Lecture 'Global Visibility – Local Silence: Internationalization and the Social Role of Science'

Gorana Bandalović — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:40:39 GMT

On April 14, 2026, a member of our Department, Assoc. Prof. Toni Popović, gave a public
lecture entitled Global Visibility – Local Silence: Internationalization and the Social Role of
Science. The lecture was organized as part of the Tuesday Philosophical Chatter series at the
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split. The presentation highlighted the key processes of
internationalization of Croatian social sciences and humanities. Particular emphasis was
placed on the increasing inclusion of journals in prestigious bibliographic and citation
databases, as well as the increase in works in English, the participation of foreign authors,
and topics that are less frequently directly related to Croatian society and culture. Such trends
indicate the need for the so-called 'reflexive internationalization'. On the one hand, it implies
opening up to the international scientific space, publishing in prestigious journals,
participating in competitive projects, and inclusion in international research networks. In
modern conditions of global connectivity, science can hardly develop within exclusively
national frameworks. On the other hand, the importance of preserving the ideal of public
science focused on local problems was emphasized. This ideal is promoted by strengthening
domestic open access journals and developing topics and content in the Croatian language,
accessible and understandable to the interested public. The conclusion emphasizes the
importance of local potentials, including science and language, in theories of sustainable
development, in the face of the challenges of uniformizing globalization and the process of
'McDonaldization'of society.

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Lecture 'Global Visibility – Local Silence: Internationalization and the Social Role of Science'