• Pharos International Institute

    FOR SCIENCE, ARTS, AND CULTURE

    The Pharos International Institute for Science, Arts and Culture (referred to as the Pharos Institute) was founded in 2022 in Stari Grad on the island of Hvar (Pharos) by a group of college professors and local artists from Croatia, Austria, Australia, and the United States to create a center of knowledge and culture that will serve current and future generations of Stari Grad, Hvar, and the Dalmatian region.

  • INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE

    The Pharos Institute aims to promote, and inspire through knowledge and cultural heritage, providing a space for reflection and addressing social, cultural, economic, environmental, and other challenges related to the island of Hvar, as well as the broader Dalmatian and Mediterranean region.

  • HVAR - CROATIA

    PHAROS

    In 2024, the institute is piloting institutional partnerships and select programming with national and international academic institutions.

In 2023, the founders set out to actualize the vision that would develop the Institute to serve as:

1. A hub for programming that celebrates multi-disciplinary learning and culture and

2. A hub for innovative approaches to address solutions to modern day social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by the local communities on the island and greater Dalmatian and Mediterranean region.


More about Pharos

Management and Governance

Pharos Institute is led by the Executive Director, Prof. dr. Pero Lučin, who together with the Executive Board oversees the development of and implementation of Pharos Institute programming departments.

Each department is co-headed by an international and national or Hvar-based expert in their respective fields. All department heads have linkages with respected academic and public institutions in Croatia and globally which will contribute to ensure the quality of programming.

The Executive Board is advised by a national and international advisory board of notable experts in their respective fields. The Pharos Institute Assembly oversees the work of the Executive Board.

Pharos Key Departments

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Education, Wellbeing, and Youth
Education, Wellbeing, and Youth
Health and Social Inclusion
Health and Social Inclusion
Pluralism and Civic Values
Pluralism and Civic Values
Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture
Tourism
Tourism
Mediterranean Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Environment
Environment
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“The Institute is connecting the history with what we are and what we want to leave behind for future generations…. It is about the past, present, and the emerging.”

Pharos Partners

Pharos Institute intends to have cooperation with a broad cross section of Croatian and international institutions, universities, NGOs, and businesses. To that effect, the Institute is currently developing partnerships with:
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