About The Mayor
Mayor: Ivan Vuković, PhD

Address: Njegoševa 13
Telephone: +382 20 664-444, +382 20 664-333
E-mail: ivan.vukovic@podgorica.me, gradonacelnik@podgorica.me
Biography
Early life and
education
Ivan Vukovic was born on September 17, 1984 in
Podgorica, where he finished both elementary school and high school.
Vukovic completed his undergraduate and
specialist studies in 2007 at the University of Montenegro, Faculty of
Political Science (study program International Relations and Diplomacy), as one
of the top students in his class, with an average score of A (9.7).
Shortly before the referendum in 2006, he was one
of the student representatives in the Movement for Independence of Montenegro.
After completing his specialist studies
(2006-2007), Vukovic completed his internship at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Montenegro, after which he enrolled in postgraduate studies in the
Netherlands at the Leiden University.
In 2008, Vukovic defended his master thesis on
the topic of "European Integration
and Political Competition in Montenegro: The Determinants of Party
Consensus".
Upon returning to Montenegro (2008-2014) Vukovic
began working as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Political Science of
the University of Montenegro.
During 2010, Vukovic was writing foreign policy
columns for the daily newspaper “Pobjeda”.
From September to November 2013, Vukovic
conducted a PhD thesis research at Harvard University and in June 2014 defended
his PhD thesis on "Party Outcomes in
Hybrid Regimes in the Western Balkans and Beyond" at the Central
European University in Budapest.
In the period 2014-2015, Vukovic acquired the
title of Lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science; In November 2015 he was
elected Assistant Professor and Vice-Dean for International Relations at the
same Faculty.
Vukovic then spent the academic year
2016-2017 at the George Washington University as the first Fulbright
Postdoctoral scholarship holder from Montenegro. During his stay in America, he
was teaching at the aforementioned university, on the subject “Politics in
Central and Eastern Europe”.
Vukovic is fluent in English and has a good grasp of French.
Publications
- "Deinstitutionalising Power of
Decision-Making Personalisation: the Paradigmatic Case of the Serbian
Communist-Successor Party" (with Filip Milačić), chapter accepted for
publishing in the book: "Institutionalisation of Political Parties:
Comparative Cases", Rowman & Littlefield International/ECPR
Press, London, 2018.
- "The Rise of the Politics of
National Identity: New Evidence from Western Europe" (with Filip
Milačić), article accepted for publishing in the magazine Ethnopolitics, 2017.
- “Minority Representation in Montenegro: Defying
Balkan Standards” (with Filip Milačić), chapter in the book: “Beyond
International Conditionality: Local Variations in Minority Representation in
Central and South-Eastern Europe”, NOMOS Baden-Baden, Germany, 2017.
- “Party Organization in Montenegro”,chapter in
the book: “Organizational Structures of Political Parties in Central and
Eastern European Countries”, Jagiellonian University Press, Poland, 2016.
- “Die Verfassung
Montenegros” (with Filip Milačić), Osteuropa-RECHT, Vol. 62, No. 3, 2016.
- “The Determinants of Party Consensus on
European Integration in Montenegro“, Politička
misao (Croatian Political Science Review), Vol. 52, No. 4-5, 2015.
-“Population Censuses in Montenegro: A Century of
National Identity ‘Repacking’”, Contemporary
Southeastern Europe, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2015.
-“Political Dynamics of the Post-communist
Montenegro: One-party Show“, Democratization,
Vol. 22, No. 1, 2015.
-“Diverging Party Outcomes in Hybrid Regimes: The
Cases of Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro“, Romanian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2011.
-“The Post-Communist Political Transition of
Montenegro: Democratization Prior to Europeanization“, Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 2,
No. 1, 2010.
- “Temeljne vrijednosti pravnog poretka Evropske
unije“, Crna Gora u XXI stoljeću – U eri kompetitivnosti (“The Core Values of
the EU Legal System“, Montenegro in the 21st Century – In the Era of
Competitiveness), Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vol. 73, No. 1,
2010.
-“Rebuilding Leviathan: Political Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies”, by Anna Grzymala-Busse, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Book review published in Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol. 2, No. 2, November 2010.
Conferences attended
- “The (Un)changing Paradigm of Montenegro’s Party
Politics”, Southern Conference on
Slavic Studies, Alexandria, USA, April 2017.
- “Deinstitutionalizing Power of Decision-Making
Personalization: The Paradigmatic Case of the Serbian Communist-Successor
Party”, Southern Political Science
Association, New Orleans, USA, January 2017.
- “Deinstitutionalizing Power of Decision-Making
Personalization: The Paradigmatic Case of the Serbian Communist-Successor
Party”, European Consortium for
Political Research Joint Sessions of Workshops. Pisa, Italy, April 2016.
- “Party Politics of Montenegro: The Long Shadow
of the Statehood Issue”, University
of Nottingham’s Joint Workshop on Party Politics in Micro-States. Valetta,
Malta, April 2015.
- “Croatian Democratic Union in the Time of
Hybrid Regime (1990-2000)“, 8th Central
European University Annual Doctoral Conference. Budapest, Hungary, April
2013.
- “Political Dynamics of the Post-Communist
Montenegro: One-Party Show“, 4th European
Consortium for Political Research Graduate Conference. Bremen, Germany,
July 2012.
- “The Socialist Party of Serbia: The Pillar of
Sand of the Serbian Hybrid Regime “, 7th CEU
Annual Doctoral Conference. Budapest, Hungary, April 2012.
- “Diverging Party Outcomes in Hybrid Regimes:
The Cases of Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro “, 4th Graduate Network Conference. Berlin, Germany,
March 2012.
- “The Structure of Power in Hybrid Regimes:
Institutionalized vs. Personalized “, 6th ECPR
General Conference. Reykjavik, Island, August 2011.
- “The Dynamics of Hybrid Regimes: Theoretical
Overview“, 6th CEU
Annual Doctoral Conference. Budapest, Hungary, April 2011.
- “European Integration and Political Competition
in Montenegro: The Determinants of Party Consensus“, 6th CEU Conference in Social Science. Budapest,
Hungary, April 2010.
- “The Post-Communist Political Transition of the Western Balkans: Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia between Yugoslav Past and European Future“, 5th CEU Annual Doctoral Conference. Budapest, Hungary, April 2010.
Research
- 2016-2017: Country expert (Montenegro), “Nations in Transit Report”,
Freedom House
- 2015-: Associate in the project, “Democracy,
Political Participation and The Role of Political Parties in South-East
Europe”, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- 2014-: Associate in the project, “Censuses in
South-East Europe”, a consortium of universities from the Western Balkans
- 2013-: Project coordinator, “Identity Politics
and Democratization in Austria and Montenegro”, University of Graz and
University of Montenegro
- 2013: Country expert (Montenegro),
“Varieties of Democracy – V-Dem”, University Goteborg and Notre Dame University
- 2013-2016: Associate in the project,
“Developing Human Rights Education at the Heart of Higher Education”, EU Tempus
project
- 2013-2016: Associate in the project,
“Development of Policy-Oriented Training Programmes in the Context of European
Integration”, EU Tempus project
- 2010-: Member, Centar za društvena
istraživanja, Fakultet političkih nauka, Univerzitet Crne Gore (Center for
social research, Faculty of Political
Sciences, University of Montenegro)
- 2009: Associate in the project, “Crna Gora u
XXI vijeku – U eri kompetitivnosti” (Montengro in XXI century – era of
competition), Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti (Montenegrin Academy of
Sciences and Arts)
Scholarships and grants
- September 2016 – May 2017: Fulbright scholarship
for post-doctoral research, University George Washington, USA
- October 2014: Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and
Research - OeAD, research at University of Graz, Austria
- September - November 2013: Central European University Doctoral
Research Support Grant, research University Harvard, SAD
- October - November 2011: EU Coimbra Group Scholarship Program for
Young Researchers from Eastern Neighboring Countries, research at
University of Graz, Austria
- August 2011: Central European University Summer School Grant, 6th ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, summer school in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interviews
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGx2UU8UUsU – In the show “Živa istina”, at Darka Šukovića, 14.12.2018.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-n-w2aASwg - In the show “Živa istina”, at Darka Šukovića, 19.07.2019.
- https://www.dps.me/me/vijest/facebook-live-intervju-nosioca-liste-u-podgorici-dr-ivana-vukovica - Facebook Live interview, 25.05.2018.
- https://portalanalitika.me/clanak/341371/vukovic-ulozicemo-u-glavni-grad-do-kraja-mandata-200-miliona-bice-evropski - Vuković: “Uložićemo u Glavni grad do kraja mandata 200 miliona, biće evropski”, press conference on the occasion of the anniversary of the local government
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https://www.facebook.com/1775980889319633/posts/2147361088848276/ - Interview for “Džada Glavnog
grada”
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https://portalanalitika.me/clanak/336447/vukovic-uciti-se-saradnji-od-balkanskih-gradova -
Pricker forum about global cities, Čikago, 06.06.2019.
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https://portalanalitika.me/clanak/336377/vukovic-u-cikagu-bez-kulture-nema-prave-zajednice - Visit to the Cultural Center in Čikagu, 05.06.2019.
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https://www.total-montenegro-news.com/business/2769-podgorica-investment - Mayor
of Podgorica: New Investment Potential for Capital, 05.12.2018.