Mladen Grgi¿ is Teaching Assistant at the University of Montenegro, Faculty of Political Science. He holds a PhD in international political economy from Pompeu Fabra University, Faculty of Law, in Barcelona, and previously earned master's degrees from the University of Bologna and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.

He has served as an Economic Affairs and Economic Diplomacy Advisor to the President of Montenegro and as Director of the Montenegrin Investment Agency, as well as in other executive roles within the private sector. As a Fulbright researcher, he studied Chinese foreign policy and economy at the University of California, Berkeley. As a recipient of the Chinese Government Scholarship, he conducted research at Xiamen University in China, focusing on international relations and development models in Asia. He was also awarded a state scholarship from the Italian Government for his master's studies.