Gojko Bežovan is the head of the doctoral studies in social policy, as well as the university interdisciplinary postgraduate specialist studies in City Management as well as Preparation and Implementation of EU Projects. He is the head of the graduate studies of social policy and the post-graduate specialist studies of social policy.

His research focuses mainly on Croatian social policy, housing and housing policy, welfare mix development, EU-policies and Croatian welfare state, civil society and social policy, social innovations, services for elderly, pension policy, local social programmes, social economy, philanthropy, social enterprise.

He is the founder and president of CERANEO – the Centre for the Development of Non-Profit Organizations, a think tank for the development of social policy and civil society. He is a partner in RE-DWELL- Delivering affordable and sustainable housing in Europe, H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020, (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks), 2020-2024.

Professor Bežovan was a partner in EU FP7 projects: WILCO – Welfare Innovation at Local Level in Favor of Cohesion, (2010-2014) and Third Sector Impact – The Contribution of the Third Sector to Europe’s Socio-economic Development (2014-2018). He was a partner in the Erasmus project OIKONET – A Global Multidisciplinary Network on Housing Research and Learning (2014-2018).

He is the head of the Croatian team in the European Social Policy Analysis Network (ESPAN) at the European Commission.

He regularly participates in international and domestic scientific and professional meetings. He has taught at several foreign universities.

He is a member of several professional associations: Croatian Sociological Society, Croatian Section of the European Regional Research Association, European Network for Housing Research, International Society for Third Sector Research, European Research Network on Philanthropy, International Network for Social Policy Teaching and Research.

He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Adris Foundation, as well as of the Foundation of University of Zagreb.

He writes and speaks in the media about the topics he deals with in his research.