Dr. Daniel Pejic

Dr Daniel Pejic is a Research Fellow in the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, where he leads the City Diplomacy research and education portfolio. His research explores the role of cities in global affairs, particularly focusing on city diplomacy, cities in multilateral systems and the governance of global challenges such as migration and climate change. Daniel has significant experience working to translate research into policy having done so for national, state and local governments and international organisations such as the Organization for Economic Development (OECD), UN-Habitat and United Nations University. He has also worked with leading think tanks such as the Brookings Institution, Truman Center for National Policy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the German Marshall Fund of the United States and with city networks such as Metropolis, Mayors Migration Council, ICLEI, Global Parliament of Mayors and Eurocities. Daniel led the ‘Shared Pathways to COP28’ program, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) which trained local government officials in Australia and China on how to maximise their international climate change work. He is a visiting researcher at the Soka University Peace Research Institute in Tokyo and regularly gives guest lectures on topics related to city diplomacy, global governance and urban policy.