Biography

Jure Zovko is a Croatian philosopher, Professor of Ontology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zadar since 2000 and a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb. Since 2021 he has been President of the International Institute of Philosophy (Institut International de Philosophie, Paris) and of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science (Brussels). His research covers hermeneutics, ancient Greek philosophy, German idealism and the philosophy of science. In 1993–2000 he was Deputy Minister for Science and Technology of Croatia. He is a member of the GTU Supervisory Board.

Education

• University of Sarajevo – philosophy, German studies, 1978–1980
• University of Freiburg (Germany) – M.A., 1985
• University of Freiburg – Ph.D. in philosophy, 1989; dissertation on Friedrich Schlegel’s hermeneutical critique

Scientific degree and rank

• Ph.D. in philosophy (University of Freiburg, 1989)
• Professor (University of Zadar)

Work experience

• Since 1990 – Institute of Philosophy (Zagreb), researcher
• Since 1992 – University of Zagreb, lecturer
• 1993–2000 – Deputy Minister for Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia
• Since 2000 – University of Zadar, Faculty of Philosophy, Professor of Ontology
• Since 2010 – Vice-President of the International Hegel Society
• 2018–2021 – Vice-President of the International Institute of Philosophy; since 2021 – President
• Since 2021 – President of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science (Brussels)
• Visiting professor at the universities of Vienna, Mainz, Tübingen, Münster and Sarajevo

Awards, prizes

• Katarina Zrinski Award, 1997
• Ruđer Bošković Award for Science, 1998