University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science
Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia. He teaches courses on social and political psychology, cultural trauma and politics of memory, and conspiracy theories.
He was the principal investigator of the Balkan team in the CHANSE project “REDACT: Researching Europe, Digitalisation and Conspiracy Theories.” (2022-2025); leader of the Working group 3 (Causes and Consequences of Conspiracy Theories) of the COST Action CA15101 – Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories (COMPACT) (2016-2020); National coordinator of the CHCI Global Humanities Institute project “Crises of Democracy through the prism of Cultural Trauma” (2018-2020). Since 2023 he is the research collaborator of Adria Digital Media Observatory (ADMO).
Relevant publications
1. Blanuša, N. (2011). Teorije zavjera i hrvatska politička zbilja 1980 – 2007. Zagreb: Plejada / Conspiracy Theories and Croatian political reality 1980 – 2007. (book in Croatian).
2. Blanuša, N. “Populism and Conspiracism in Croatia and Their Articulations among Citizens from Left to Right”, In: M. Butter, K. Hatzkidi, C. Jeitler et al. (eds): Populism and Conspiracy Theory. Studies and Theoretical Perspectives. London, New York (NY), Routledge, 2024, pp. 79-112. doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003474272-6
3. Blanuša, N. (2024). “Teorije zavjera”. In: K. Bovan, D. Širinić i V. Raos (eds): Hrvatski birači – 30 godina političkog ponašanja i mišljenja. Zagreb: Fakultet političkih znanosti, 2024, pp. 173-199.
4. Blanuša, N., Denkovski, O., Fidanovski, K., Gjoneska, B. “Eu-Related Conspiracy Theories in The Western Balkans: Gravitating between rejecting and embracing Europe through Eurovilification and Eurofundamentalism” In: A. Önnerfors, A. Krouwel (eds): Europe: Continent of Conspiracies: Conspiracy Theories in and about Europe. London : New York (NY): Routledge; Taylor & Francis, 2021. pp. 185-213 . doi: 10.4324/9781003048640-10
5. Imhoff, R….Blanuša, N. (coauthorship of 40 researchers) “Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries”. Nature Human Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01258-7.
6. Blanuša, N. (in co-authorship with other 40 authors) “Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: the Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity”, Political Psychology 2021, 42(4): 597-618.. DOI: 10.111/pops.12716
7. Blanuša, N. “Dissolution of Yugoslavia as a conspiracy and its haunting returns: Narratives of internal and external othering”, In: A. Astapova, O. Colăcel, C. Pintilescu, T. Scheibner (eds): Conspiracy Theories in Eastern Europe: Tropes and Trends. London : Delhi: Routledge ; Taylor & Francis, 2020. pp. 147-166 . doi: 10.4324/9780429326073
8. Blanuša, N. “Conspiracy theories in and about the Balkans” In: M. Butter, P. Knight (eds): Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories. Abingdon : New York (NY): Routledge ; Taylor & Francis, 2020. pp. 596-609.
9. Blanuša, Nebojša ; Hristov, Todor “Psychoanalysis, Critical Theory and Conspiracy theory”, In: M. Butter, P. Knight (eds): Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories. Abingdon : New York (NY): Routledge ; Taylor & Francis, 2020. pp. 67-80.
In press:
co-edited volume: Conspiracy Theories in the European Digital Sphere (2027), Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, Francis & Taylor Group with the contribution in several chapters. Link: https://www.routledge.com/Conspiracy-Theories-in-the-European-Digital-Sphere/Birchall-Blanusa-Butter-Drazkiewicz-Knight-Madisson/p/book/9781041129141.
Blanuša, Nebojša and Vuksan-Ćusa, Bartul (2026). “Is Belief in Conspiracy Theories Stable or Moody? Evidence from Panel Data in Croatia”, Croatian Political Science Review, 2026 63(2):???