Marita Brčić Kuljiš

Marita Brčić Kuljiš (Split, 1980) is a Full Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, where she also heads the Centre for Research and Education in Human Rights. Her work is interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary, focusing on human rights, democracy, freedom of speech, migration, and sustainable development goals. She previously served as Vice Dean for Science and International Cooperation at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split. She has received several prestigious scholarships and fellowships, including a postdoctoral Fulbright Program fellowship at the University of Georgia, USA. In 2025, she received the Award for Excellence in Scientific Research in the Humanities at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, and in 2026 the University of Split Award for Science in the Humanities. She is a member of the expert team of the SEA-EU Alliance Observatory of Migration and Human Rights (OMHR). She has participated in and led projects funded through Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, and the European Social Fund. She is currently engaged in two international and one national scientific research project. In addition to her academic work, she serves as an evaluator of scientific projects for the European Commission, a political commentator, and a trade union activist. She is the author of around thirty scholarly articles and book chapters, editor of several scientific monographs and professional volumes, and author of three scholarly monographs, including her 2023 book Migration Management – Between State Sovereignty and Human Rights.