Portfelj
dr.sc.
Tena Prelec
LLM, MSc, MA
Rektorat
Centar za napredne studije jugoistočne Europe (CAS SEE)
Kontakt
Vidljivost
Obrazovanje
2016. - 2020.
Doctor of Philosophy
PhD in Politics
School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex
2015. - 2016.
Master of Science
Social Research Methods MSc
University of Sussex
2012. - 2015.
Master of Laws
LLM Qualifying Law Degree
Birkbeck College, University of London
2009. - 2010.
Master of Arts
Central and South East European Studies MA
University College London
2004. - 2008.
Diploma di laurea triennale
Laurea Triennale in Traduzione e Interpretazione
SSLMIT (Scuola di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori), Università di Trieste
Radno iskustvo
2023.
Assistant Professor / Docent
Centre for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe (CAS SEE)
University of Rijeka
2020. - 2023.
Region Head & Senior Analyst
Advising on topics to cover and editing briefs on the politics, economy and society of Central and East European Countries.
Oxford Analytica
2019. - 2023.
Research Fellow
Post-doctoral researcher working on transnational kleptocracy, illicit finance and organised crime at the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
University of Oxford
2018. - 2023.
Member
Evidence-based research informing policy on the Balkans and EU integration
Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)
2017. - 2021.
Expert
Author of the annual report 'Nations in Transit' for Croatia
Freedom House
2016. - 2023.
Research Associate
Producing academic research with a focus on South Eastern Europe, including in collaboration with LSE Middle East and the LSE International Inequalities Institute - at LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe, European Institute
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2013. - 2016.
Research unit manager
Overseeing all daily operations of the research unit, including running the calendar of events and editing the LSEE & EUROPP blogs - at LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe, European Institute
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Nagrade i priznanja
2024.
Foreign Affairs, The Best Books of 2024. (za 'Indulging Kleptocracy'). https://www.foreignaffairs.com/lists/best-books-2024
2023.
Shortlisted, ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize. https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/departmental-research-project-global-kleptocracy-shortlisted-top-award
2022.
Marshall Memorial Fellowship, the premier leadership development programme of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. https://www.gmfus.org/marshall-memorial-fellowship
2022.
Winner, ‘Fair, Just and Inclusive Society Award’ at the University of Exeter’s Knowledge Exchange Awards, October 2022. https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/collaborative-research-project-anti-corruption-wins-top-commendation-university-exeter-award
2021.
Nominated for the best PhD thesis in Politics by the University of Sussex, Jean Blondel PhD prize, European Consortium of Political Research, 2021.
2017.
Winner, Best paper award, Annual Conference of the Western Balkans Migration Network, Sarajevo, May 2017. https://www.cei.int/news/6583/conference-in-sarajevo-on-migration-in-the-western-balkans
Znanstvena djelatnost
Znanstveni radovi
2025.
Corruption and Revisionism: The Role of Illicit Finance in Russian Foreign Policy (u objavi)
David Lewis & Tena Prelec
Public Integrity
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/mpin20
Q2 A1
2025.
The Incumbency Advantage and the Enabler Effect: How Londongrad Beat the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime (u objavi)
John Heathershaw, Tom Mayne, Tena Prelec & Shayakhmet Tokubayev
Europe-Asia Studies
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ceas20
Q1 A1
2023.
Enabling African Loots: Tracking the laundering of Nigerian kleptocrats’ ill-gotten gains in the UK
Tena Prelec, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
Journal of International Relations and Development - 26 272–300
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41268-023-00292-4
Q1 A1 Q1
2022.
Is academic freedom at risk from internationalisation? Results from a 2020 survey of UK social scientists
Tena Prelec, Saipira Furstenberg, John Heathershaw, Catarina Thomson
International Journal of Human Rights - 26 1698-1722
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2021.2021398
Q2 A1
2022.
Model code of conduct: protection of academic freedom and the academic community in the context of the internationalisation of the UK HE sector
John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec et al.
International Journal of Human Rights - 26 1858-1865
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2022.2148977
Q2 A1
2022.
Foreign Donations in the Higher Education Sector of Open Societies in the United States and the United Kingdom: Pathways for Reputation Laundering
Alexander Cooley, Tena Prelec, John Heathershaw
Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education - 14 43–79
https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jcihe/article/view/4625
A2
2020.
The vicious circle of corrosive capital, authoritarian tendencies and state capture in the Western Balkans
Tena Prelec
Journal of Regional Security - 15 167-198
https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?artid=2217-995X2002167P
Q2 A1
2019.
The Serbian Diaspora’s Political Views: A Study on the 2017 Serbian Presidential Election
Tena Prelec
Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies - 21 74-89
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19448953.2018.1532687
Q2 A1
2017.
The UAE as an Emerging Actor in the Western Balkans: The Case of Strategic Investment in Serbia
Will Bartlett, James Ker-Lindsay, Kristian Alexander, Tena Prelec
Journal of Arabian Studies - 7 94-112
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/69204/1/Ker-Lindsay_United%20Arab%20Emirates_2017.pdf
Q3 A1
Znanstvene knjige
2025.
Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Postcommunist Elites, and the Enabling of Corruption
Autor
John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec & Tom Mayne
Oxford University Press Oxford
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/indulging-kleptocracy-9780197688229?cc=it&lang=en&
2023.
"Croatia: Breaking Fragile Trust" in Governments’ Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm
autor poglavlja
Tena Prelec, Sanja Bojanić
Kennet Lynggard, Mads Dagnis Jensen, Michael Klut
Palgrave
2021.
“From mask to vaccine diplomacy: Geopolitical competition in South East Europe during the Covid19 crisis”, The Pandemic in the Balkans: Geopolitics and Democracy at Stake
autor poglavlja
Nikolaos Tzifakis, Tena Prelec
Giorgio Fruscione
Ledizioni-LediPublishing
https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/pandemic-balkans-geopolitics-and-democracy-stake-29886
2021.
“The Guptas”; “Obiang”; “Erdogan’s Cronies”; Jack Abramoff”, in Understanding Corruption: How Corruption Works in Practice
autor poglavlja
Tena Prelec
Dan Hough, Liz David-Barrett, Robert Barrington and Sam Power
Agenda Publishing / Columbia University Press
https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/understanding-corruption/?k=9781788214438
2020.
“Foreign Direct Investment in the Balkans: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, The Balkans: New, Old Instabilities. A European Region Looking for its Place in the World
autor poglavlja
Tena Prelec
Giorgio Fruscione
Ledizioni-Ledi Publishing
https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/balkans-old-new-instabilities-26028
2020.
“UAE: Sultanism Meets Illiberal Democracy”, The Western Balkans in the World: Linkages and Relations with Non-Western Countries
autor poglavlja
Will Bartlett, Tena Prelec
Florian Bieber and Nikolaos Tzifakis
Routledge
2019.
“The Serbian Diaspora’s Political Views”, in Migration in the Western Balkans: What do we know?
autor poglavlja
Tena Prelec
Russell King and Nermin Oruc
Routledge
2016.
"Measuring Corruption in Transition Countries: How to Go beyond Perceptions? A Review of Perception-Related Problems and of New Approaches", in Western Balkans Integrating the EU: Challenges, Policies, Issues
autor poglavlja
Tena Prelec
Xavier Richet, Srđan Redžepagić
CEMAFI International Paris
Projekti
Znanstveni projekti
1.10.2025. - 30.09.2027.
ILLINVESTMENTS: Illiberal Capitalist Development: Extra-European Capital, Sectoral Investment, and Changing Ideology in Europe
Voditeljica, mentorica
Obzor Europa, MSCA PF (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Postdoctoral Fellowships) / ERA PF EUR 171.791,76 (to be increased to EUR 187.631,76)
1.6.2024. - 31.5.2027.
GEO-POWER-EU: Empowering the Geopolitical EU in the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans
Voditeljica radnog paketa WP3 (Work Package Leader), Voditeljica UniRi tima
Obzor Europa, Europska Unija EUR 3M; od kojih EUR 250.375,00 za UniRi
2024. - 2025.
Strategic Corruption: Deconstructing Geostrategic Goals and Global Impact
Voditeljica
Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) + UniRi mladi znanstvenici EUR 9370 (GBP 8000) + EUR 5000
2023. - 2025.
Gatekeepers, Enablers or Technicians: the contested interpretation of lawyers as facilitators of kleptocracy and grand corruption
Voditeljica
GI ACE, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office
2022. - 2023.
Information Manipulation and Organised Crime: Examining the Nexus
Glavna istraživačica
SOC ACE, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office
https://www.socace-research.org.uk/publications/socace-rp22-information-manipulation-russia
2022. - 2023.
Geopolitics of the Green Energy Transition in the Western Balkans
Su-voditeljica
European Climate Foundation (ECF)
2021. - 2025.
Illicit finance and Russian foreign policy: new dynamics and linkages
Članica tima
SOC ACE, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office
https://www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/07-exeter-russian-iffs-2
2019. - 2022.
AML & Banking/Reputation: Testing and evidencing compliance with beneficial ownership checks
Članica tima
GI ACE, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office