Climate Change and Security Challenges

Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Risks and Their Impact on Global Security

Project Duration: 2025. – 2028.

About the project

The project “Climate Change and Security Challenges (CLI-SEC)” is an interdisciplinary research initiative examining how climate risks affect society, security, and geopolitical relations. The aim of the project is to deepen the understanding of these interdependencies and to develop scientifically grounded guidelines for the effective management of climate and security challenges at the local and national levels.

Research Areas and Objectives

The main objective of the project is to develop a framework of tools consisting of various recommendations, measures, guidelines, and mappings of security challenges that will facilitate cooperation between the scientific community and public policy makers regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts, based on the results of a longitudinal study on climate change and security challenges.

Specific Objective 1
01

Social Perception of Climate Change in the Global and Local Context

Specific Objective 2
02

The Role of Media and Social Networks in Shaping Attitudes Towards Climate Change

Specific Objective 3
03

New Geopolitical Circumstances Caused by Climate Change

Specific Objective 4
04

Climate Change in Education, Curricula, Teacher Competencies and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy

Specific Objective 5
05

Religiosity, Risk Perception, and Religious Communities in the Climate–Security Nexus

News
Associate Professor Andreja Sršen, PhD, to Lead the Newly Accredited Joint Lifelong Learning Programme “Climate Change and Security Challenges”
26.09.2026

Associate Professor Andreja Sršen, PhD, to Lead the Newly Accredited Joint Lifelong Learning Programme “Climate Change and Security Challenges”

The Faculty of Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb, in cooperation with the “Dr. Franjo Tuđman” Defence and Security University, has established a newly accredited joint lifelong learning programme: the international winter and summer school “Climate Change and Security Challenges”. At its 12th session in the University’s 356th academic year (2024/2025), held on 23 […]
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Associate Professor Andreja Sršen, PhD, Attends the Regional Conference “EU Policies and the Financial Perspective 2028–2034”
03.09.2026

Associate Professor Andreja Sršen, PhD, Attends the Regional Conference “EU Policies and the Financial Perspective 2028–2034”

The regional conference “EU Policies and the Financial Perspective 2028–2034” was held on 1 September at the University of Mostar campus. Associate Professor Andreja Sršen, PhD, attended the event. The opening address was delivered by Nataša Mikuš-Žigman, Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds of the Republic of Croatia, followed by two panel discussions: “EU […]
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Working Meeting Held at the University of Mostar as Part of the NRRP Project “Climate Change and Security Challenges”
03.09.2026

Working Meeting Held at the University of Mostar as Part of the NRRP Project “Climate Change and Security Challenges”

A meeting with Associate Professor Andreja Sršen, PhD, from the Faculty of Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb, lead researcher of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) project “Climate Change and Security Challenges”, was held on 2 September at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar. Associate Professor Andreja Sršen […]
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