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Nina ObuljenNina Obuljen is a research fellow at the Institute for International Relations in Zagreb, Croatia.Currently, she is Assistant Minister for International Relations and EU Affairs at the CroatianMinistry of Culture. She graduated both from the Academy of Music and the Faculty of Arts at theUniversity of Zagreb. She holds a Masters of Political Science from the University of Zagreb and isenrolled in doctoral studies at the same University. She is a member of the Editorial Board of theCulturelink Review and a former member of the Steering Committee of the International Networkfor Cultural Diversity (INCD).From 2004 until 2006 Ms Obuljen was the chairperson of the Cultural Council for InternationalRelations and European Integration of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia. MsObuljen was head of the Croatian delegation for the negotiations about the Draft Conventionon the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions in UNESCO. She isa member of the Croatian negotiating team for the accession to the EU for the chapters onEducation and Culture; and Information Society and Media.In July 2004 Nina Obuljen was awarded the European Cultural Policy Research Award forher research on the impact of EU enlargement on cultural policies. Nina Obuljen is the authorof several articles in the field of cultural policy focusing in particular on the issues of the EUintegration, transformations of cultural policies and cultural diversity.116Biography Nina Obuljen