Title: Leadership in complex and chaotic situations

bio:

Professor Blaženka Divjak was the Croatian Minister for Science and Education (June 2017 - July 2020). She was leading four major reform processes in her mandate: curricular reform of general education, reform of vocational education and training, enhancement of relevance of higher education and excellence of research. She was chairing EU Council of ministers for education and Council of ministers for research and space during Croatian presidency (January - June 2020). In that period, she led the process of adopting several Council conclusions related to future teachers, future jobs and brain circulation as well as coordinating the EU response to the COVID-19 crises in education and research.
She holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science and Mathematics and is a Full professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics. She served as Vice-Rector for students and study programs at the University of Zagreb (2010-2014).
She is the author of over 150 scientific and professional papers in the field of mathematics, strategic planning in higher education and research, multicriteria decision making (AHP, ANP), mathematical education, project management, education reform, curriculum development, learning analytics, e-learning and science communication.