Address

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Contact Information

Call: +385 1 6449 470

Email: k.ressler@balkan-criminology.eu

Karlo Ressler

MPPG Research Staff

Zagreb Faculty of Law

Doctoral Dissertation Project:

Trafficking in Human Beings in and through the Balkans – A Qualitative Analysis

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht, Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac

Research Interests and Goals

Violence Research; Illegal migrations, Smuggling in Persons, and Trafficking in Human Beings; Qualitative Criminology

Scholarships

  • The European Society of Criminology (ESC) Fellowship 2014
  • Blackstone Legal Fellowship 2013
  • Erasmus Exchange Programme 2012/2013
  • Scholarship of the City of Zagreb in 2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013
  • Scholarship of the Zlatko Crnić Foundation in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011

Awards

  • The Zagreb Faculty of Law Dean’s Award for Excellence in 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011

Professional Membership

  • The European Law Students’ Association (ELSA)

Publications

  • Ressler, Karlo (2015), “Report from the closing conference of FIGAS Project ‘On the Future of National Rapporteurs on Human Trafficking in Europe”, Balkan Criminology News: Newsletter of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology 1/2015, pp. 10.
  • Ressler, Karlo (2014), “Trafficking in Human Beings in and through the Balkans – Introduction to a Qualitative Approach”, in Getoš, Anna-Maria et al. (eds.); Balkan Criminology Series Volume 1: Mapping the Criminological Landscape of the Balkans; Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2014
  • Bezić, Reana; Ressler, Karlo, 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology – Criminology of Europe: Inspiration by Diversity, Collected Papers of Zagreb Law Faculty, (2015), 1.
  • Bezić, Reana; Ressler, Karlo, 13th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology with a Special Focus on the Balkan Criminology Panel, Yearbook of Academy of Legal Sciences, Croatian Academy of Legal Sciences V (2014), 1; pp. 200-206.

Lectures (selection)

  • 12.9.2014 A Qualitative Study of Trafficking in Human Beings in the Balkans
    Presentation in the Panel on Comparative Research on Human Trafficking at the ESC Conference Location: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 11.9.2014. Trafficking in Human Beings in and through the Balkans – a Qualitative Analysis
    Presentation in the MPPG Panel at the ESC Conference Location: Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 1.9.2014. Qualitative Approach in Researching Trafficking
    Presentation at the “Balkan Criminology: One-Week International Intensive Course – Crime and Criminology in the Balkans” Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • 30.8.2014. Trafficking in Human Beings in and through the Balkans – Introduction to a Qualitative Approach
    Presentation at the 1st Annual Conference of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology Location: Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • 20.6.2014 Human Trafficking in and through the Balkans
    Presentation at the Second Croatian-German Workshop on Current Issues in Human Trafficking Location: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany
  • 27.05.2014 Trafficking in Human Beings in the Balkans – Qualitative vs. Quantitative Approach
    Presentation at the “5. Kriminologischer Sommerkurs – Sicherheit, Sicherheitsgefühl, Sicherheitsforschung” Location: University of Pecs, Faculty of Law, Pecs, Hungary
  • 26.3.2014. Initial Reflections on Human Trafficking Research
    Presentation at the 6th “Crime Prevention through Criminal Law and Security Studies” International Spring Course, under the title: “2014: A Year of Critical Issues and Challenges for International Criminal Justice” Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Curriculum Vitae

  1. 1/2014 - present
    Member of the Max Planck Partner Group for ‘Balkan Criminology’ jointly established between the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia
  2. 10/2013
    Participation at the international conference “Methodology of Legal Theory”, Zagreb
  3. 09/2013
    Eurocrim 2013, 13th Annual Conference of the ESC in Budapest, MPPG representative
  4. 08 - 12/2013
    MPPG Student volunteer
  5. 06 – 08/2013
    Internship at the Alliance Defending Freedom, law firm specialized for cases before the ECHR, Vienna, Austria
  6. 06/2013
    Conference on constitutional and international law, Phoenix, USA
  7. 09/2012 – 06/2013
    Erasmus exchange programme at the University of Sheffield, UK
  8. 03/2012 – 04/2012
    Participation at international conferences on European public law and European institutions, European Advocacy Academy, Strasbourg, Brussels
  9. 01/2011
    Practice in law firm Šeparović, Špehar and Gavranić
  10. 09/2011 - 09/2012
    Student Assistant at the Law Faculty, University of Zagreb, Chair of Civil Law
  11. 12/2010 – 09/2012
    President of the Student Council for the Law Faculty and student representative in the Faculty Council
  12. 03/2010
    Practice at the Municipal Criminal Court in Zagreb
  13. 2009/2010, 2010/2011.
    Student Assistant at the Law Faculty, University of Zagreb, Chair of Legal Theory
  15. 01/2008, 01/2009, 01/2011, 08/2012
    Debating for the Law Faculty at one Euro and three World University Debating Championships (Dublin 2008., Antalya 2009., Manila 2011. and Belgrade 2012.)

Awards & Prizes

  • 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011
    The Dean’s Award for Excellence

Hosted by University of Zagreb's Faculty of Law

Supported by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime's Resilience Fund

A Former Max Planck Partner Group between Freiburg MPICC & Zagreb Faculty of Law