Curriculum Vitae

 

Education:

 

1984 -1992: primary school OŠ “Bratov Polančičev” in Maribor

1992 -1996: secondary school II. Gimnazija Maribor

1996-2000: Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor  (undergraduate programme International trade)

1999-2000: Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (JOSZEF Programm – Junge Ost- und Mitteleuropäische Studenten als Zukünftige erfolgreiche Führungskräfte)

2000-2003: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor (postgraduate programme International economy, in april 2003 MSc. obtained)  

June 2005: successfully defended a PhD titled "Economic convergence of the EU member states from a point of view of economic-cultural orientations" (mentor prof. dr. Vito Bobek and co-mentor doc. dr. Milan Zver) at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor (official promotion of new doctors of science on 5 October, 2005 at the UM)

 

Study visits and conferences:

 

1999: Alpen-Adria summer university in Bol on Brač (Croatia)

2001: summer university in Vienna on topic “European enlargement” (organised by OCES)

2001: conference Networking Central-Eastern Europe and Latin America in Vienna, Krems and Eisenstadt (Austria) (organised by Latin-American institut in Austria)

2001: postgraduate student exchange Erazmus  Philipps Universität Marburg

2002: summer university in Vienna on topic “Monetary integration of EU candidate countries” (organised by OCES)

2002: seminar “Working with the EU Single Market: Changing trade relations” organized by Slovene Chamber of commerce, UK Department of Trade and Industry and British Embassy

2002: active participation at EIBA conference 2002 in Athens (Greece) (paper A few aspects of economic culture: a comparison between selected EU countries and the CEECS)

2003: active participation at 14th Slovene days of politology 2003 in Portorož (paper Globalization, efficiency and economic culture: case of EU and transition countries)

2004: participation at international conference “Peace Studies Conference: Sources of conflict and prospects in the Mediterranean basin” in Messina (Italy) (organisers Universita degli Studi di Messina, Intercenter, Giorgio LaPira, Central Conneticut State University)

2005: active participation at 9th International conference on Global Business and Economic Development titled "Management Challenges in Times of Global Change and Uncertainty" in Seoul, Korea (organizers Montclair State University and Hanyang University) (paper Challenges of the expanded Europe: a cultural perspective)

2005: active participation and organisational assistance at WOSC 13th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems (organizer Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor) (paper Economic convergence of the EU member states from point of view of economic-cultural orientations)

April 2006: active participation in political discussion on a topic "The EU relations to its neighbours. Between the enlargement perspective and the European Neighbourhood Policy" in the framework of the project Europazug 2006 (as a representative of MFA Slovenia)

7.-9. June 2006: seminar for young EU diplomats organized by the European Commission (DG Relex, Unit K/6) in Brussels, with emphasis on EU Common Foreign and Security Policy

25.-28. September 2006: seminar France and Europe: EU Presidencies 2007-2008 organized by l'ENA (Ecole National d'Administration) in cooperation with Centre des études européennes de Strasbourg in Paris

 

Language knowledge:  

+++ = excellent

 

  reading writing speaking
English +++ +++ +++
German +++ +++ +++
Italian ++ ++ +
Croatian +++ ++ ++
French ++ + +

Awards and schollarships:

   

 

1992-2000 - Zois's schollarship for talented

1999/2000 - CEEPUS schollarship for exchange students

2000 – best diploma thesis on the topics „Slovenia and its integration into the European union“  

 

Research:

2000 – diploma thesis "Maneuver area for managing national-specific measures for international economic relations of Slovenia"  

2001-2003 – research project CRP The competitive position of Slovenia 2001-2006 titled “Slovenia in a multicultural environment and international integrations” (coordinator prof. Vito Bobek; financed by Slovene Ministry for education, science and sport and Government office for European affairs)

2001-2003 – research project CRP The competitive position of Slovenia 2001-2006 titled “Influence of NTBs on the size and competitive position of Slovene export to the EU” (coordinator prof. Vito Bobek; financed by Slovene Ministry for education, science and sport and Ministry of the economy)

2003 – master thesis "Empirical analysis of the impact of economic culture on the country's economic efficiency"

2004 – international research project Italian firms in Central and Eastern European countries, grant applicant University in Varese (Italy), coordinator for Slovenia prof. Vito Bobek

2004-2006 – research project CRP The competitive position of Slovenia 2001-2006 titled “Modelling and verification of empirical model for measuring the connections between economic culture and economic efficiency” (coordinator prof. Vito Bobek; financed by Slovene Ministry for education, science and sport)

2005 - dissertation "Economic convergence of the EU member states from a point of view of economic-cultural orientations"

2005-2006 - cooperation in international research project DIOSCURI Eastern enlargement - Western enlargement: Cultural encounters in the European Economy and society after accession (Slovenian coordinator dr. Frane Adam)

Work experience:  

1999 – Agis-Zavore d.o.o. Ptuj (1 month)

2000 – Roland Berger & Partner GmbH, Vienna (1 month)

2000-2005 - Faculty of Economics and Business Maribor (researcher and teaching assistant under mentorship of dr. Vito Bobek 2000-2004, under mentorship of dr. Matjaž Mulej in 2005)  

2005-... - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia (EU department)

  • january 2007 - Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union (Brussels)

 
Pedagogical activities: 2002-2005: teaching assistant (performed seminars, set up and maintenance of a web site for students) for the following subjects:
  1. International trade policy,
  2. Foreign trade system of Slovenia,
  3. Systems and instruments of international trade and
  4. International economic relations.
Bibliography:

bullet Živko, Tjaša. 2001. Manevrski prostor Slovenije za vodenje politike EOT po vstopu v EU. Naše gospodarstvo 1/2: 92-103.

 
bullet Živko, Tjaša. 2001. Vpliv kulturnih razlik na poslovanje. V Zbornik prispevkov 1. konference študentov podiplomskega študija Ekonomsko-poslovne fakultete, urednici M. Kranfogel Šlebinger in K. Pušnik. Maribor: EPF. 
A complete list (COBISS).
bullet Živko, Tjaša. 2001. Učinki približevanja Slovenije Evropski uniji na realni sektor in zaposlovanje (raziskovalna naloga za Banko Slovenije). Maribor: EPF.
bullet Bobek, V., Sruk, V., Treven, S., Zver, M. in Živko, T. 2002. Slovenija v multikulturnem okolju in mednarodnih integracijah (1. letno poročilo CRP Konkurenčnost Slovenije 2001-2006). Maribor: EPF.
bullet Živko, Tjaša. 2002. Vpliv kulturnih razlik na poslovanje. Naše gospodarstvo 1/2: 148-165.

 

bullet Živko, Tjaša. 2002. Building global brands - Case study Unilever ice cream. Ekonomska misao i praksa 1: 159-171.

 

bullet Bobek, V., Sruk, V., Treven, S. Zver, M. in Živko, T. 2002. Kulturne orientacije Slovencev v kontekstu evropske kulture. Maribor: Institut za ekonomske odnose s tujino.
bullet Bobek Vito in Živko Tjaša. 2002. Poslovni vodnik po skupni zunanjetrgovinski politiki Evropske unije. Ljubljana: GZS.
bullet Zver Milan, Živko Tjaša, Bobek Vito, Sruk Vida, Treven Sonja. 2002. Ekonomsko-sociološki vidik multikulturnega okolja mednarodnega poslovanja. Bilten EDP 1-3: 119-138.

 

bullet Zver Milan, Živko Tjaša, Bobek Vito. 2002. A few aspects of economic culture - a comparison between selected EU countries and the CEECs: lecture at 28th EIBA conference. Athens.

 

bullet Živko Tjaša. 2003. Empirična analiza vpliva ekonomske kulture na ekonomsko uspešnost držav(e). Magistrsko delo.
bullet Bobek Vito, Živko Tjaša, Zver Milan. 2003. Globalizacija, uspešnost in ekonomska kultura: primer EU in tranzicijskih držav. 14. Slovenski politološki dnevi v Portorožu.
bullet Živko Tjaša. 2003. Kulturološki vidiki socio-ekonomskih empiričnih raziskav. Teorija in praksa 3: 470-486.

 

 
bullet Bobek, V., Sruk, V., Treven, S., Završnik, B., Zver, M. in Živko, T. 2003. Slovenija v multikulturnem okolju in mednarodnih integracijah (končno poročilo CRP Konkurenčnost Slovenije 2001-2006). Maribor: EPF.

 
 
bullet Bobek, V., Sruk, V., Zver, M. in Živko, T. 2003. Ekonomija, kultura in uspešnost (Ekonomska kultura in uspešnost držav). Maribor: Institut za ekonomske odnose s tujino.

 
 
bullet Bobek, V. , Živko T., Belšak, D. in Pučnik, B. 2003. Opredelitev, informacije o uporabi in ocenjevanje necarinskih trgovinskih ovir v mednarodni menjavi. Maribor: Institut za ekonomske odnose s tujino.

 
 
bullet Bobek, V. , Živko T. in Belšak, D. 2003. Ocena učinkov necarinskih ovir v mednarodni menjavi. Bilten EDP  1: 29-47.

 
 
bullet Bobek, Vito in Živko T. 2004. Ključna področja uporabe necarinskih ovir. Maribor: Institut za ekonomske odnose s tujino.

 
 
bullet Bobek, V. , Ješovnik, P. in Živko T. 2004. Necarinske ovire v EU in v tranzicijskih državah. Maribor: Institut za ekonomske odnose s tujino.

 
 
bullet Bobek, V. , Zver, M. in Živko T. 2004. Kulturni vidiki ekonomske globalizacije v Evropi: analitičen primer. V Globalizacija in vloga malih držav: Slovenija v procesih globalizacije, urednika Brglez in Zajc. Ljubljana: FDV.

 
 
bullet Zver Milan in Živko Tjaša. 2004. Kulturna umestitev Slovencev v Evropi: aplikacija Hofstedejevega modela. Družboslovne razprave 45: 59-77.

 
 
bullet Zver, M., Živko, T. and Bobek, V. 2004. Is there a gap in economic culture between EU countries and the transition economies? Managing global transitions 2/1: 31-40.

 
 
bullet Zver, M., Živko, T. and Bobek, V. 2004. Differences in economic culture between Western European and Central-East European countries. Transition studies review 11/ 1: 113-122.

 
 
bullet Bobek, V., Zver, M. and Živko, T. 2005. New and old EU member states through the prism of economic culture. In: SERGI, Bruno S. Ethical implications of post-communist transition economics and politics in Europe, (Ekonomia, 144). Bratislava: IURA, pp. 55-69.
 
bullet ADAM, Frane, TOMŠIČ, Matevž, VEHOVAR, Urban, BAHOVEC, Igor, REK, Mateja, ŽIVKO, Tjaša, ADAM, Frane (ur.), REK, Mateja (ur.). Socialni kapital in vrednotno-kulturni vzorci: povzetki in komentarji novejše literature. Ljubljana: Center za teoretsko sociologijo (CTS) Fakultete za družbene vede.

 
 
bullet Zver, M., Živko, T. in Bobek, V. 2005. Ekonomija in kultura. (not yet published)

 
 
bullet Živko, T. 2005. Kulturna raznolikost razširjene Evropske unije: primerjalna analiza. Naše gospodarstvo 5/6: 76-87.

 
 
bullet Mulej, M. in Živko, T. 2006. Benchmarking of research organizations in Slovenia - situation and some suggestions. V Science Politics and Human Resources in SEE in the Context of European Integration. Austrian Science Offices. (not yet published)

 
 
bullet Živko, T. 2005. Europe from a point of view of economic-cultural orientations. (international conference proceedings)

 
 

 

 

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