We-ID Project Researchers at the International Scientific Conference Transformations of Local Communities in the 21st Century; Vukovar, 9-10/10/2026
An international scientific conference was held in Vukovar on 9 and 10 October 2026, co-organised by the Pilar Institute, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Osijek, the Institute for Scientific and Artistic Work of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) in Đakovo, and the Institute of Sociology at the University of Zielona Góra. The conference focused on scholarly discussions of social relations and the causes and manifestations of the changes taking place in local communities in the 21st century
Caroline Hornstein-Tomić, PhD, Marko Mustapić, PhD, and Renata Franc, PhD, participated in the conference with a presentation entitled “Foreign Workers and Migration Transition in Northern Croatia as Challenges to Social Cohesion in Local Communities: Case Studies of Varaždin and Ludbreg.”
The presentation was delivered as part of the Horizon Europe research project We-ID (Identities–Migration–Democracy), led by Caroline Hornstein-Tomić, PhD. It outlined key findings from fieldwork conducted within Work Package 6 (WP6), RedeCos: Belonging to Resilient Democratic Communities. The presentation drew on data collected through fieldwork carried out in Varaždin and Ludbreg between December 2025 and June 2026.
