Vladimir Goati, doctor of political sciences, professor, publicist and analyst, died on Wednesday, it was confirmed to Radio and Television of Serbia.
Vladimir Goati was a political scientist, sociologist and analyst of political and social processes in Serbia and the territory of the former Yugoslavia.
He was born in 1939 in Mostar. He received his doctorate in the field of political science at Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade in 1973 and during his career he studied political parties, the electoral system, corruption and the transition to democracy.
He started his career as a researcher and lecturer, and established himself as a scientist at the Center for Political Studies and Public Opinion at the Institute of Social Sciences, where he was the director of the Center for Public Opinion Research from 1976 to 1983, and from 1983 to 1989, he headed the business committee of the Institute of Social Sciences.
He was also the president of the Scientific Council of the Institute from 1990 to 2003.
By invitation, he taught at universities in Ljubljana, Bordeaux, Podgorica and Belgrade, and was also a member of the Council for the Fight against Corruption.
Goati was the founder and long-time president of the non-governmental organization Transparency Serbia, the national branch of the global network Transparency International. His work was focused on building accountability and control mechanisms in the political system.
He is the author of numerous books, studies and scientific articles, such as "Political Sociology", "Contemporary Political Parties", "Elections and Electoral Systems", "Ideologies and Social Reality", "Party Struggles in Serbia in the Post-October Period", "Political Anatomy of Yugoslav Society" and others.
In addition to scientific and public engagement, Goati was a member of numerous national and international commissions, including those dealing with electoral legislation reform.
