Luka Glusac

Luka Glušac is Assistant Director and Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. Before joining the Institute, he spent nine years working in the Secretariat of the Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Serbia. In 2018, he was an NHRI Fellow at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, while in 2019/2020 he was a Programme Manager at the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), where he led the programme of support to ombuds institutions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. As an international expert, he has supported the strengthening of parliaments and independent oversight bodies in numerous countries (Cameroon, Kenya, Niger, Lebanon, Ukraine, Georgia, Indonesia, the Maldives). His current research concentrates on independent oversight bodies and their relationship with other actors on different governance levels, with a special focus on their role in weak states. He is also interested in democratic civilian oversight of the security sector. He has published widely in Serbian and English.