Dr Ivana Damjanovic Jun 2026

Dr. Damjanovic continues to bridge the gap between academic theory and policy practice. At the University of Canberra, she leads the , focusing on supply chain security and the geopolitical environment. She has guest lectured across Asia and Europe and provides strategic training to government and industry stakeholders on EU trade law.

is a leading academic, legal scholar, and former diplomat whose interdisciplinary work fundamentally reshapes how we understand the intersection of international investment law, European Union (EU) law, and global trade policy . Currently serving as an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Canberra and a Jean Monnet Research Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for European Studies , Dr. Damjanovic bridges the gap between high-level diplomatic strategy and rigorous legal theory. dr ivana damjanovic

She was born in 1973 in Sarajevo. That year matters. That city matters. During the siege, her mother boiled shoe leather for broth. Her father, a librarian, burned books to heat a single room. She learned early: preservation is a political act. To identify a bone is to say: this person existed. This person was loved. This person was killed by a system, not a shadow. She has guest lectured across Asia and Europe