Senada Šelo Šabić is a Senior Research Associate in the Institute for Development and International Relations in Zagreb, Croatia. She holds Ph.D. in political and social sciences from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy and has earned two Masters degrees – in international relations from the University of Zagreb and in peace studies from the University of Notre Dame, USA. 

Her research interests are European affairs, Balkans, migration and international security.

Senada is an International Scholars Fellow in the U.S. national security. She completed a study program at the University of Oxford on challenges of global human development; the World Bank training in international development cooperation; a training in strategic foresight at the German Council on Foreign Relations; and the Leadership Academy for Development conducted by Stanford University.

Senada has coordinated European research projects and has been a consultant for international development agencies. Senada is currently a representative of Croatia in the Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation in the European Research and Innovation Committee. She is also a chair of the Development Cooperation Projects Approval Committee of the City of Zagreb.