Croatia

Data on playing games of chance and video games (prevalence and frequency of playing and problematic playing) were collected on a large representative sample of citizens of the Republic of Croatia as part of a broader survey in 2023. Players of games of chance will be selected from the total sample and their involvement in playing video games will be analyzed, namely the preval...

The aim of the project is to analyze and interpret data on the prevalence and patterns of substance abuse, gambling, gaming, and social media usage among the general population of Croatia, based on data collected in 2023. Additionally, the project explores attitudes and perceptions related to substance abuse among different population subgroups (e.g., youth, urban areas). Furth...

The research focus of the interdisciplinary project proposal is the Republic of Croatia, which became a member of the EU on July 1, 2013. Taking into the framework of observation the historical picture of how Croatia is a kind of basin of migration, re-migration and immigration and the circulation of labor force is continuously taking place, from 1945 to the present day, the pr...

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 ...

The aim of the project is to investigate the gender identities of men and women in post-transitional Croatia from the point of view of recent theories of modernization and development. The proposed topic will be investigated with a methodologically innovative approach, which is based on mixed methods and considers the identities of men and women in a relational context. Attitud...

After the first phase of the socio-economic transition in Croatia, which included the restitution of the established institutions of capitalist society (market economy, democratization, privatization), there is a need for faster inclusion in global economic processes, primarily in the economy of the European Union. Achieving competitiveness on the European and global market imp...

The contemporary development of Croatia and the development dilemmas and problems of Croatian society show that the concept of sustainable development in Croatia is very current and its operationalization is necessary in the coming years. Therefore, we suggest continuing the work on this topic, which was initiated by the project “Conceptualization of sustainable developme...