On Thursday, June 5th, 2025 at 12:00 PM (CET), we are hosting the CAS SEE Seminar with Margareta Gregurović and Matea Grgurinović  on “Precarious Circuits: Labor, Status, and Digital Extraction” in conversation with the RECAS Fellow Emina Bužinkić.

Margareta Gregurović & Matea Grgurinović

Margareta Gregurović, a sociologist, is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Migration Research (IMIN) in Zagreb. In her research, she mainly deals with issues related to the quality of life and integration of different categories of migrants into Croatian society, with an additional emphasis on surveying public attitudes towards them. Other areas of her scientific interest are educational inequalities and the inclusion of various minority and migrant groups in the education system. She is the author of more than fifty scientific and professional papers and has participated in dozens of scientific conferences. She is the leader of the project “Croatia as a Country of Immigration: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives” and she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Migracijske i etničke teme / Migration and Ethnic Themes (2021–2024).

Matea Grgurinović is a journalist and researcher with a particular interest in poverty, inequality, and workers’ rights, as well as climate change and trauma. She has been reporting on labor issues for many years. She holds a master’s degree in English and Russian and is currently learning Chinese.

About the Seminar

The seminar explores the entanglements of digital economies, migrant labor, and status hierarchies in Croatia. The panel examines how racial (platform) capitalism and extractive data regimes intensify precarity, shaping new forms of racialized labor and socio-legal disposability.

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Fellowship

Fellowships are supported by OSF Western Balkans, ERSTE Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

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