2003 PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
1992 MA at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
1990 university degree at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
1986 university degree at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
Employment and work experience
since 1987 - The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
1986 - Secondary economic school (teacher)
Fields of interest
regional and urban economics
environmental economics
environmental policy and environmental protection instruments
local finance
Selected bibliography
Rašić, Ivana, Željka Kordej-De Villa and Maja Vehovec, 2021, "Osiguranje vinograda kao jedan od načina upravljanja rizikom – istraživanje percepcija istarskih vinogradara", Ekonomski pregled, 73(2), pp. 240-276.
Slijepčević, Sunčana and Željka Kordej-De Villa, 2021, "Public Attitudes toward Renewable Energy in Croatia", Energies, 14(2021), 23, 8111.
Svirčić Gotovac, Anđelina, Sonja Podgorelec and Željka Kordej-De Villa, 2021, "Kvaliteta života u stambenim naseljima u kontekstu zapadnoeuropskih i postsocijalističkih zemalja", Geoadria, 26(2), pp. 1-22.
Kordej-De Villa, Željka and Ivan Šulc, 2021, "Cultural Heritage, tourism and the UN Sustainable Development Goals – the Case of Croatia" In Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Antonino Marvuglia, Milen Baltov and Preben Hansen, eds., Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy, pp. 341-358, Cham: Springer.
Haselsteiner, Edeltraud, Marielle Ferreira Silva and Željka Kordej-De Villa, 2021, "Climatic, Cultural, Behavioral and Technical Influences on the Indoor Environment Quality and their Relevance for a Regenerative Future" In Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Antonino Marvuglia, Milen Baltov and Preben Hansen, eds., Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy, pp. 201-214, Cham: Springer.
Kordej-De Villa, Željka and Ivana Rašić, 2021, "Integrating Coastal Zone Management into National Development Policies – the Case of Croatia" In Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella i Alys Solly, eds., Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans – Challenges and Prospects of Regional Cooperation, pp. 221-238, Cham: Springer.
Kordej-De Villa, Željka and Nenad Starc, 2020, "On the Rim of Croatia and Croatian Development Policies" In Nenad Starc, ed., The Notion of Near Islands The Croatian Archipelago, pp. 215-248, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman&Littlefield
Kordej-De Villa, Željka and Sunčana Slijepčević, 2019, "Assessment of Local Councillors’ Attitudes Towards Energy Efficiency Projects in Croatia", Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 21(4), pp. 1-24.
Kordej-De Villa, Željka, Ivana Rašić Bakarić and Nenad Starc, 2014, "Upravljanje razvojem u obalnom području Hrvatske", Društvena istraživanja, 23(3), pp. 449-468.
Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Željka Kordej-De Villa and Sunčana Slijepčević, 2014, “Regional Development and Decentralization – Two Options to Overcome Lack of Funding”, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2014(43), pp. 146-167.