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Marko Selakovic

Dr. Marko Selaković

Senior Lecturer

SP Jain London School of Management


EDUCATION

  • Doctor of Business Administration, S P Jain School of Global Management, Australia
  • Master of International Business, DOBA University of Applied Sciences, Slovenia

Bio

Dr Marko Selaković is practitioner academic who is currently a Senior Lecturer at SP Jain London School of Management. He has extensive international experience in training, consultancy, and higher education across the Europe and Middle East, with specialization in strategic and international communications, crisis and risk communications, digital technologies and AI application, and marketing communications. In addition to the academic positions, he is an active practitioner and consultant who is currently Member of IPRA, Board Member of Serbian Business Council, and Affiliate Member of Global Strategic Communication Consortium. Previously he was Chairman of Serbian Business Council in Dubai, Advisory Board member of East West Bridge, Head of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia Office to the UAE, Business Director of Expo 2020 Serbia, Vice-president of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gulf Chapter, and Vice-president of Serbian Public Relations Society. Marko holds Doctor of Business Administration degree from S P Jain School of Global Management and is author or co-author of numerous research papers, book chapters, and conference presentations.

Subjects Taught

  • Employability & Practitioner Skill Series 3: Communicating Effectively
  • World Cultures
  • Digital Marketing
  • Retail Management
  • Brand Management and Integrated Marketing Communications

Areas of Expertise

  • Communications
  • Marketing

Academic experience

  • Senior Lecturer, SP Jain London School of Management
  • Deputy Director and Assistant Professor, S P Jain School of Global Management
  • Supervisor, Continuous Education and Training Centre, American University in the Emirates
  • Visiting and guest lecturer – Bucharest University of Economic Studies, University of Kragujevac, etc.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles
  • Selaković, M., & Ljepava, N. (2026). The third way: evolution of public relations in Yugoslavia (1945–1991). Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 31(3), 383-403.

  • Ljepava, N., Tarabasz, A., & Selakovic, M. (2026). Beyond Deepfakes: Softfakes—A Novel Form of AI-mediated Strategic Communication. Journal of Creative Communications, 09732586261463339.

  • Selaković, M., Ljepava, N., Bagheri, N., & Al Chami, R. (2025). From greenwashing to greenbleaching: green communication and mitigating moral outrage in the context of revisited situational crisis communication theory. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 30(2), 209-223.

  • Faizi, F., Sawas, M., Abohassan, D., Stojanović, I., & Selaković, M. (2025). Analyzing the impact of macroeconomic conditions on GDP growth: BRICS vs. G7 countries. Ekonomski horizonti, 27(3), 277-295.

  • Zhu, Y., & Selaković, M. (2025). Culture and role-based AI agencies in strategic communication: special issue overview. International Communication of Chinese Culture, 12(2), 177-182.

  • Selaković, M. (2025). Government Crisis Communications and Business Crisis Response during 2024 Dubai Floods. European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 17(2), 23-32.

  • Selaković, M., Ljepava, N., Bowen, S. A., Zhu, Y., Erzikova, E., & Robertson, B. (2024). Redefining strategic communication and its future role: the global strategic communication consortium 2024 conclave-a review. Ekonomski Horizonti, 26(2), 211-216.

  • Stojanović, I., Selaković, M., Gačić, M., Kaplarević, M., & Filipović, N. (2024). Project risks during the COVID-19 pandemic and their effects on delays and cost overruns. Journal of the Serbian Society for Computational Mechanics, 18(1), 1-15.

  • Selakovic, M., Tarabasz, A., & Ljepava, N. (2024). The evolution of disinformation: A study of digital transformation of fake news. Media studies, 15(30), 114-131.

  • Stojanović, I., Malak, M. A. N. A., Ljepava, N., Selaković, M., Osmanović, N., & Stranjančević, A. (2024). The Factor analysis and principal component analysis of project delays during the Covid-19 pandemic due to supply chain disruptions: Lessons Learned. Journal of Contemporary Economics, 8(1), 1-18.

  • Selaković, M., Ljepava, N., Tarabasz, A., & Stojanović, I. (2023). E-business as catalyst for global transformation of SMEs: A Middle East perspective. Tem Journal, 12(3), 1838.

  • Stojanović, I., Puška, A., Selakovic, M., Shafia, S., Shamout, M., & Erceg, D. (2023). Selection of viable suppliers for project organizations during the long-term disruption of supply chains using IMF SWARA. Operational Research in Engineering Sciences: Theory and Applications, 6(1), 1-24.

  • Selaković, M., & Ljepava, N. (2023). Online-ignited crises and post-crisis image restoration: Example of Flight 3411 incident. International Journal of Management Trends: Key Concepts and Research, 2(1), 15-40.

  • Stojanović, I., Puška, A., & Selaković, M. (2022). A multi-criteria approach to the comparative analysis of the global innovation index on the example of the Western Balkan countries. Economics, 10(2), 9-26.

  • Selaković, M. (2022). Fake news and foreign direct investment inflows: Is there a relationship?. European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 14(2), 24-44.

  • Selaković, M., Ljepava, N., & Mateev, M. (2020). Implications of the paracrises on the companies’ stock prices. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 25(1), 3-19.

  • Selakovic, M., Tarabasz, A., & Gallant, M. (2020). Typology of business-related fake news online: A literature review. J. Mgt. Mkt. Review, 5(4), 234–243.

  • Tarabasz, A., Selaković, M., & Abraham, C. (2018). The classroom of the future: Disrupting the concept of contemporary business education. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 6(4), 231-243.

  • Ristic, M. R., Selakovic, M., & Qureshi, T. M. (2017). Employee motivation strategies and creation of supportive work environment in societies of post-socialist transformation. Polish journal of management studies, 15(2), 205-216.

  • Malouf, A., Selaković, M., & Ljepava, N. (2016). Exploring the relationship between corporate volunteering and internal communications in multinational organizations. Communication Management Review, 1(02), 6-22.

Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings

  • Ljepava, N., & Selakovic, M. (2027). AI in Higher Education: Reshaping Teaching, Learning, and University Governance for the 21st Century. In Encyclopedia of Modern Artificial Intelligence (pp. 1-24). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

  • Selakovic, M., & Hmaidi, L. (2026). 2023 Serbia Mass Shootings: Crisis Communication, Moral Outrage, and Social Impact. In Exploring the Cultural, Moral, and Technological Dimensions of Conflict (pp. 319-340). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

  • Selaković, M., Krkić, M., & Filipović, N. (2025, October). AI-Generated “Fake News” as an Instrument of Crisis Induction: A New Typology. In International Conference on Critical Infrastructure: Risk and Crisis Management in the New Reality (pp. 203-216). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

  • Selakovic, M., Ljepava, N., Gacic, M., & Filipović, N. (2025, May). Will AI Replace Humans in Strategizing Communications? Ethical Considerations. In Serbian International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence (pp. 234-244). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

  • Ljepava, N., & Selakovic, M. (2025, April). Personalized AI Companions: How Machine Learning Shapes Parasocial Attachment. In 2025 International Conference on Business Intelligence for Technology Innovation (ICBITI) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.

  • Verčič, D., Selaković, M., Hung-Baesecke, F., Cheng, Y., Verčič, A. T., Ljepava, N., & Stavreva, S. (2025). Ethical Standards and Guidelines For the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations. International Public Relations Association.

  • Nuretdinova, S., Alnasser, D. O., Alshamsi, M., & Selakovic, M. (2024, December). Seasonality of Product Marketing and Communication Campaigns in the United Arab Emirates. In The International Conference of Business Creativity (pp. 89-95). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

  • Selakovic, M., Ljepava, N., & Krkic, M. (2024). External Communications of Employee Well-being and Care: Contexts and Discrepancies. Public Relations and Human Well-being.

  • Fakhry, B., Tarabasz, A., & Selakovic, M. (2023). Social media & uprisings: The case of the Egyptian revolution in 2011. In MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 377, p. 02002). EDP Sciences.

  • Ljepava, N., Selakovic, M., & Mladenovic, D. (2022, May). Digital Transformation of the Marketing Research Industry in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Current Trends and Future Foresights. In American University in the Emirates International Research Conference (pp. 73-82). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

  • Ljepava, N., & Selakovic, M. (2019). Trends and challenges of political polling and research in the digital age. Digitalni prostori–izazovi i očekivanja/Digital spaces–challenges and expectations, 117-140.



Funding and Awards

  • PR Ethics Community Award, Global Strategic Communication Consortium (2026–2027)
  • Berger Research Award and Grant, Global Strategic Communication Consortium (2025–2026)
  • National Public Relations Award, Serbia (2012)
  • National Public Relations Award, Serbia (2010)