Marijana M. Kotlaja, PhD

Speaking & Media

Talks, panels, and press.

From the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to community libraries and public symposia.

Invited & Public Talks

  • 2024

    Football Hooliganism, Politics, and Organized Crime in the Balkans: Lessons from the Belivuk Case

    UN Office on Drugs and Crime

  • 2024

    American Public Square panel

    Kansas City Public Library

  • 2024

    Guns, Crime and the Economy

    Public Safety Symposium — invited by Mayor Pro Tem Shaw

  • 2024

    Evaluating Violence Prevention Programs in KCMO

    KC Chamber

  • 2024

    What Everyone Should Know About Violence Prevention and Justice

    Harrisonville United Methodist Church

  • 2023

    Planning & Measuring Effective Change in KCMO

    Violence Reduction Summit

  • 2023

    Comparative Criminology and Stewards of Justice

    Wyandotte High School

  • 2021

    Surveying in Developing Countries

    14th UN Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice Conference, Kyoto, Japan

What I Talk About

A few buckets of topics I'm regularly invited to speak on — happy to tailor a talk, panel, or workshop to your audience.

International Criminology

  • Football hooliganism, ultras movements, and organized crime in the Balkans
  • What the Balkans teach us about trust, legitimacy, and post-conflict policing
  • Populism, marginalization, and social disorder across Europe
  • Cross-national survey research: methods, translation, and pitfalls
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Community Violence & Prevention

  • Violence prevention that actually works in mid-sized US cities
  • Designing and evaluating city-funded violence prevention programs
  • Guns, crime, and the local economy
  • Youth-led solutions to community violence
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Policing & Justice Systems

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and the future of policing
  • Electronic monitoring and the stigma trap for justice-involved youth
  • Pretrial reform and what comes after the first court date
  • Forensic criminology and expert witness work
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Diaspora, Identity & Community

  • Building Balkan diaspora networks in the American Midwest
  • Cultural context in research and practice with immigrant communities
  • Women in criminology and academia
  • From fieldwork to policy: bridging research and community
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In the Media

Video · 2024

American Public Square panel

Kansas City Public Library

Press & Features