Tomislav Tomašević is a Croatian activist, environmentalist, political scientist and politician. He is former leader of "Green Action", now delegate in Zagreb Assembly, as well as the one of the leaders of the Zagreb is OURS! green/left platform and We can! national party and platform with coalition with same name. He got elected in Croatian Parliament together with 6 other members of the Coalition.
Work
As Zagreb is OURS platform established itself as the political party it won almost 8% of votes in May 2017 for Zagreb Assembly as well as gained international support, Tomašević joined the city council with 3 other green-left coalition councilors and today represents the most dynamic opposition to Milan Bandić's decade-long rule, being the most vocal critic and contender for his position in 2021 elections. Tomašević blames opportunism of Bandić – an ex-social democrat, as Bandić is "supported by the extreme right – for the corruption, the misuse of public spaces, and the lack of attention to ecology." Tomašević works professionally in the Institute for Political Ecology in Zagreb, Croatia. He received several awards and scholarships, including the Marshal Memorial Fellowship, Chevening Fellowship and Cambridge Overseas Trust Fellowship. He is researching on the commons, democratisation of railway services, and models of participative governance of services like water and waste management.
Publications
Dolenec, D, Doolan, K, Tomasevic, T Contesting Neoliberal Urbanism on the European Semi-periphery: the Right to the City movement in Croatia, Europe – Asia Studies, 9
Domazet, M, Dolenec, D, Cvijanovic, V, Tomasevic, T, Walton, JF, Doolan, K, Zitko, M We Need to Change. Ideas of Growth and Development in a Time of Crisis of Fossil Energy and Capitalism. Etnoloska tribina: Journal of Croatian Ethnological Society, 44 /37, 37-71
Dolenec, D, Tomasevic, T, et al. The Struggle for the Commons in the Balkans. In: Bibic, V, Horvat, S et al. The Balkan Forum: Situations, Struggles, Strategies. Bijeli val, Zagreb, 9-34
Buzinkic, E, Puljic, D, Tomasevic, T Steps towards successful youth policy in local communities, 3rd and enlarged edition. Croatian Youth Network, Zagreb.
