Lana is a Youth Research and Policy Officer at the Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the youth field.

She is coordinating the Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR) within the Youth Partnership, and she is working on the projects related to youth political participation, democratic citizenship education, social inclusion, digitalisation and AI.

Lana holds an MPhil degree in Development Studies from the University of Oxford, where she specialised in Children, Youth and Development.

Previously, she worked as a consultant with various international and non-governmental organisations and institutions, including UNICEF, UNDP, the Council of Europe, Oxfam, Save the Children, the European Youth Forum and SALTO SEE, and has worked with young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, South-East Europe, Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.