Publications

Selected journal articles (peer-reviewed)

Tomic, S., & Pavlovic, D. (2023). Blatant, not latent: Patronage in top-level appointments in Serbia. NISPACee Journal of Public Policy and Administration, 16(1).

Tomic, S., & Heims, E. (2022). Regulatory reform and the regulatory state in the post-COVID-19 world. Fulbright Review of Economics and Policy.

Tomic, S., & Radeljic, B. (2022). University autonomy under democratic backsliding: a case study of a plagiarism investigation against Serbian Minister of Finance (2014–2019). Higher Education, 1-23.

Tomić, S. (2018). Legal independence vs. leaders’ reputation: Exploring drivers of ethics commissions’ conduct in new democracies. Public Administration, 96(3), 544-560.

Monogrpahs

Tomić, S. (2019). Leadership, Institutions and Enforcement: Anti-Corruption Agencies in Serbia, Croatia and Macedonia. Palgrave Macmillan.


Book chapters

Tomic, S. (2023, forthcoming).  Alternative Theoretical Approaches to Autonomy: Factoring in Situational Pressures. In: Peters, G. (Eds.): Handbook of Bureaucratic Autonomy: Politics, Resources, Power. Edward Elgar.

Tomic, S. (2023). Regulatory Inspection and Audit. In: Bovaird, T. & Löffler, E. (Eds.). (2023). Public management and governance (4th Edition). London: Routledge.

Tomic, S., & Schmidt, R. (2023). The accountability response of the global anti-doping regime to the Russian doping scandal and the resilience of Transnational private Regulation (access/download here). In Delimatsis, P., Borowitz, K., Bijlmakers,S. (Eds): The evolution of transnational private rule-makers: Understanding drivers and dynamics. (Entire book available here as open access),

Tomic, S. & David-Barrett, E. (2023). The Legal Design of Domestic Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) procedures in Southeast Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Serbia, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Goldbarsht D., de Koker L. (eds): Combating Financial Crime: Global and National Trends. Springer.

Tomic, S. (2023). Revolving Door (entry). In Barrington, R. & David-Barrett, E. Dictionary of Corruption. Centre for the Study of Corruption (University of Sussex) and Agenda Publishing.

Tomic, S. (2022). Regulatory Approach to Anti-Money Laundering in Online Gambling in the UK. In Financial Technology and the Law (pp. 47-65). Springer, Cham.
Pre-print draft: Download here.


Journal articles under review & work in progress

Tomic.  (2023). Where New Public Management Meets Rapid Technological Change: Public Servants’ Skills and Competencies for the ‘New Era’.

Tomic. S, & Rauh, J (2023). The Effects of Political Culture on Horizontal Accountability: Evidence from 62 Countries.

Tomic, S. & Scott, C. (2023)  Conceptualising Transnational Networks of Oversight Bodies.

Tomic.  (2023). Reputational Responsive Regulation? Empirical Evidence for Ireland’s Ombudsman.

Tomic. S, & D’Ippolito, B (2023). Is Design Thinking possible in the UK’s public sector on a large scale?

Tomic. S, & Manojlovic, S (2023). Not so Futile? Politics and Policy Effects of E-Petitions under Democratic Backsliding.

Tomic, S. & David-Barret, E. (2023). Investigative Journalists as Public Accountability Actors: Evidence from a Field Research from Unconsolidated Democracies.

Tomic, S. & Dragicevic, O. (2023) An Unexpected Fate of a Regulatory State at the EU’s Gate:
Internationalisation and Non-Consolidation of the Serbian Regulatory State.

David-Barret, E. & Tomic, S. (2023). Transnational Governance Against Corruption: How a Regulatory Intermediary Facilitates Cooperation Beyond Statism.

Tomic, S. & Schmidt, R. (2023). ‘Exit’,‘ Voice’ and Legitimacy Pressures: Delegation Model Changes in the Global Antidoping System in the Wake of the Russian Doping Scandal.

Other publications: governance reviews & policy briefs and other project publications

David-Barrett, E., & Tomic, S. (2022). News never sleeps: When and how transnational investigative journalism complements law enforcement in the fight against global corruption. SOC-ACE Briefing Note 14.

David-Barrett, E., & Tomic, S. (2022). Transnational governance networks against grand corruption: Cross-border cooperation among law enforcement. SOC-ACE Research paper 8.

Jack, R., Tomić, S. (2017). First Review of International Federations Governance. Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), Lausanne 2017.

Tomić, S., Taseva, S., Popović, I., Jovančić, A., & Vojinović, Z. (2015). Agency
Transparency and Accountability: A Comparative Analysis of Five Regulated Sectors
in Serbia and Macedonia. La Mantini, Belgrade 2015.