Improving Learning, Educational Outcomes and Quality in Whole-Day Schools: Challenges of a New model of Primary School Organization in the Republic of Croatia
Project leader: Josip Burušić, PhD | Project Start: 01/01/2024
The WDSQUALITY project deals with the systematization of European experiences and practices when it comes to all-day school as an educational model of school work and the scientific evaluation of changes in compulsory education in the Republic of Croatia through the introduction of the all-day school model as a model of school work in compulsory education. Over the course of fo...
Types of Youth Participation in Croatian Society
Project leader: Marko Mustapić, PhD | Project Start: 01/01/2024
Young people are a part of the general population that is an indispensable resource for society’s survival and development. Research on young people in Croatia since the 1990s indicates their insufficient social participation. In recent years, research increasingly shows that young people are dissatisfied with the characteristics of modern Croatian society—especially appa...
PERceived threats, SOcial identity and cohesioN
Project leader: Igor Mikloušić, PhD | Project Start: 01/01/2024
This project aims to investigate how different perceived threats (social, natural, infectious, financial, and predatory) affect identity and social cohesion at different levels (local, national, and international). We all have identities as members of families, ethnic groups, and nations that foster our cooperation and cohesion with other group members. Depending on how we perc...
Role of dispositions and exposure to information in the context of climate change
Project leader: Renata Franc, PhD | Project Start: 01/01/2024
The general goal of the project is to examine the role of dispositions and individual characteristics (personality traits, cognitive styles, attitudes) and exposure to (mis)information on attitudes and behaviors relevant in the context of climate change (attitudes about the reality of human-caused climate change, the effects and consequences of climate change, pro-environmental...
Border Area Development between the Una River and the Adriatic Sea: From the Habsburg Military Border to the Schengen Edge of the EU
Project leader: Ivan Brlić, PhD | Project Start: 01/01/2024
The Lika and coastal areas between the Una and the Adriatic twice experienced development that was significantly influenced by the international border: the first time in the Habsburg Military Region (from the 16th century to 1881) and the second time during the last 30 years with the establishment of the independent Republic of Croatia and its accession to the European Union a...
Changing gender relations in Croatia
Project leader: Lynette Šikić-Mićanović, PhD | Project Start: 01/01/2024
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this project will research aspects of changing gender relations in Croatia that have not been sufficiently addressed. These changes will significantly affect social cohesion and the development possibilities of society in future generations. This research focuses on changes in gender roles, identities and practices brought about by the inclu...
Transformation of Second Home Use in the Age of Online Social Networking
Project leader: Geran Marko Miletić, PhD | Project Start: 31/12/2023
The starting point of the project is the question whether technological development and socio-economic changes in the postmodern/post-industrial world encourage the process of further social fragmentation, or enable the development of new forms of sociability which can contribute to strengthening the resilience and sustainability of the local community. Hence, the focus of the ...
Motivators and barriers for collective action
Project leader: Renata Franc, PhD | Project Start: 31/12/2023
The general goal of the project is to determine and investigate motivations and barriers to participation in different forms of collective actions (CA, actions that are pursued with the aim of achieving group goals or political solidarity). We will focus on the perceptions of justice and injustice, perceived efficacy, personal dispositions, and barriers to participation. Also, ...
Return migration: model(s) of return to the Republic of Croatia
Project leader: Rebeka Mesarić-Žabčić, PhD | Project Start: 27/12/2023
Based on the analysis of relevant scientific and professional literature and statistical data, determine the processes and phenomena of return migration that affect the social, cultural, economic, political and demographic portrait of Croatia. Return migration as an integral part of the migration process is an insufficiently researched scientific field. Some scientists believe ...
Well-Being And Mental Health of Early Career Researchers in Croatia: A Longitudinal Study
Project leader: Maja Tadić-Vujčić, PhD | Project Start: 18/12/2023
The main building block of scientific progress is the human capital: Motivated researchers are crucial for meeting the intense demands of high-quality research, as well as for the development and transfer of knowledge. The way researchers experience their work is important not only for them as individuals, but also for the functioning of their organization and for their scienti...
Social aspects of Glagoliticism
Project leader: Dr. sc. Vine Mihaljević | Project Start: 15/12/2023
The main goal of the project is, through a scientific-professional approach (social, humanistic, interdisciplinary), to unite the uniqueness and originality of the Glagolitic heritage with efforts to “revive” or actualize it through certain tourist, cultural and social offers, considering that cultural goods are increasingly recognized as subjects of cultural indust...
Camp Slana on the island of Pag
Project leader: Željko Holjevac, PhD | Project Start: 01/10/2023
The purpose of the project is the scientific and multi-perspective research of the Slana camp, which existed on the island of Pag from June to August 1941, and was organized by the NDH authorities. Given that unverified information occasionally appears in the public, it is necessary to thoroughly investigate and valorize the history of that camp using modern scientific methodol...
