Vladimir Goati passed away

Vladimir Goati was a political scientist, sociologist and analyst of political and social processes in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia.

He was born in Mostar in 1939. He received his PhD in political science from the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade in 1973 and throughout his career he studied political parties, electoral systems, corruption and the transition to democracy.

He began his career as a researcher and lecturer, and established himself as a scientist at the Center for Political Studies and Public Opinion at the Institute of Social Sciences, where from 1976 to 1983 he was the director of the Center for Public Opinion Research, and from 1983 to 1989 he headed the business board of the Institute of Social Sciences.

He was also the president of the Scientific Council of the Institute from 1990 to 2003.

He lectured by invitation at the universities of Ljubljana, Bordeaux, Podgorica and Belgrade, and was also a member of the Council for the Fight against Corruption.

Goati was the founder and long-time president of the non-governmental organization Transparency Serbia, the national branch of the global network Transparency International. His work was focused on building mechanisms of accountability and control in the political system.

He is the author of numerous books, studies and scientific articles, such as "Political Sociology", "Contemporary Political Parties", "Elections and Electoral Systems", "Ideologies and Social Reality", "Party Struggles in Serbia in the Post-October Period", "Political Anatomy of Yugoslav Society" and others.

In addition to his scientific and public engagement, Goati was a member of certain domestic and international commissions, including those dealing with the reform of electoral legislation.