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Dr Milenko Petrovic

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Department: Global, Cultural and Language Studies ; National Centre for Research on Europe ; School of Language, Social and Political Sciences

Email: milenko.petrovic@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3695547

Office: Logie 608

Languages: English, Bosnian, Croatian, German, Serbian

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Fields of Research

  • Comparative European and East European politics
  • Comparative political economy and public policy
  • Political and economic transition in Eastern Europe
  • EU enlargement to the East – politics, processes, impacts
  • EU enlargement to the East – impacts on New Zealand
  • Historical, socio-cultural, economic and political aspects of the communist legacy in Eastern Europe
  • Modern history of Eastern Europe

Researcher Summary

Current research interest concerns problems of democratisation and economic marketisation of post-communist Europe as well as the prospects for further EU enlargement to the East and its impacts on New Zealand.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • History, History of Art, Classics and Curatorial Studies: Modern History: British & European
  • Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy: Comparative Politics; International Political Economy; International Relations; Political Science; Public Policy
  • Region: Europe

Resources

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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

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Edited Volumes
  • Petrovic M; Tzifakis N (Ed.) (2020) EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: The geopolitical turn or another postponement? (Special Journal Issue, forthcoming in 2020). Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
  • Petrovic M (Ed.) (2018) Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 10(3). Special issue: Serbia on its Way to EU Membership – the remaining challenges and obstacles. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 10(3)Hawthorn: Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia.
  • Petrovic M; Fish SM; Gill G (Ed.) (2017) A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed. (First ed.) Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan - Springer. 360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43437-7.
Chapters
  • Petrovic M. (2020) The Post-communist Transition of the Western Balkans: EUropeanisation with a small enlargement carrot. In Akimov A; Kazakevich G (Ed.), 30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Turns and Twists in Economies, Politics, and Societies in the Post-Communist Countries Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0317-7.
  • Petrovic M. (2017) Post-Communist Transition Under the Umbrella of Uneven EUropeanisation: East Central Europe, the Baltic States and the Balkans. In Petrovic M; Fish SM; Gill G (Ed.), A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed (First ed.): 41-74. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan - Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43437-7.
  • Petrovic M. and Klatt M. (2015) The European Union and its post-communist neighbours: EU enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy. In Witzleb N; Arranz AM; Winand P (Ed.), The European Union and Global Engagement: Institutions, Policies and Challenges: 197-215. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781783477593.00020.
Journal Articles
  • Petrovic M. and Tzifakis N. (2020) EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: The geopolitical turn or another postponement? (Special Issue Editors' Introduction - forthcoming). Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
  • Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2020) Bilateral relations in the Western Balkans as a challenge for EU accession (forthcoming). Jiurnal of Contemporary European Studies.
  • Petrovic M. (2018) Serbia on its Way to EU Membership – the remaining challenges and obstacles. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 10(3): 3-8.
  • Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2018) Serbia’s relations with its Western Balkan neighbours as a challenge for its accession to the EU. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 10(3): 49-68.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Petrovic M.. (2019) Powerful Norms with Weak and Inconsistent Policy Support: The EU’s normative power and the EUropeanisation of the post-communist Western Balkans (full conference paper). In.
  • Petrovic M.. (2018) EUropanisation of the Balkans: a near future or ‘mission impossible’? In.
  • Petrovic M.. (2016) EU enlargement into the Western Balkans: What went wrong? In.
  • Petrovic M.. (2016) What about EU Enlargement Leverage and the Democratization of the Western Balkans? In.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Petrovic M. (2019) The EU and the post-communist Western Balkans: democratisation with a very small enlargement carrot. Griffith University, Gold Coast: (AACaPS) 14th Biennial Conference: “30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall. How Communism and Post-communism are tracking, 31 Jan-1 Feb 2019.
  • Petrovic M. and Mtchedlishvili D. (2019) EU Enlargement and the Eastern Partnership after Brexit: new prospects or new challenges. University of canterbury, Christchurch: 2019 New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 27-29 Nov 2019.
  • Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2019) Bilateral relations in the Western Balkans as a challenge to EU accession. Belgrade: International Symposium: “Western Balkan accession to the EU: A new strategy or a new postponement?”,, 14-14 Jun 2019.
  • Petrovic M. (2018) Will Montenegro and Serbia really join the EU by 2025…or not? University of the Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece: The EU and the Balkans at the End of the Second Decade of the 21st Century, 4-5 Jun 2018.
  • Petrovic M. (2017) (A Return to) Communism is Not a Solution. Canberra: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE: 1917–, 28-29 Jun 2017.
  • Petrovic M. (2017) New Zealand and the Western Balkans – general socio-political and economic relations in light of the progress of the Western Balkan states in EU accession. Belgrade: EU relations with the Western Balkan states: Perspectives frpom Serbia and New Zealand, 6-6 Jun 2017.
  • Petrovic M. (2015) Inherited Structural Disadvantages or a Lack of Foreign Assistance? The Western Balkan States between their Troublesome Past and their Uncertain 'EU Future'. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: A Quarter Century of Post-Communism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2-3 Feb 2015.
  • Petrovic M. (2015) Peace without state building: assessing the results of the EU's peace and statehood-building efforts in the Western Balkans. Seoul, South Korea: European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Annual Conference (EUSAAP), 11-12 Jun 2015.
  • Petrovic M. (2015) Powerful Norms or Powerful Politics: The EU’s normative power and the EUropeanisation of the post-communist Western Balkans. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand EUCN Annual Conference: “Europe: New Leadership, New Directions?, 23-24 Nov 2015.
  • Petrovic M. (2015) The Different Values and Norms or the Different Conditions? Revisiting the Causes of Postponed EU Accession of the WB states. Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece: 8th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 30-31 Mar 2015.
Reports
  • Petrovic M., Mtchedlishvili D. and Wilson G. (2019) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 2/2018-19 (Socio-Political Conditions and Developments).National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury. 1-1.
  • Petrovic M., Wang X. and Wilson G. (2019) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 1/2018-19 (General socio-economic trends and relations with New Zealand).National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury. 1-9.
  • Petrovic M., Mtchedlishvili D. and Wilson G. (2018) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 2/2017-18 (Socio-Political Conditions and Developments).national Centre for Reasearch on Europe, University of Canterbury. 1-10.
  • Petrovic M., Wang X. and Wilson G. (2018) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 1/2017-18 (General socio-economic trends and relations with New Zealand).National Centre for Research of Europe. 1-8.
  • Petrovic M. (2017) EUCN Policy Briefs, No 3/2016 Developments in South-Eastern Europe: The Achieved Progress and Remaining Challenges to the EU Accession Process of the Western Balkan States..
  • Petrovic M. (2016) EUCN Policy Briefs, No 1/2016 Developments in South-Eastern Europe General economic trends and relations with New Zealand..
  • Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2016) EUCN Policy Briefs, No 2/2016 Developments in South-Eastern Europe: Socio-Political Conditions and Developments..
  • Petrovic M. (2015) EUCN Policy Briefs No. 1/2015 (February/March 2015): Developments in South-Eastern Europe.Commissioned by EUCN, New Zealand.
  • Petrovic M. (2015) EUCN Policy Briefs No. 3/2015 (November 2015): Developments in South-Eastern Europe - The Achieved Progress and Remaining Challenges to the EU Accession Process of the Western Balkan States.Commissioned by EUCN, New Zealand.
  • Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2015) EUCN Policy Briefs No. 2/2015 (August 2015): Developments in South-Eastern Europe - Socio-Political Conditions and Developments.Commissioned by EUCN, New Zealand.
Oral Presentations
  • Petrovic M. (2018) The Western Balkans and the EU: membership but when? Political Science Department at the University of the Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece, 7 June, 2018: Guest lecture.
Other
  • Petrovic M. (2018) Serbia and the EU, TV interview for "Kapitalno, ekonomski magazine". Belgrade: [TV/video].

Student Supervision

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    Current
  • PhD - Mtchedlishvili D: Dilemmas of Europeanization: Foreign Policy of the European Union towards the South Caucasus
  • PhD - Wang X: The EU-China relationship in the context of the “16+1” cooperation framework
  • Completed
  • PhD - Ember A: Enlarged Europe, shrinking relations? : the impacts of Hungary's EU membership on the development of bilateral relations between New Zealand and Hungary (2008)
  • PhD - Sabatovych I: Is there a successful transition without European integration? Investigating the key determinants of Ukraine’s post-communist transformation (2019)
  • PhD - Toth G: A Constructive Relationship Between the European Union and Australia: the philosophical foundations of international relations with special regard to social constructivism (2014)
  • Masters - Andrew C: Saving state-building : EU contributions to security sector reform in Afghanistan (2011)
  • Masters - Hall P: Analysis of the political and socioeconomic reasons for Sweden's resistance to join the Eurozone (2019)
  • Masters - Manders K: 2012-Masters Thesis-Manders, Kirsten (2013)
  • Masters - Morgan R: Enlargement 2007 : Romania, Bulgaria and the path to the European Union (2009)
  • Honours - Black S: How has New Zealand’s trading relationship with the European Union changed in recent decades and how has the Common Agricultural Policy affected both parties? (2013)
  • Honours - Howard S: Migrant Agricultural Labour, comparing Italian schemes as member of the European Union with the New Zealand Recognised Employer Scheme (2012)
  • Honours - Rothwell L: Why did some Eastern European states find the transition from communism to democracy easier than others? (2014)

Review and Refereeing

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  • Europe-Asia Studies and International Studies Perspectives ( 2012 - 2021)

Affiliations

  • Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies (AACPCS) (Professional Organisation): Vice President and Executive Committee Member
  • European Union Studies Association of New Zealand (EUSA-NZ) (Professional Organisation): Executive Committee Member
  • European Union Studies Association of the Asia-Pacific (EUSA-Asia Pacific) (Professional Organisation): Member

Research Groups

  • National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE)

Future Research

  • Prospects, opportunities and challenges of further EU enlargement to the East
  • The impacts of further EU enlargement on New Zealand’s political, economic and cultural interests
  • The impacts of the legacy of communism on the different results in post-communist political and economic transition in Eastern Europe
  • Post-communist transition and cooperation with the West and the EU
  • Prospects and obstacles to post-communist transition in the Western Balkans

Key Methodologies

  • Case study research
  • Comparative historical analysis
  • Comparative political-economic analysis
  • Policy analysis
  • Various statistical and qualitative data collection methods
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