Lazar Vulin

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lazar Vulin is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Security Sciences, University of Banja Luka, appointed on 28 June 2024 within the Department of Police Sciences. He teaches and researches in the narrow scientific field of Special Physical Education, focusing on motor abilities, physical conditioning, and combat techniques among police and security-science students.

Research Interests
His multidisciplinary work bridges kinesiology, pedagogy, and security science. Core themes include:

• Relationships between morphological characteristics and combat-technique performance
• Impact of body-mass index on motor skills in police cadets
• Effectiveness of specialized warm-up protocols (e.g., RAMP) on change-of-direction speed
• Gender-based differences in self-assessed and objectively measured motor competence
• Curricular design of special physical-education programs for law-enforcement training

Publication Landscape
Since 2018, Dr. Vulin has authored or co-authored more than twenty peer-reviewed articles and conference papers, predominantly in regional journals such as Sportlogia, Journal of Security and Criminalistics, Sport and Health, Defendology, and international outlets like Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The work is characterized by empirical field studies with police-student cohorts, employing anthropometric profiling, motor-skill testing, and statistical modeling to inform evidence-based training programs.

Teaching Duties
At the first-cycle (undergraduate) level, he coordinates and lectures in compulsory courses Special Physical Education 1–4, integrating theoretical foundations with practical sessions on defensive tactics, swimming, and overall physical conditioning.

Contact Information
Email: lazar.vulin@fbn.unibl.org