The Institute aims to encompass scientific research and professional work in three areas: sports law, sports policy, and sports diplomacy. This emphasizes its uniqueness globally, as there’s no other academic unit covering these three areas of interest. The Institute primarily conducts scientific research and professional projects, produces scientific and professional expertise, organizes scientific and professional conferences, roundtable discussions, and science popularization activities. It also organizes and conducts lifelong learning programs such as summer and/or winter schools and professional development programs, collaborates with public bodies, businesses, and the non-profit sector, and participates in sports arbitration and mediation procedures. The Head of the Institute is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vanja Smokvina.
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8th Rijeka Sports Law, Sports Policy and Sports Diplomacy Days Held
From 4 to 8 July 2025, the 8th edition of the Rijeka Sports Law, Sports Policy and Sports Diplomacy Dayswas held at the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law. On Friday, 4 July 2025, the Jean Monnet International Conference was held, which was opened with welcoming speeches by: Interim Vice-Rector for Studies, Students, and QA…
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A new book on The European Model of Sport published
The book The European Model of Sport – Myth or Reality? was published by the prestigious international publisher Routledge (Taylor&Francis) at the end of June 2025. The editors of the book are Dr. Borja Garcia (Loughborough University, UK) and Assoc. Prof. dr. Vanja Smokvina, from our Faculty.The book is the result of work within the…
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Conference on the social and legal protection of athletes in Europe held in Zagreb on 25. 4. 2025
On Friday 25 April 2025 in Zagreb (Hotel Academia), in a hybrid way, under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, an international conference “Social and legal protection of athletes in Europe: through national practice to European coordination” was organised by the Faculty of Law of the University…
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Jean Monnet Summer School 2023
The Jean Monnet Summer School of EU Sports Law, Sports Policies and Sports Diplomacy was held from 5 to 7 September 2023 during the 7th Rijeka Days of Sports Law, Sports Policies and Sports Diplomacy. The event was organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and with the…
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Conference on organisation of football in Europe, held in Luxembourg 21-02-2023
The Faculty of Law was a partner of an important international conference called “The economic and legal aspects of organization of football in Europe” which was held in Luxembourg on February 21, 2023. At the conference the participants discussed the legal and economic aspects of the football system in Europe, with special emphasis on recent developments about…
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Event on the football Superleague and the ISU Case at the Faculty of Law
On Monday, December 19, 2022 the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, through the Center for Sports Law, Sports Policies and Sports Diplomacy and the Jean Monnet Chair for EU Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy, in cooperation with the prestigious association of sports experts Sport&EU Association, organized a Round Table and debate about opinions of the Advocate General…