Dr. Zoran Oklopcic

Biography

Zoran Oklopcic is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. He holds degrees in Law and Political Science from universities in Zagreb, Amsterdam, Central Europe, and Toronto. His research focuses on themes of peoplehood, state-formation, and constitutional theory, exploring the intersection of various disciplines such as normative political theory and international law. Oklopcic has published extensively, including his monograph 'Beyond People: Social Imaginary Constituent Imagination,' featured in the Oxford Constitutional Theory series. His previous academic roles include being a MacCormick Visiting Fellow and a Junior Faculty member at Harvard Law School's Institute for Global Law and Policy. His teaching emphasizes critical approaches to constitutionalism and public international law, and he is currently engaged in projects that examine the constitutional challenges in Spain and Catalonia. Oklopcic aims to contribute to discussions around territorial rights and constitutional pluralism, particularly in the context of Global South constitutionalism.

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