Education and Work Experience

• 09/2021 - 06/2022: Central European University, M.A, Political Science
• 10/2018 - 07/2021: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, M.A. Philosophy and Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
• 01/2020 - 06/2020: Centre for Peace Studies Zagreb, certificate in Peace Studies
• 10/2014 - 09/2018: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, B.A. Philosophy and Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

Academic Appointments, Scientific Activities & Outreach

• 03/2024: Visiting Researcher, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade, Serbia
• 02/23 - 05/23: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, International Office, Humboldt Perspectives Study Abroad Program, Guest Lecturer (Course: Transformations and the Rise of the Illiberal Right: Lessons from Berlin and Germany)
• 04/2022 - May 2024: Review of Democracy, Assistant Editor
• 12/2021 - 07/2022: Central European University, Community Engagement Office, Socrates Project, Course Assistant
• 10/2018 - 09/2019: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
• Student Teaching Assistant

Fellowships, Stipends and Awards

• 09/2021 - 06/2022: Postgraduate Opportunity Scholarship, awarded by Central European University

Research Interests

• Democratic theory
• History of ideas
• Social movements
• Political and social philosophy
• Feminist theory

• Drakula, Lorena, 2024: "A Green-Powered Autocracy: How Serbia's Lithium Reshapes the EU's Values" Review of Democracy, https://revdem.ceu.edu/2024/08/29/a-green-powered-autocracy/
• Drakula, L. 2023. "Antifascism of the 21st century: how to deal with the success of the populist radical right?" In: Lada Duraković and Andrea Matošević (eds.), Antifascism, Zagreb; Pula: Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Srednja Europa (in Croatian). 
• Drakula, L. 2019. "Conservatism of Yugoslav Real-Socialism: The Redistribution of Political Roles After 1968." In: Borislav Mikulic and Mislav Zitko (eds.), Legacy of '68. Crises and Critiques of Rationality. Zagreb: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, pp. 94-110 (in Croatian).