Kosjenka Dumančić, PhD

Kosjenka Dumančić is Full Professor at the Department of Business Law and strategic director for projects at Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb where she works since 2005. She defended her doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb in 2011. From 2020 to 2024 she was a Vice Dean for two terms, first as Vice Dean for International cooperation and projects and after as Vice Dean for Strategic Partnerships and projects. From 2020 to 2022 she was the first director of the Institute for Euro-Asian studies. From 2024 she is director of the Institute for the Postindustrial transition. Apart from teaching she is active in her scientific work having participated in numerous European and international scientific projects. She publishes in international scientific journals and participates at international conferences as a speaker, panelist or researcher. She authored and co-authored more than 15 book chapters. She speaks English and French fluently.

 

Her main research fields of interest include European Law, Commercial Law and Company Law with specialisation in free movement of services and digital platform economy. She is associate editor in “Eastern journal of European Studies EJES” published by Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania and in Slovenian journal “Our economy” published by the Faculty of Economics in Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.

 

External activity:
 

Professor Dumančić is an active member in international projects such as Erasmus, COST, Horizon Europe and others. She is a team member of the HORIZON Europe projects, European coordination network and activities to embrace a sustainable and inclusive STEAM educational system: the blend of artistic and creative approaches in STEM education, research & innovation (STEAMbrace) and Consumers’ Understanding of Eating Sustainably (CUES). She is a FEB coordinator of Erasmus+ capacity building higher Education project ME+study in English!, coordinated by University of Podgorica, Montenegro (2023-2027); FEB coordinator of Erasmus+ European University alliance UNIC 2.0 and coordinator of TL5 in Entrepreneurship, coordinated by Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2023-2027); coordinator of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet teachers training project “Solidary Europe for inclusive Society” (EUsolis), FEB, Croatia (2022-2025); senior expert at Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence European Financial Resilience and Regulation (EUFIRE-RE), Alexandra Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania(2022-2025). Also she participated as a member of the project team at FEB of the project “Teaching institutional Resilience and prompt reaction to crisis: Good governance experiences in Europe” (TERRAG) coordinator University of Iceland (2020-2023); project team member and coordinator at the Faculty of Economics of the European University European Alliance Initiative UNIC, Erasmus University coordinator, Netherlands, (2020-2023); coordinator at FEB of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project “Higher Education curricula Development on the collaborative economy in Europe” (COLECO), coordinated by Leeds Becket University, UK (2029-2021). She is participating in different COST Horizon founded projects. She is a Programme Manager of the Academy for women entrepreneurs, funded by the American embassy, 2024-2025. Also, Professor Dumančić is an evaluator of the COST and Erasmus+ projects.

Professor Dumančić is a chair and member of the programme and organizational international conferences committees: “Jean Monnet Conference EUsolis”, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, 2024; Conference “Ekonomija zajedništva - za izgradnju boljeg svijeta!”, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, 2024; International scientific conference “Empowering Change: Fostering Social Entrepreneurship for a Sustainable Future”, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, 2023; „2nd Zagreb International Conference on the Law of Obligations“, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, 2022.; US-Croatian Forum, Zagreb, 2021.
 

 

 

1. Dumančić, K., Vuletić, D. (2024): „The Virtual General Meetings of Shareholders in Times of Crisis- Legal Aspects”, Eastern Journal of European Studies, 15, 1; pp.72-91.

2. Dumančić, K., Marić, I., Kovač, J (2023): “Building Resilience in High Education: The Case Study of FEB”, in Sigurjonsson. T. O., Ruano, J.M., Profiroiu, A.G., Mačiukaite-Žviniene, S., Dumančić, K. (eds.): Cross-Driven Institutional Resilience Case studies of good governance in Europe during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 157-184.

3. Dumančić K., Avlona NR. (2022): “The Regulatory Context and Legal Evolution: The Cases of Airbnb and Uber” in: Česnuitytė V., Klimczuk A., Miguel C., Avram G. (eds): The Sharing Economy in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 65-85.

4. Orlić, O., Čeh Časni, A., Dumančić, K. (2022): “Practicing solidarity and developing food citizenship in Croatia: The example of Croatian Community-supported agriculture”, Etnocohl, pp. 125-146.

5. Miguel, C., Pechurina, A., Kirkulak-Uludag, B., Hadjielia Drotarova M., Dumančić, K., Načinović Braje, I., Giglio, C. (2022):” Short-term rental market crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stakeholders’ perspectives”, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Vol. 102.

6. Dumančić, K. (2021): “Online Peer-to-Peer Accommodation Services: The ECJ’s Judgment in Case C-390/18, Airbnb Ireland”, book chapter in Slakoper, Z., Tot, I.: Digital Technologies and the Law of Obligations, Routledge, New York, pp. 201-215.

7. Dumančić, K., Načinović Braje, I., Aleksić, A. (2021): “Legal and organizational aspects of labour relations in the collaborative economy”, book chapter in Maurizio Teli, Chiara Bassetti (eds): "Becoming a Platform in Europe: On the Governance of the Collaborative Economy", Boston-Delft: now publishers, pp. 211-230 

8. Dumančić, K., Načinović Braje, I., Wittine, Z (2021): “Gig work: The challenges for the protection of platform workers' rights”, Proceedings of Faculty of economics and business Zagreb 12th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business, Vol. 3., No.1, pp 933-944.

9. Dumančić, K., Čeh Časni, A. (2021): “The State of the Sharing Economy in Croatia: Legal Framework and Impact on Various Economic Sectors”, book chapter in Andrzej Klimczuk, Andrzej, Česnuitytė, Vida and Gabriela Avram, Gabriela (eds): The Collaborative Economy in Action: European Perspectives, Limerick, Ireland: University of Limerick, pp. 90-99.

10. Dumančić, K. (2021): “The EU regulatory activities in the area of digital platform and services provision”, EU and comparative law issues and challenges series (ECLIC) Issue 5, Faculty of Law, University in Osijek, Croatia, pp. 688-705