Dora Smolčić Jurdana

Dora Smolčić Jurdana is a tenured professor and head of the Institute of Tourism at the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija, University of Rijeka. She is head of the postgraduate university doctoral study “Management of Sustainable Development” and vice president for technology and innovations of the Scientific Field Committee for Economics (Agency for Science and Higher Education, Croatia).

She has published more than 90 scientific papers and has participated in numerous conferences thematically related to tourism. As an active researcher, she has worked on five scientific projects. Additionally, Dora Smolčić Jurdana has been involved as a project coordinator, project manager, or project researcher in developing a great number of professional projects, transferring theoretical knowledge into practice.

The most important areas of her scientific and professional interest are strategic planning in tourism, sustainable tourism development, and the and the economic and social aspects of tourism.