Open Letter to the Croatian Government on the State of Research and Higher Education in Croatia and the Development Plan up to 2026

This is the English version of the Open Letter addressed to Prime Minister of the Croatian Government, Andrej Plenković, minister of science and education, Radovan Fuchs, and to the Croatian media outlets on 2 Nov 2021.

The Open Letter emphasizes six fundamental principles and suggests six measures based on which we believe the quality and international recognition of research&innovation and higher education in the Republic of Croatian could be improved.

The Croatian version can be found here: https://zenodo.org/record/5005986

The names of four authors and 26 supporters are listed below.

Authors (alphabetically):

1. Pavel Gregorić, PhD, Institute of Philosophy, Croatia
2. Prof Mirko Planinić, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
3. Prof Vlatko Silobrčić, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatia
4. Tomislav Stojanov, PhD, University of Nottingham, UK

Supporters (alphabetically):

1. Tome Antičić, PhD, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia
2. Prof Marija Brajdić Vuković, Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Croatia
3. Prof Neven Budak, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
4. Prof Hrvoje Buljan, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
5. Prof Blaženka Divjak, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
6. Mladen Domazet, PhD, Institute for Political Ecology, Croatia
7. Prof Josip Glaurdić, Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg
8. Prof Ita Gruić Sovulj, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
9. Prof Željko Ivezić, University of Washington, USA
10. Prof Dejan Jović, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
11. Prof Hrvoje Klasić, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
12. Prof Hrvoje Kraljević, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
13. Dragomira Majhen, PhD, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia
14. Prof Siniša Malešević, University College, Dublin, Ireland
15. Prof Guy Paić, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
16. Prof Nenad Pavin, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
17. Prof Darko Polšek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
18. Petra Posedel Šimović, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
19. Prof Aleksandra Rađenović, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
20. Nenad Raos, PhD, research advisor, retired, Croatia
21. Prof Hrvoje Šikić, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
22. Prof Zvonimir Šikić, University of Zagreb, retired, Croatia
23. Prof Aleksandar Štulhofer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
24. Prof Iva Tolić, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia
25. Prof Maja Vehovec, University of Rijeka, retired, Croatia
26. Prof Igor Žutić, University of Buffalo, USA