prof. dr. Mitja Žagar Visokošolski učitelj

Dr. Mitja Žagar is Research Councilor at the Institute for Ethnic Studies. In the period 2015-2020 he was a member of the Scientific Council of the Slovenian Research Agency. He is full professor at Universities of Ljubljana, Primorska/Littoral and New University. As (visiting) lecturer/professor/fellow he has cooperated with higher education and research institutions in Europe, Africa, Australia and North America as well as worked as expert with several national, foreign and international institutions and organizations (e.g., governments, ministries, parliaments, UN and its specialized agencies, OSCE, CoE, NGOs, etc.). Combining law, political science, diversity management, ethnic, peace and conflict studies he has researched human rights, protection of minorities, ethnicity, migration(s), inclusion, integration, governance, participation, democracy, federalism, autonomy, transformation(s)/ transition(s), institution building, citizenship, civic and life-long learning, prevention, management and resolution of crises and conflicts, etc. and published on those topics. (Extensive CV and bibliography available at: www.inv.si)

Mitja Žagar_Življenjepis

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Najpomembnejša dela nosilca iz COBISS-a za predmetno področje

ŽAGAR, Mitja. Diversity management – evolution of concepts. V: BREZIGAR, Sara (ur.), LAVSKIS, Peter (ur.), SOLEM, Knut Erik (ur.), ŽAGAR, Mitja (ur.). International, constitutional, legal and political regulation and management of ethnic pluralism and relations, including prevention, management and/or resolution of crises and conflicts as components of diversity management : tematic issue, (Razprave in gradivo, št. 52, 2007). Ljubljana: Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja, 2007, str. 6-37. http://www.inv.si. [COBISS.SI-ID 10931533]

ŽAGAR, Mitja. Diversity management and integration : from ideas to concepts. V: BLOED, Arie (ur.), HOFMANN, Rainer (ur.), MARKO, Joseph (ur.), MAYALL, James (ur.), WELLER, Marc (ur.), KERMARK, Spiliopoulou (ur.), PACKER, John (ur.). European yearbook of minority issues, (European yearbook of minority issues, Vol. 6, 2006/7). Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2008, str. 307-327, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 11217485]

ŽAGAR, Mitja. Citizenship and integration : general considerations and some possible impacts of the EU citizenship on (re)integration of immigrants. Razpr. gradivo – Inšt. nar. vpraš. (1990), 2008, št. 56/57, str. 70-118. http://www.inv.si. [COBISS.SI-ID 11206221]

ŽAGAR, Mitja. Strategies for the prevention, management, and/or resolution of (ethnic) crisis and conflict : the case of the Balkans. V: SANDOLE, Dennis J. D. (ur.), et al. Handbook of conflict analysis and resolution. London; New York: Routledge, 2009, str. 456-474, tabele. [COBISS.SI-ID 11127373]

ŽAGAR, Mitja. Human and minority rights, reconstruction and reconciliation in the process of state- and nation-building in the Western Balkans. European yearbook of minority issues, str. 353-406. [COBISS.SI-ID 11562317]

ŽAGAR, Mitja. Rethinking reconciliation: The lessons from the Balkans and South Africa. Peace confl. stud., Spring 2010, letn. 17, no. 1, str. 144-175. [COBISS.SI-ID 11742285]

Znanstvenoraziskovalno, pedagoško in strokovno delo nosilca ter drugi poudarki

Raziskovanje – v okviru raziskovalnega programa, temeljnih in ciljnih, evropskih in mednarodnih raziskovalnih projektov – problematike upravljanja različnosti, posebej urejanja in upravljanja etnične različnosti in (med)etničnih odnosov. Sodelovanje v strokovnih in svetovalnih telesih Vlade RS, Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve in Ministrstva za kulturo zlasti na področju upravljanja različnosti, multi in interkulturnosti, človekovih pravic in svoboščin, pravic in varstva manjšin, kulturne dejavnosti manjšinskih in drugih specifičnih skupnosti. Ekspertno delo in sodelovanje z mednarodnimi organizacijami, kot so Svet Evrope, OVSE in zlasti Visoki komisar za narodne manjšine, UNESCO, Pakt stabilnosti za JV Evropo, IMO, itd. Poleg pedagoškega dela na FDV ter razvoja, koordiniranja in izvajanja podiplomskega magistrskega programa etničnih študij (oz. prej politologije – etničnih študij) kaže omeniti še naslednje za področje relevantne pedagoške angažmaje v tujini:

– Gostujoči predavatelj (Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty – Associate Professor) na Univerzi Wayne State (Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, ZDA) na Oddelku za politične vede (Department of Political Science) in Centru za mirovne študije in proučevanje konfliktov (Center for Peace and Conflict Studies) v študijskem letu 1995/1996, kjer sem v poletnem semestru (junij – avgust 1996) predaval predmet "International Community and International Law" na dodiplomskem (An Introduction) in podiplomskem študiju.

– Ko-direktor programa oz. podiplomskega tečaja o razdeljenih družbah in predavatelj (course "On Divided Societies") na Interuniverzitetnem centru (Inter-University Center) v Dubrovniku (1997-).

– Sokoordinator in predavatelj (so-izvajalec) tečaja/predmeta “The management of diversities in society” (s prof. dr. Antoniom M. Chiesiem) ter sokoordinator in soizvajalec tečaja/predmeta “Principles and problems of local development: legal aspects” v okviru podpilomskega magistrskega programa Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development for the Balkans and other Areas in Transformation Univerze v Trentu, Italija v študijskem letu 2004-2005 in 2005-2006; od leta 2006 Erasmus Mundus Program Univerze v Trentu, Univerze v Ljubljani, Univerze v Regensburgu in Korvinove universe iz Budimpešte. (2004- ; v obsegu 16-30 ur letno); predavatelj iz pravnih predmetov ter iz upravljanja različnosti in preprečevanja, upravljanja in razreševanja kriz in konfliktov v okviru mednarodnega skupnega evropskega doktorskega programa iz lokalnega razvoja;

– Predavatelj in sokoordinator področja upravljanje različnosti in predavatelj na pravnem področju v skupnem doktorskem programu v okviru Mednarodne doktorske šole o Lokalnem razvoju in globalnih dinamikah (International Doctoral School in Local Development and Global Dynamics) Univerze v Trentu ter Bolonjske universe (University of Bologna), Korvinove universe iz Budimpešte (University Corvinus of Budapest), Univerze v Ljubljani, Zhejiang Univerze (University of Zhejiang), Univerze Albert-Ludwig iz Freiburga (University of Freiburg), Univerze v Manchestru (University of Manchester), Državne univerze – Visoke ekonomske šole iz Moskve (State University-Higher School of Economics, Moscow), Univerze iz Monterreya (University of Monterrey), Univerze iz Severne Karoline (University of North Carolina) in Univerze iz Regensburga (University of Regensburg) (2008-);

– Predavatelj predmeta “Protection of National Minorities” v okviru skupnega mednarodnega magistrskega podiplomskega programa European Regional Master’s Degree in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe Centra za interdisciplinarne študije Univerze v Sarajevu in Univerze Bolonja (2006 – ; letni obseg cca.16 ur).

– Koordinator, nosilec in predavatelj predmeta "Legal Approaches to Local Development" v okviru skupnega afriškega magistrskega programa iz primerjalnega lokalnega razvoja (“Joint African Masters in Comparative Local Development” – JAMP), ki ga skupaj izvajajo Univerza v Trentu (Universita degli Studi di Trento), Tshwane tehnološka univerza iz Pretorije (Tshwane University of Technology), Namibijska politehnika (Polytechnic of Namibia), Univerza iz Botswane (University of Botswana) in Mozambiška univerza St. Thomas (St. Thomas University of Mozambique) (2010-; letni obseg cca. 30-40 ur).

LECTURER'S REFERENCES

Selection of a few relevant publications from COBISS bibliography:

ŽAGAR, Mitja. Rethinking reconciliation: The lessons from the Balkans and South Africa. Peace confl. stud., Spring 2010, letn. 17, no. 1, str. 144-175. [COBISS.SI-ID 11742285]

Scientific, research, educational and expert work:

Researcher in and head of national, international and European research projects and the head of the Research Program in the field of ethnic studies, diversity management and particularly regulation and management of ethnic relations in plural environments.

Main expert positions and membership in national and international bodies:

– Invited expert with the Constitutional Commission of the Parliament (Assembly) of the Republic of Slovenia (1987, 1988-1991; 1990-1991 member of the group of experts on Human Rights and the Protection of Minorities).

– Drafting the bilateral agreement between the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Slovenia on ethnic minorities (Agreement on providing special rights for the Slovenian minority living in the Republic of Hungary and for the Hungarian minority living in the Republic of Slovenia, signed 1992, ratified 1994).

– Adviser to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia (1992 – 1995), member of the Expert Council (1994 – 1995), and Chair of the Expert Commission on the Culture of Ethnic Minorities and Immigrants (1996 -2001); Member of the Expert Commission on the Culture of Ethnic Minorities, Immigrants and Marginalized Populations (2001-2008) and of the Commission for the Projects of the EU Funds at the Ministry of Culture (2007-); Chair of Expert Commission on the Culture of Ethnic Minorities, Immigrants and Marginalized Populations (2008- )

– Member of the Expert Advisory Council of the Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995 – 1996).

– Member (expert) of the Special Delegation of Council of Europe Advisors on Minorities within the framework of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (1999-2001).

– Co-leader of the international Task Force 1 on Human Rights and Minorities of the Working Table I on Democratization and Human Rights of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (March 2000- November 2000); Chair of the Task Force 1 on Human Rights and Minorities (November 2000 – December 2003),

– Member of the expert team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia for the preparation of the OSCE Economic Forum 2005 during Slovenia’s chairmanship of the OSCE (2004-6),

– Member of the Human Rights Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Government of the Republic of Slovenia (2005- );

– Cooperation with expert bodies of the Council of Europe, OESCE and especially High Commissioner for National Minorities, MARRI, etc.

In addition to coordinating this MA program and teaching at the FSS, particularly within this program, he also teaches abroad, e.g.:

– Visiting Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor (Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty – Visiting Associate Professor – courses: American Government, Comparative Government and Politics – Europe, Ethnic Studies, The Balkans) at the Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA (1993-1994);

– Visiting Associate Professor (Comparative Government and Politics, International Law, Ethnic Studies) at the Wayne State University in Detroit 1995 & 1996 (in Summer Semester);

– Professor (topics: Comparative Law, Federalism, Diversity Management, Conflict management and resolution) and co-coordinator of modules/courses on Law and Conflict Management in the Erasmus Mundus Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development – University of Trento, University of Regensburg, University of Ljubljana, Corvinus University of Budapest (2003-);

– Lecturer and co-coordinator of the course on Diversity Management: Prevention, Management and Resolution of Crises and Conflicts and lecturer in the legal field at the International Doctoral School in Local Development and Global Dynamics of the University of Trento and University of Bologna, University Corvinus of Budapest, University of Zhejiang, University of Freiburg, University of Manchester, State University-Higher School of Economics, Moscow, University of Monterrey, University of North Carolina, and University of Regensburg (2008 – );

– Professor (topics: Nation-states – Comparative Government and Politics, Federalism, Ethnic studies – Diversity management – prevention and management of crisis and conflict) in the Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES) MA Program in International and European Studies (University of Szombathely, Hungary) – Austria–Hungary Interreg IIIA project titled European University Institute, Köszeg II. and Corvinus University of Budapest (2005-);

– Visiting Professor (Regions in transition in South-Eastern European countries) in the Master in European Integration and Regionalism (Module III, Graz – Austria) – European Academy: EURAC Bolzano-Bozen, Italy and University of Graz, Austria (2005- );

– Visiting Professor (course: Protection of national minorities) in the MA Program European Regional Master’s Degree In Democracy And Human Rights In South East Europe (ERMA) – University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina & University of Bologna, Italy(2005 -);

– Coordinator and lecturer of the course Legal Approaches to Local Development within the Joint African Masters in Comparative Local Development – JAMP, offered by the University of Trento (Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy), Tshwane University of Technology, Polytechnic of Namibia and University of Botswana and St. Thomas University of Mozambique (2010 – );

– Numerous invited and guest lectures at universities, other higher education and academic institutions world-wide – within diverse undergraduate and (post)graduate programs as well as individual lectures (e.g., in Austria, Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, New Zealand, Serbia, South Africa, UK, USA, etc.; 1987- ).