About
Dr Bojana Zorić is a Policy Analyst for the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood at the EU Institute for Security Studies.
In this capacity, she analyses political and security developments in both regions, with particular attention to emerging threats, the growing role of external actors, and their implications for EU foreign policy and the strategic trajectory of enlargement.
Previously, she served as Senior Policy Analyst at the Regional Cooperation Council in Sarajevo, where she advanced EU enlargement priorities through regional cooperation, advised the Secretary General on geopolitical and policy challenges in Southeast Europe, and oversaw the flagship Balkan Barometer, widely regarded as the Western Balkans’ equivalent of the Eurobarometer. Before that, she was stationed in Brussels with the European Committee of the Regions and in Stockholm with the Swedish International Liberal Centre, where she worked on democracy building and promotion in Eastern Neighbourhood.
Dr Zorić has contributed chapters to volumes published by, among others, Routledge and the Springer Handbook of Political Science and International Relations, and authored articles in peer-reviewed journals examining regional developments through a security lens.
She holds a PhD in Political Science with a specialisation in Security Studies (Masaryk University), an MA in EU–Russia Studies from the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies (University of Tartu), and an MA in Russian Philology and Pedagogy, double major (University of Zagreb). As part of her academic journey, she also studied at KU Leuven, Saint Petersburg State University, and Tallinn University.
