PROFESSOR VOJIN RAKIĆ, PhD Research Professor of the Institute for Social Sciences

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1 PROFESSOR VOJIN RAKIĆ, PhD Research Professor of the Institute for Social Sciences Founding Director Center for the Study of Bioethics ( and Head Central and Eastern European Network of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics University of Belgrade Adress: Kraljice Natalije 45, P.O. Box 605; Beograd; Serbia DEGREES PhD, Political Science, Rutgers University (U.S.A.), 1998 M.A., Political Science, Rutgers University, 1996 M.A., International Relations and European Studies, Central European University (Prague), 1994 B.A., Philosophy, University of Belgrade, 1991 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS -Research Professor at the Institute for Social Science in Belgrade; since Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Bioethics; since

2 - Head of the Central and Eastern European Network of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics; since Chair of the Cambridge University Working Group for Bioethics Education in Serbia; since Head of the Serbian Unit of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics; since Steering Committee of the Department for Education of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (member); since Full Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade; Full professor and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science; Belgrade, Lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Belgrade University (doctoral studies course: Communication); since UN-expert for public administration; status since Visiting Scholar at the Social and Political Science Department of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy; Spring semester of Full Professor at Faculty of Media and Communications at Singidunum University; Associate Professor at Faculty of Management; Monitor for Serbian Minister of Education of the Implementation of the New Law on Higher Education at Private Universities in Serbia; Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs at Faculty of Management; President Committee for Recognition of Foreign Diplomas of the Faculty of Management; Member of National Team of Bologna Promoters of the Serbian Ministry of Education and Sports; Senior Consultant at Dutch consulting firm VVMZ;

3 - Lecturer at the Facuty of Organizational Sciences of the University of Belgrade; U.N. Special Adviser to the Government of the Republic of Serbia; Director of U.N.D.P. Research and Development Programs at the Civil Service Council of the Government of Serbia; Senior Researcher and Senior Adviser at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), Faculty of Public Administration, University of Twente (Netherlands); Lecturer at the Political Science Department of Rutgers University (U.S.A.); course in political theory; Lecturer at the Alternative Academic Educational Network in Belgrade; Sworn-to-Court Interpreter for the Dutch language at the Belgrade Regional Court; since Belgrade correspondent for Dutch national radio; 1992 SELECTED PROJECTS - Participant in COST Action IS1303: Citizen's Health through public-private Initiatives: Public health, Market and Ethical perspectives (CHIP ME) ; since Participant and member of Management Committee of COST Action IS1201 Disaster Bioethics: addressing ethical issues triggered by disasters ; since Lecturer course Ethics in Medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Belgrade in the framework of the program of the National Institute of Health Fogarty Grant, ICAHN School of Medicine; 2013-now. - Project "Rare Diseases: Molecular Pathophysiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities, and Social, Ethical, and Legal Aspects" (project number 41004); Head of subproject of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory "Bioethical Aspects: Morally Acceptable Within the Biotechnologically and Socially Possible ; project funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science; funding period: 2011-now. - "Studying Climate Change and its Influence on the Environment: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation" (project number 43007); subproject of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory "Ethics and Environmental Politics: Institutions, Techniques and Norms in the Challenge of Changing the Natural Environment ; project funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science; funding period:

4 - Lecturer on project Ethics for Public Servants (Center for Security Studies, Embassy of Finland in Belgrade); Senior expert on GiZ project Functional Review and Best Practice Models for Local Self-Government Units in the framework of the Municipal Support Program IPA 2007 (07SER01/02/11); Regionalni i evropski aspekti integrativnih procesa u Srbiji: civilizacijske pretpostavke, stvarnost i izgledi za budućnost (project number ), project funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science; funding period: The Problem of the Explanatory Gap in Philosophy and Science (project number 49010); project funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science; funding period: Senior Consultant of the United Nations in the project "Introduction of a Scheme of Eurocrats in Serbian Public Administration"; in cooperation with the Office for European Intergration of the Government of Serbia; Author and senior consultant in the project "The Training of Civil Servants in the Freedom of Information Act in Serbia"; project funded by the German Marshall Fund; Special Adviser of the United Nations in the Government of Serbia (for public administration reform and functional review) within the project "Strengthening Central Support Functions of Serbian Ministries"; Special Adviser of the United Nations in the Government of Serbia (for public administration reform and functional review) within the project "Functional review of teh Serbian Ministry of Health"; Researcher within OSF project "The Impact of European integration on the issue of convergence of higher education policies of EU member states"; Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente (Netherlands); MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - Committee for Professional Ethics of the University of Belgrade (President) - Council for Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Belgrade - Council of Institutes of the University of Belgrade - Steering Committee of the Serbian Unit of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Head) - Ethics Committee of the Institute for Medical Research 4

5 - Ethics Committee of the Movement for Electronic Privacy - Editorial Board of the journal Philosophy and Society - Editorial Board of the Journal for Social Sciences - Center for the Development of Liberalism (Founding President) LANGUAGES - English (fluent) - German (fluent) - Serbian (fluent) - Dutch (fluent) - French (working knowledge) - Italian (working knowledge) COURSES TAUGHT 17 graduate and undergraduate courses taught at universities in Serbia and in the United States MENTORSHIPS Various mentorships and memberships in committees for thesis defenses at graduate and undergraduate studies programs at the University of Belgrade and other universities INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Lived in the Netherlands, Serbia, the United States, the Czech Republic and Italy. 5