Vanja Smokvina

Vanja Smokvina, born in Rijeka (Croatia) in 1983, graduated in law in 2006 at the Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka (Croatia). He obtained his doctorate degree from the European Law Faculty in Nova Gorica (Slovenia) with the thesis 'Fre movement of sportspeople and the specificity of labour law status of sportspersons in the EU' in 2012. He is an Assistant Professor at the Chair of Labour and Social Security Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka (Croatia). Professor Smokvina is also a visiting research associate at the Centre for Sports Law Research at the Edge Hill University (UK). He has published four books on Labour Law and Sports Law, more than twenty scientific articles and has presented his papers at numerous prestigious international scientific conferences (Cambridge, Leeds, Angers, Cologne, Madrid, Roma, Verona, Zagreb, etc.). Professor Smokvina was also a member of the working group of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports for drafting the new Sports Act (2014-2015) and a member of several working group for drafting strategic documents on sports at the national and regional level.