Our colleagues, Dr Uroš Ćemalović, Senior Research Associate, МА Slađana Ćurčić, Research
Assistant, and Dr Milan Igrutinović, Research Associate, have published a scientific article
entitled Environmental Contradictions in the EU Accession Process: Lessons from a Lithium
Mining Project in Serbia in the leading international academic publication – Journal of Energy &
Natural Resources Law (M21a+), published by Taylor & Francis. The Journal of Energy &
Natural Resources Law of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Section on Energy,
Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL) is the leading refereed
journal in the field of energy and natural resources law, publishing four print issues per year, as
well as frequent on-line content updates.
The paper considers the “Jadar” lithium mining project as a specific challenge to environmental
security, and highlights its incompatibility with the European Union’s (EU) environmental
standards that Serbia, as a candidate country, is required to meet, as well as with the EU criteria
for the designation of strategic projects.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2025.2592206