Dave Filipović-Cater grew-up in the south of England. During his legal studies at the University of Exeter, he developed two key interests - academically in the philosophy of public international law, and societally, through his involvement in the students’ union, in the workings of groups. The former interest shaped his academic path via a Masters in International Conflict Analysis at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and a PhD at Southampton University, looking at the concept of state failure in international law through a comparative analysis of the treatment of Somalia and Yugoslavia in the 1990s. His time at Southampton also allowed him to develop further his second interest through his involvement in the innovative team development course, which became a key component of his teaching role within the law faculty, alongside his ‘academic’ teaching.
Dave’s studies eventually took him to a teaching post at Varna Economics University (Bulgaria), from where his training interest led him to a senior programme manager role for the Civic Education Project, first based in Budapest, Hungary and then in Skopje, Macedonia. From there Dave decided to take closer control of his own career by becoming a freelance educational trainer and facilitator. After two years living in Serbia, he is now based in England, but works extensively throughout the UK, and in Eastern Europe. His areas of interest are primarily: skills training for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, team development, careers training for students in emergent markets, and the impact of Bologna reforms on teaching and course design, especially in Eastern Europe. Dave is also currently studying computing, to further his interest in the potential for distance and blended training.

last modified: 2007-08-01