Bogomil Ferfila (born June 7, 1951) is a Slovenian

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

, economist, and journalist. Ferfila is founder and head of the ''American, German and Global Studies''

graduate program Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

, chair of the "Policy Analysis and Public Administration" and a member of the Centre for Political Science Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences of

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

. He was a

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(

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...

; 1990–91) and

Japan Foundation The is a Japanese foundation that spreads Japanese culture around the world. Based in Tokyo, it was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture. I ...

fellow (1998). Beside being a full professor at the University of Ljubljana, he was also visiting professor/scholar at the

Cleveland State University Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in oper ...

(1991),

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1877, it is the first university of Western Canada. Both by total student enrolment and campus area, the University of ...

(1991, 1993, 1998–2014) and also at

Washington State University Washington State University (WSU, or colloquially Wazzu) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, United States. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest Land-grant uni ...

(1998–2014).Politoloske-raziskave.si – Prof. Bogomil Ferfila
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Selected bibliography

* Bogomil Ferfila and Paul Arthur Phillips: ''Political economy of labor: Canada and Slovenia'' (Calcutta: Sampark; 2011; ) * Bogomil Ferfila and Paul Arthur Phillips: ''Slovenia's transition: From medieval roots to the European Union'' (Lanham: Lexington Books; 2010; .)

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1951 births Living people 20th-century Slovenian economists Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana University of Ljubljana alumni 21st-century Slovenian economists Yugoslav economists {{academic-bio-stub