CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Taida Šarkinović, LL.M.
Assistant Professor
Date of birth: 14.11.1973.
Place of birth: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Work address
Sarajevo School of Science and Technology
Hrasnička cesta 3A, 71000 Sarajevo, BIH
Email: [email protected]
Education
2010-2011 Fulbright Visiting Scholar. Columbia University.
2001-2004 Dr. iur. University of Vienna. Faculty of Law. Section for International Law
and International Relations.
1997-1998 LL.M. in International Business Law. Central European University. Legal
Studies Department.
1992-1996 LL.B. University of Sarajevo. Faculty of Law.
1988-1992 High school degree at the I Gymnasium in Sarajevo.
Professional career
Sept. 2015 -
Assistant Professor of International Law
Department of Political Science and International Relations
University „Sarajevo School of Science and Technology“
Oct. 2011 – June 2014
Assistant Professor of Law
American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013 - 2015
Independent Consultant/Researcher
June 2007 – Sept. 2011
Director
Centre for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies of the University of
Sarajevo
Deputy Director
Centre for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies of the University of
Sarajevo
Sept. 2004 - May 2007
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2001-2002
Program Coordinator
Centre for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies of the University of
Sarajevo
Nov. 1998 – 2001
Program Coordinator
Law Centre – Open Society Fund B&H, Sarajevo
Research interests
International (investment) law; International dispute settlement; EU law; Global governance
Research projects
Investing in South Eastern Europe: Foreign direct investment in the Stability Pact
countries (awarded with the Dr. Elemér Hantos Prize for promoting economic
cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe in June 2006)
Call for an Accountable and Professional BiH Civil Service (Values and Ethical Standards
in the BiH Civil Service System)
Umbrella Clauses and Their Policy Implications
Ongoing project - Investor-State Arbitration: Between Private and Public Interests
Publications
Books:
Taida Begic, Applicable Law in International Investment Disputes, Eleven International
Publishing, Utrecht, 2005
Book chapters:
Taida Begic, Investing in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Investing in South Eastern Europe
– Foreign Direct Investment in the Stability Pact Countries (Stefan Messmann, Tibor
Tajti eds.), Europäischer Universitätsverlag, Bochum, 2005
Articles:
Taida Begic Sarkinovic, “Towards Shaping the New EU Investment Policy“, Latin
American Journal of International Trade Law, Vol 2. No.2 (2014)
Taida Begic Sarkinovic, “Umbrella Clauses and Their Policy Implications”, Hague
Yearbook of International Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Vol. 24, pp. 313-357 (2011)
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Taida Begic, “The Convention on Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and
Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention)”, Pravna misao, Sarajevo, November 2004
Policy Studies:
Taida Begic, Call for an Accountable and Professional BiH Civil Service (Values and
Ethical Standards in the BiH Civil Service System) BiH - OSF Policy Development
Fellowship
2006-2007,
available
at
http://www.osfbih.org.ba/images/Prog_docs/PDFP/pdfp_0607/studija_eng_06/taida_begic_final_policy_study_eng.pdf, p. 40
Conference/seminar presentations/papers (selected)
Integrating Clinical Legal Education into the Law School Curriculum, 25-30 June 2000,
Sofia/Varna, The Third Annual Colloquium on Clinical Legal Education in Central and
Eastern Europe, the Public Interest Law Initiative at Columbia Law School and the
Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute in Budapest.
Academic Approach to Entrepreneurship, 7-12 November 2005, Sarajevo, Conference:
BiH Youth, Let’s Make Our Future!, USAID.
What is the current status of relations between Bosnia-Herzegovina and the EU?Reinforcing civil society, 6-7 October 2005, Sarajevo, European Conference “Dialog and
partnerships in order to take up the challenge of development in Bosnia-Herzegovina”
Confrontations Europe/FIPA/Association Sarajevo.
Human Rights Education, March 2006, Opatija/Croatia, Regional University Teacher
Training Seminar in Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship, University of
Zagreb/Research and Training Center for HR and Democratic Citizenship.
Quality of postgraduate training, December 2006, Conference on Quality of Training,
UNDP, Sarajevo.
Call for an Accountable and Professional BiH Civil Service (Values and Ethical Standards
in the BiH Civil Service System), May 2007, OSF BiH Conference, Sarajevo
Prospects for interdisciplinary graduate and doctoral studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(co-authors), September 2007, Sarajevo, XIII World Congress of Comparative Education
Societies - Living Together: Education and Intercultural Dialogue.
Umbrella Clauses and Their Policy Implications, January 2011, Columbia University
School of Law, Visiting Scholar/Research Fellow Forum, NYC.
Investment Arbitration, February 2013, American University in BiH.
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Academic scholarships, awards and fellowships
2010-2011
Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University School of Law
2007
International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)
The U.S. Department of State’s professional exchange program.
2006-2007
BiH - OSF Policy Development Fellowship. OSF BiH
2002-2003
OSF Global Supplementary Grant for doctoral studies
1997-1998
The Full CEU Scholarship
Foreign language proficiency
English (fluent)
German (basic)
Service
Founding member of the European Association of Schools of Political Studies of the
Council of Europe
Supervisory board member of the US Alumni Association in B&H
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