Assistant Professor Pawel Dobrzanski, also: Visiting Scholar at Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University (USA)
-Associate Professor Sebastian Bobowski, PhD
Project number: ZIP-UNIRI-130-3-20
Main scientific achievements of the project:
The research in the 1st year of the project period covered preparatory activities and scientific work, but international mobility of project team members was rearranged or postponed due to unforeseen repercussions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2nd year had more concentrated activities related to the dissemination of research results.
An important segment of the planned activities is the progress of the two PhD students involved in the project: Ismar Velić has finished with his Dissertation, and successfully ‘defended’ it in early spring 2022, while Danijel Jukić has started with his first public presentation of the research topic directly connected to the project idea. Both PhD students already presented part of their research during the project period (and should be able to present them also in 2023), as a result of this project’s research goals: the analysis of trade patterns and policies of different countries, related trends and practices of economic subjects involved in integrations and international trade, as well as related policies. The main aim of their research is to identify specific effects of trade liberalization and/or protectionism.
During the two years of the project implementation, project members published several scientific articles and participated in (at least) 10 international conferences with 15 presentations. A significant published paper related to this project is: "Intra-industry trade and Implications of the European Union-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement from the perspective of the Automotive Industry”. However, most important papers include:
1) Bobowski, Sebastian; Cvečić, Igor; Dobrzanski, Pawel (2021) The Comprehensive And Progressive Agreement For Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – Genesis And Challenges Of The Trans-Pacific Mega-Regionalism In Trade, [in:] Innovation Management and information Technology impact on Global Economy in the Era of Pandemic. Proceedings of the 37th International Business Information Management Association Conference (IBIMA) / S. Khalid (ed.), International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), pp. 4605-4612
- Indexed in: Web of Science; Scopus; etc. [https://ibima.org/indexing/]
Available on:
- https://www.bib.irb.hr/1146214
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351845153_The_Comprehensive_and_Progressive_Agreement_for_Trans-Pacific_Partnership_CPTPP_-Genesis_and_Challenges_of_The_Trans-Pacific_Mega-Regionalism_in_Trade]
2) Jakovac, Pavle; Tomljanović, Marko; Velić, Ismar (2021) Neomerkantilizam u međunarodnim (geo)političkim odnosima [Neo-mercantilism in International (Geo)political Relations]; in: Social Ecology: journal for environmental thought and sociological research [Accepted for publishing in April 2021]; Croatian Sociological Association, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Journal web-page: https://hrcak.srce.hr/socijalna-ekologija
Indexed in: Scopus (and others); https://hrcak.srce.hr/upute/impressum_hr_Socijalna_ekologija.pdf
- https://www.bib.irb.hr/1195410
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360752855_Neomerkantilizam_u_medunarodnim_geopolitickim_odnosima]
3) Jakovac, Pavle (2022) Utjecaj energetskih trendova na globalnu ekonomiju (The Influence of Energy Trends on the Global Economy) // EMAN 2022 – Economics & Management: How to Cope with Disrupted Times - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS / Bevanda, Vuk (ur.). Beograd: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – UdEkoM Balkan, PP. 299-308
doi:10.31410/EMAN.2022.299 / ISBN 978-86-80194-57-8
Indexed in: Web of Science; Scopus; etc.
https://eman-conference.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/EMAN_2022-Proceedings-DRAFT.pdf
https://www.bib.irb.hr/1233181
4) Bobowski, Sebastian; Cvečić, Igor; Dobrzanski, Pawel (2022) The Automotive Industry in The European Union, 2014- 21, [in:] Business Success and Innovation Management: A 2025 Vision to Sustain Economic Development During Global Crisis (IBIMA) : Proceedings of the 40th International Business Information Management Association Conference, 23-24 November 2022, Seville, Spain / Soliman, Khalid S. (ed.) - Norristown, USA : International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), pp. 1780-1788
Indexed in: Web of Science; Scopus; etc. [https://ibima.org/indexing/]
- https://www.bib.irb.hr/1257247
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367478978_The_Automotive_Industry_in_The_European_Union
These papers relate to international publications (Proceedings, journals etc.) indexed in relevant bases (Web of Science; Scopus…). Besides them, members of the research team have been active in presenting other contributions related to the project topics, and financed with other resources, or which should be reviewed for publishing purposes in the following months.
The members of the team successfully participated in several international scientific conferences:
5) International Scientific Conference Economics of Digital Transformation (EDT) 2021 DIGITOMICS: "Economics and business of the post COVID-19 world”; Opatija, June 2021
6) 37th International Business Information Management Association Conference (IBIMA); Cordoba (Spain); April/May 2021
7) 10th International Symphosium Region, Entrepreneurship, Development (RED 2021); Osijek; June 2021
8) „The State of the Welfare State in EU anno 1992: A quarter of a century later. From financial crisis to COVID crisis"; organised by the Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA) of the Catholic University of Leuven; Leuven (Belgium), March 22-23, 2021
9) 68 th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development Development; Aveiro (Portugal), 24-25 May, 2021
10) 10th scientific conference: contemporary economic problems "The economy of a pandemic",, Wrocław, 10 June 2021
11) The 10th Asia-Pacific International Conference: The Asia-Pacific Region In The Post-Pandemic Reality, conference organized by the Asia-Pacific Research Center, Wrocław, 16 November 2021
12) International Scientific Conference "Dealing with Uncertainty” Economics of Digital Transformation (EDT) 2022; Opatija, June 2022
13) 11th International Symphosium Region, Entrepreneurship, Development (RED 2022); Osijek; June 2022
14) ECONOMIC FORUM 2022: Conference organized by Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies, Karpacz (Poland), September 6-8, 2022
15) Changes in the Economy; Conference organized by the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Wrocław (Poland), September 29-30, 2022
16) 40th International Business Information Management Association Conference (IBIMA); Sevilla (Spain); 23-24 November 2022
Regardless of the fact that several activities have been postponed or rearranged, the members of the project team were successful in achieving the main goals of the project.
Realised mobility of research team members:
As stated in the project proposal [pre-covid-19 period], a few research-based and/or training mobility activities were envisaged, especially for the project leader and the PhD students. Primarily, it should have been the case of mutual mobility between Rijeka and Poland [University of Economics and Business in Wroclaw], where two "external" members of the team are located. This should have allowed the exchange of ideas, data and other relevant information. Besides that, other destinations for mobility were foreseen.
Due to the global (pandemic) situation, various international travelling obstacles and health restraints, plans for the mobility of project team members had to be rearranged, including virtual meetings and on-line consultations. Some on-line meetings and occasional communication was performed during 2021, especially between the project manager and the colleagues from Wroclaw University of Economics and Business.
Originally, Igor Cvečić was granted a 4-week CEEPUS mobility grant for March/April 2020, which was postponed to spring 2021, but after continuing restrictive practices and the epidemiological situation, the network decided to cancel the mobility. As an alternative, Igor Cvečić managed to organize an ERASMUS supported 4-week period of mobility during November/December 2022 in Wroclaw. This allowed the finalisation of joint papers (IBIMA 2022) and discussion about further collaboration. Additionally, Pawel Dobrzanski has been granted a position of a "Visiting Scholar” at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, at the Harvard University (USA), during the period 2021-2022. However, this virtual mobility position should be extended to 2023 [and/or 2024], but with a ‘physical’ presence in the USA, as well.
Dissemination of research results:
Dissemination of the project results was mostly accomplished during the project period, but some outputs are scheduled to be published/presented in 2023.
It includes workshops and discussions organized in July 2022: During the EFRI Summer School 2022, Igor Cvečić led the discussion entitled: "Liberalisation, Integration, Globalisation: Affirmation of Protectionism?” on July 13th, while Pavle Jakovac led the discussion entitled "EU on the Verge of Balkanization (with a little pinch of Globalization and the Future of Capitalism)” on July 5th. Additionally, members of the project team participated in the round table on Contemporary Challenges and the Future of European Integration on July 7th.
During the final phase of the project, members of the research team were involved in the preparation of several summaries of research outputs, which will be disseminated in several ways:
(a) Most important outputs should be visible on the official website of the Faculty:
(http://www.efri.uniri.hr/en/problem_2020_protectionism_between_open_liberalism_and_economic_meltdown_in_2020_ies/2075/319)
(b) A combined publication with several summaries and non-published texts related to the Project should be published during 2023. The publication will also be used as a teaching material.
(c) Igor Cvečić and Marko Tomljanović will participate in the 12th International Scientific Symposium "Region, Entrepreneurship, Development” in June 2023, in Osijek, and present the project, focusing on a paper prepared with a student (Danijela Lah) on the topic of ‘Globalisation trends of European Mergers and Acquisitions’.
Project team members’ published scientific articles are available to the wider public through relevant scientific portals such as the Croatian scientific bibliography (https://bib.irb.hr/), Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.hr/), OrcID (https://orcid.org) and Researchgate (https://www.researchgate.net/).
Each presented or published scientific paper clearly denotes that it was created as part of this scientific project.
Defended doctoral thesis:
The project team included 2 PhD students, both mentored by the project manager: (1) Ismar Velić & (2) Danijel Jukić. Both enrolled in the Postgraduate Doctoral Study Programme of Economy and Business Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Rijeka.
During the 1st year of the project, Ismar Velić completed his dissertation entitled ‘MONETARY INTEGRATION AND FDI IN THE NEW EU MEMBER STATES’, and officially handed in the manuscript for the Scientific Committee assessment, which led to the final defence or the thesis in March 2022. His research is an important contribution to the project as he deals with effects of economic and monetary integration as tools of economic progress and investment flows, especially for small open economies faced with globalization.
Danijel Jukić started his studies in spring 2020, and actively fulfilled his obligations during both years of the project: Attended compulsory and elective courses; Presented his preliminary research idea on a scientific colloquia in December 2021 [topic: "Trade Policies of the EU – Neo-protectionism in the Case of Brexit”]; During spring 2023 he is scheduled to participate in a scientific conference with his research topic and prepare his official proposal of the doctoral thesis.
Other remarks:
Additional information about current scientific activities of the project leader and some members of the project team are listed:
1) Igor Cvečić is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal Rynek Pracy, published by the Polish Ministry of Family and Social Policy; while Marko Tomljanović is a member of the Editorial Boards of the (1) European Business and Management – EBM journal (since 2020) and the (2) Balkan Economic Review (since 2020)
2) Igor Cvečić and Marko Tomljanović are members of the Scientific Committee of the International Scientific Conference on Economics and Management (EMAN) (since 2021)
3) Marko Tomljanović is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Scientific Conference IBIMA 2018, IBIMA 2020 and IBIMA 2021; and, of the International Scientific Conference INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT (2021)
4) Alen Host and Marko Tomljanović were (co)editors of the scientific monograph: Contemporary Economic and Business Issues (2021) & Economics and business of the post COVID-19 world (2023), both published by the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, Rijeka
5) Cvečić I., Host A., Tomljanović M. & Zaninović V. are members of the European Economists Association (since 2019); while Cvečić I. and Tomljanović M. are members of the Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans - UDEKOM Balkan; since 2018
6) Alen Host is member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal OECONOMICA JADERTINA; University of Zadar, Department of Economics.
During 2021 and 2022, 20 master thesis have been mentored by the project leader (Igor Cvečić), some of which are and will be further elaborated for publication opportunities and inclusion in the research summary book of the project. Some of the titles are:
- Global trade relations and sustainable development goals in the context of the pandemic crisis (Spasojević, A.)
- Mexico's foreign trade policy and relations with the European Union (Jerković, A.)
- Global energy and natural resources markets (Vladić, L.)
- Integration of the Western Balkan countries into the European Union in the context of globalization (Golik, E.)
- Contemporary foreign trade policy of the Republic of Turkey and its key challenges (Benko, D.)
- The Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area and the position of the Republic of Croatia (Guštin, E.)
- Internal Market and taxation of multinational enterprises in the European Union (Erdelja, V.).
Additionally, another paper (abstract) was accepted for the RED 2023 Conference in Osijek, which will be presented in June 2023 [Title of the contribution: Globalisation trends of European Mergers and Acquisitions [Cvečić, I.; Tomljanović, M.; Lah, D.]; [http://www.efos.unios.hr/red/]
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