Josip Peranić
Nation/Region-nominated Member
Croatia
Name: Josip Peranić
Position: Associate Professor, University of Rijeka
Birthdate: October 1987
Email: josip.peranic@
Josip Peranić is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka, Croatia, where he earned his PhD in geotechnical engineering in 2019. His research integrates laboratory testing, field monitoring and physical and numerical modelling to investigate unsaturated soil behaviour and rainfall-induced landslides. He leads the Croatian Science Foundation's ALAMO project, the Faculty's contribution to the EU-funded AI RESONANCE project, and research projects within the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL).
He has authored or co-authored several dozen research papers in leading international journals and conference proceedings, and has presented his work at major ISSMGE, ISRM and other international conferences. He has helped organise major scientific events, including the 29th European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (2025) and the 10th CGS Conference and ISRM Specialized Conference (2026). He has received awards for research and teaching excellence and several invitations to lecture at international scientific events.
He serves the Croatian Geotechnical Society as Secretary (2025–2029) and as a Steering Committee member since 2021, and is a nominated member of ISSMGE TC106 on Unsaturated Soils. Within the International Consortium on Landslides he co-leads the Faculty's World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction group and contributes to the Adriatic–Balkan Network. He is an Editor of Landslides and an Associate Editor (Editorial Board Member) of Environmental Geotechnics.