Julija Lozzi Barković, PhD, the head of the Centre for Industrial Heritage, has many years of experience in research and work related to industrial heritage.
She teaches several courses at the Department of Art History of the Rijeka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: the 19th Century Art, the 20th Century Art, Art Today, Final Thesis Preparation, Museology and Museum Education. She also holds an elective course in graduate study program Architectural Industrial Heritage. Julija Lozzi Barković is an active member of Pro Torpedo, the association that engages in preservation of Rijeka’s industrial heritage.

Kristina Pandža, mag. educ. hist. et inf., an expert associate at the Centre for Industrial Heritage, and works as a research coordinator in project Tourism Valorisation of the Representative Monuments of Rijeka’s Industrial Heritage. Pandža is also the leader of the project’s research team creating education materials for children and adolescents.
Kristina Pandža is involved in projects aimed at professional research of industrial and cultural heritage and projects of digitalization of the researched material. These are: “Don’t Stray – Ask for the Way!” (a web database of cultural heritage of the town of Krk (http://www.history.grad-krk.hr/en)), “Rijeka Heritage 1 & 2“ (a web database of the industrial heritage of Rijeka (https://rijekaheritage.org/)) and a project of creating a map of cultural heritage of the island of Krk (http://www.visitkrk.hr/en/home/). In addition to that, Panžda works a coordinator in Interreg Europe’s project CHRISTA (Culture and Heritage for Responsible, Innovative and Sustainable Tourism Actions). Concentrating on educational activities, Kristina Pandža also gives guided tours along the sites of Rijeka’s industrial heritage.

Ivana Golob Mihić, mag. educ. inf. et hist. art., is an expert associate at the Centre for Industrial Heritage. She has been working at the Centre since its foundation in 2013, running and coordinating the projects of digitalization, in which she also takes part as a researcher. These are: “Don’t Stray – Ask for the Way!“ (a web database of cultural heritage of the town of Krk (http://www.history.grad-krk.hr/en)), “Rijeka Heritage 1 & 2” (a web database of the industrial heritage of Rijeka (https://rijekaheritage.org/)) and a project of creating an interactive map of cultural heritage of the island of Krk (http://www.visitkrk.hr/en/home/). As a researcher and expert for industrial heritage, she participates in Interreg Europe’s project CHRISTA (Culture and Heritage for Responsible, Innovative and Sustainable Tourism Actions), where she advises the project partners about the topics of industrial heritage in the service of cultural tourism. In her work, Golob Mihić focuses on the use of modern technology and multimedia in presentations of cultural and industrial heritage. She also gives guided tours along Rijeka’s industrial sites. One of her specialties is working with children and youth, where she regularly advances her skills.

Ema Makarun, mag. educ. hist. et hist. art., is an expert associate working at the Centre for Industrial Heritage since its establishment. She is a researcher in the following projects “Don’t Stray – Ask for the Way!“ (a web database of cultural heritage of the town of Krk (http://www.history.grad-krk.hr/en)); “Rijeka Heritage 1 & 2“ (a web database of the industrial heritage of Rijeka (https://rijekaheritage.org/)), and a project of creating an interactive map of cultural heritage of the island of Krk (http://www.visitkrk.hr/en/home/).
Makarun also takes part in Interreg Europe’s project CHRISTA (Culture and Heritage for Responsible, Innovative and Sustainable Tourism Actions), providing the project partners with advice on the topics of Rijeka’s industrial heritage in the service of cultural tourism. She also participates in other activities of the Centre, with a special emphasis on the activities related to research, education and tourism.