Name and surname: Duško Dimitrijević
Title: Principal Research Fellow
Biography: Duško Dimitrijević is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of International Politics and Economics (IIPE) in Belgrade. He completed his master’s and doctoral studies summa cum laude at the Department of International Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade.
Before starting his research career, he was professionally engaged in the judiciary and banking, where he received practical training and specialized in the field of corporate governance and international financial operations.
From 2006 to 2007, he worked as Assistant Director for Scientific Work at the Institute of International Politics and Economics in Belgrade. At the same Institute, he worked as Acting Director from 2008 to 2009, while from 2009 to 2014 he served as the director of the Institute. From 2014 to 2018, he was a member of the Accreditation Committee for Scientific Research Organizations of the Republic of Serbia. He was also a member of the Commission for the Acquisition of Scientific Titles of the Ministry of Science in the mandate from 2019 to 2022.
Within the framework of the development of international scientific cooperation of IIPE, he established numerous connections with leading scientific institutions and think tank organizations from Europe and the world. Also, his participation in joint projects with renowned institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is notable.
Duško Dimitrijević is a member of the Serbian Lawyers’ Association, the UN Association and an alumnus of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO). He actively participates in the work of the Serbian Association for International Law, which is the national branch of the International Law Association with headquarters in London.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Serbian Yearbook of International Law and the institute journal European Legislation. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of international scientific journals: Moscow Journal of International Law, American Yearbook of International Law, International Journal of Law and Society, Revista Política Internacional, Moscow Legal Bulletin and International Journal of European Studies.
Fields of Interest: During his scientific and research career, Duško Dimitrijević devoted his attention to research in various areas of international law (especially territories, state borders, the law of state succession, United Nations law, EU law, treaty law, the law of international armed conflicts and international space law). He has published over two hundred and seventy scientific papers in renowned domestic and foreign journals and professional scientific publications. He is the author of several scientific monographs, and was also the editor of highly regarded thematic collections of papers of international and leading national importance in the field of contemporary international relations. He participated in dozens of significant domestic and international scientific conferences where he gave lectures. His participation in postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade and at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was noted. He has participated on several occasions in committees for the evaluation and defense of doctoral dissertations and master’s theses at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade.
Selected Publications:
- International Law of State Succession: Succession of State Property with Special Reference to the Succession of the SFR Yugoslavia, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, 2007.
- International Legal Regulation of the Territory of States, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, 2008.
- Reform of the United Nations Security Council, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, 2009.
- International Law of Treaties (co-author Stevan Đorđević), Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, 2011.
- State Borders after the Succession of the SFR Yugoslavia, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, 2012.
- Geopolitics of Space and International Law (co-author Bogdan Stojanović), Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, 2025.
Projects: Duško Dimitrijević was the manager of two macro projects funded by the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia, namely, in the period from 2006 to 2010: “Serbia and the Modern World” (registration number 149002D) and in the period from 2011 to 2019: “Serbia in Modern International Relations” (registration number 179029). He participated in several other IIPE projects (e.g. in the European Agency for Reconstruction Project regarding the translation of European Union terminology into Serbian – Eurovoc Thesaurus, which, after its implementation in 2009, was entrusted to the management of the Office for European Integration of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, and in the European Union Project: Debating Serbia’s European future – the voice of civil society in decision making, implemented in 2010). He is also a participant in the ongoing institute project: “Serbia and Challenges in International Relations”, which is funded by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia.
Contact: dimitrijevicd@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3375-7280
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_AfGMZsAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dusko-Dimitrijevic
Academia.edu: https://impp.academia.edu/Du%C5%A1koDimitrijevi%C4%87mppacademiaedu