at the University of Toronto, 2001;

Scientific journals and libraries

*Executive editor of the scientific journal "Međunarodne studije" [International Studies]

* Member of the editorial board of the "Polemos" scientific journal

* Member of the editorial board of "Defendologija" [Defence Studies]

* Editor of book collection "Defendologija" [Defence Studies]

Membership in professional associations

* Member of the Croatian Political Science Association

* Member of the Croatian Defence Studies Society

* Vice-President of the Croatian International Studies Association

* Vice-President of the Atlantic Council of Croatia

* Vice-President of the Council on National Minorities of the Republic of Croatia 2003-2005

Married. Two children.