2007-2013: Historical Atlas of Cities – Historical Identity and Contemporary Development of Croatian cities, Ministry of Science and Technology. – Project leader
2002-2006: Historical Atlas of Cities, Ministry of Science and Technology. – Project leader
1997-2000: First Systematic Cadastral Survey of Croatia and Slavonia, Ministry of Science and Technology. – Project leader
1996-2002: Sources for Croatian history, Ministry of Science and Technology. – Project associate
1994-1996: Topographic Maps of the 18th and 19th Centuries, Ministry of Science and Technology. – Project associate
1998-2008: International research project “Triplex Confinium” – Project leader
35 national participations
61 international participations
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of History
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Pula, Department of History
2016: City of Hrvatska Kostajnica Award for the Atlas of the City of Hrvatska Kostajnica
2014: Matrix Croatica Golden Charter for 2014 for the book Croatian-Slovenian Border on the Dragonja River
2013: City of Sisak Award for the Atlas of the city of Sisak and scientific contribution to the study of the history of the city
2009: City of Bjelovar Award for the Atlas of the city of Bjelovar and scientific contribution to the study of the history of the city
2004: Matrix Croatica Oton Kučera Award for the book Historical Cartography
2020-2024: Free Career Choice Model: The Role of Autonomous Career Motivation and Protective and Risk Factors in Adolescent Professional Development (Free Career Choice) – HRZZ Project. – Project associate
2020-2024: Child Well-being in the Family Context (ChildWell) – HRZZ Project. – Project associate
2014–present: Scientific Center of Excellence for School Effectiveness and Management – Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. – Project associate
2014-2017: Vocational Development in Adolescence: Setting the Adolescent Career Transition Model (CDAACTM) – HRZZ Project. – Project associate
2015-2019: Professional Aspirations Towards STEM Occupations During Primary School (JobSTEM) – HRZZ Project. – Project associate
2017-2018: Research on the socio-demographic characteristics of cadets in order to optimize achievements and learning outcomes and recruitment – Ministry of Defence. – Project leader
2018: Identification of Protective and Risk Factors in Careers Across Life Stages – research project of the Pilar Institute. – Project associate
2018: Verification of the Applicability of Job Aspects in Online Career Guidance Systems: Development and Evaluation of the Career Choice System – research project of the Pilar Institute. – Project leader
2017-2019: Be STEMpathic – ESF. – Project associate
2017: Encouraging the professional development of primary school students: Evaluation of the intervention (PPRO-EI), research project of the Pilar Institute. – Project leader
2017: Career Information and Counselling in Primary and Secondary Schools: a Student Perspective – Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes. – Project leader
2012: External Evaluation of the “For Safe And Enabling School Environment” Project in Croatia – UNICEF Croatia. – Project associate
2011: Determinants of the Success of Primary Schools in the Istrian County: Challenges and Development Opportunities – Donation of the Adris Foundation. – Project Associate
2011: Harmonizing Education and Career: Implementation of New Curricula – ECHO, IPA Project. – Project associate
2011: Encouraging Professional Development of Students – Office for Education, Culture and Sports of the City of Zagreb, Society for Research and Development of Human Resources Razbor. – Project leader
2009-2010: Development, Implementation and Promotion of the Electronic System for Career Guidance “e-Career” – Office for Education, Culture and Sports of the City of Zagreb, Society for Research and Development of Human Resources Razbor. – Project leader
2008: Pilar Barometer of Croatian Society: Attitudes and Opinions of Citizens on Social Relations and Processes – Croatian Parliament, Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences. – Project associate
2006-2013: Development of National Quality of Life Indicators – MSES. – Project associate
2007-2008: External Evaluation of Experimental Health Education Programs in Primary and Secondary Schools, NCVVO. – Project Associate
2007-2008: External Evaluation of Educational Achievements in Primary Schools of the Republic of Croatia – 4th and 8th Grade Students – NCVVO. – Project Associate
2008: Proactive Job Search Program – Ministry of Family, Veterans Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity. – Project leader
2007: Analysis of the Success of the ERI SEE Agency in Croatia – ERI SEE. – Project associate
2006-2007: Experimental External Evaluation of Educational Achievements in Primary Schools of the Republic of Croatia – NCVVO. – Project associate
2006: Program for the Evaluation of Experimental Implementation of Elements of the Croatian National Educational Standard (HNOS) – MSES. – Project associate
2004-2005: Job Search Training (JST) – SDRA-CS in Croatia – European Commission, CARDS. – Project leader
2002-2006: Psychosocial Indicators of Quality of Life – MSES. – Project associate
2000-2002: Research on Vulnerable Social Groups – MSES. – Project associate
2020-2024: COORDINATE: COhort cOmmunity Research and Development – H2020. – Pilar Team leader
2018-2019: European Cohort Development Project (ECDP) – Horizon 2020 – Associate, Work Package leader
2014-2015: New Approaches of the Croatian Employment Service in Providing Career Guidance Services to Clients – Croatian Employment Service, IPA Projects. – Project associate
2014: 3rd EQLS – Reports on Trends in Quality of Life in Croatia 2007-2012 – Eurofound. – Project associate
2008-2011: European Social Survey – National Science Foundation, R4 and R5. – Project associate
2006-2007: Sustainable Development of Croatia’s War Affected Areas: Supporting Improved Employment Opportunities and Learning Approaches from Vocational Training Schools in Vukovar-Srijem County – European Commission, CARDS. – Project associate
1999-2001: Career Counselling in Europe – Open Society Institute New York and Open Society Institute Zagreb. – Project associate
179 presentations at international and domestic conferences:
https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/searchByContext/2/3754?VRSTA_RAD=5&VRSTA_RAD=7&VRSTA_RAD=6
International Association for Vocational and Educational Guidance
European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counseling
Network for Innovation in Career guidance and Counselling in Europe (NICE)
European Association for Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
European Educational Research Association (EERA)
Croatian Psychological Society
Croatian Psychological Chamber
Study of Psychology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb:
2005-: Regression analysis
2005-: Factor analysis
2020-: Descriptive statistics
2020-: Inferential statistics
2005-2013: Analysis of variance models
2008-2019: Multivariate group differentiation
2008-2021: Human resources management
2008-2009: Multivariate statistical analyses (Department of Sociology)
1998-2005: Multivariate methods
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb:
2006-2016: Communication skills
Zagreb School of Economics and Management:
2011: Organizational behaviour
University of Applied Health Sciences:
2009-2018: Research methods
Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Zagreb:
2012-: Developmental Psychology
2012-: Psychology of Learning and Teaching
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split:
2022-: Work and Organizational Psychology
2022-: Human Resource Management
2023-: Basics of Psychometrics
2019: Religious Circumstances and Relations in the Municipality of Vinkovci (1964-1975) in the Light of Archival Materials (Commission for Religious Affairs) of the State Archives in Vukovar (Project leader: Ivana Bendra – Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences; source of funding: State Archives in Vukovar. – Project leader
2018-2019: Migration Aspirations and Quality of Life of Young people in Vukovar-Srijem County (Project Leader: Mateo Žanić – Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences; source of funding: Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences). – Project Associate
2018: Local People’s Committee Borovo Naselje 1945-1950. Study of Social, Demographic, Economic and Political Circumstances (Project leader: Dražen Živić – Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences; source of funding: State Archives Vukovar). – Project associate
2018: Elaboration on the Program Justification, Accessibility Requirements and Rationality of a Secondary School Institution in the City of Otok (Project leader: Dražen Živić – Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences; source of funding: City of Otok). – Project associate
2009-2010: Lexicon of Croatian Emigration and Minorities (Project leader: Vlado Šakić – Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences; source of funding: Croatian Heritage Foundation). – Project associate
2008-2011: Demographic Aspects of Urban-Rural Polarization of Croatia (Project leader: Dražen Živić – Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences; source of funding: MZOS). – Project associate
2007: Demographic Losses and Consequences of the Homeland War (Project leader: Dražen Živić – Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences; source of funding: MZOS). – Project associate
19 national participations
4 international participations
2024-2027: VETFIT – Compatibility of Students’ Interests and Vocational High School Programs: Measurement, Monitoring, Causes and Consequences of Congruence – Project associate
2024-2027: WorkMobil – Intra-European Youth Labour Migrations in the Context of Contemporary Career Theories – Project associate
2023-2027: ECR-WELL – Well-being and mental health of young scientists in Croatia – Longitudinal research. – Project associate
2022-2023: Minority stress and mental health of LGB people – Project associate
2020-2025: Scientific Center of Excellence for School Effectiveness and School Management, Organizational Unit for School Effectiveness – Project associate
2020-2023: Model of free career decision-making: the role of autonomous career motivation and protective and risk factors in the professional development of adolescents – Project associate
2020-2022: Analysis of organizational climate and employee engagement of external partners: recommendations for management and the Board. – Associate
2020-2022: Research on organizational climate and employee satisfaction: application of quantitative and qualitative methodology – Project aassociate
2017-2018: Be STEMpathic – Project associate
2016-2017: Project to encourage professional development of primary school students: evaluation of the intervention – Project associate
2015-2019: JOBSTEM project – STEM career aspirations during primary schooling: A cohort-sequential longitudinal study of relations between achievement, self-competence beliefs and career interests. – Project associate
2021-2025: COORDINATE – COhort cOmmunity Research and Development Infrastructure Network for Access Throughout Europe. – Co-worker
2018-2021: ImprovVET – Improving Skills in Vocational Education and Training – Project assistant
2018-2020: The European Cohort Development project. – Project assistant
2018-2020: Improving Skills in Vocational Education and Training. – Project assistant
More than 80 national and international participations:
– https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/378206
2024-: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Split, course: The Work of Psychologist in School Environment, study level: Graduate study. – Teacher
2024-: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Split, course: Contemporary Educational Psychology, study level: Graduate study. – Teacher
2020-2023: Petar Zrinski Open University, course: Developmental Psychology, program: Propaedeutics of Psychotherapy. – Lecturer
2018-2019: Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, course: Elements of Psychology and Psychology of Sport and Physical Exercise. – Seminar Leader
2015-2023: Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, course: Selected Topics in Applied Psychology. – Assistant
2024-2027: Adolescents’ Well-Being in Key Contexts – TEEN-WEL. – Project leader
2024-2027: The Effect of Environment on Child Development: The Association of Digital Technology Use, Home Literacy Environment and Physical Activity with the Well-being of Children in early school years – DigiLita – Project associate
2020-2024: Child Well-Being in the context of the family – CHILD-WELL – Project leader
2020-2021: Croatian Longitudinal Well-Being Survey in Light of the COVID-19 pandemic – Project associate
2015-2019: Croatian Longitudinal Well-Being Survey – Project associate
2019-2020: Implementation of a Field Survey on the Quality of Life in Vukovar-Srijem County and Collection and Processing of Demographic and Statistical Documentation – Project associate
2017-2018: Quality of Life of Croatian Veterans, Their Family Members and Victims of the Homeland War – Project associate
2016-2014: Pilar Barometer of Croatian Society 2016; 2015; 2014 – Project associate
2011: Development Perspectives of Higher Education in the City of Varaždin – Project leader
2009-2008: Pilar Barometer of Croatian Society 2009; 2008 – Project associate
2008: External Evaluation of Experimental Health Education Programs in Primary and Secondary Schools – Project associate
2007-2013: Determinants of Parenting, Family Relationships and Psychosocial Well-Being of children – Project associate
2006-2012: Tourist flower – Quality for Croatia – Project associate
2006-2007: Education of County Members to Foster Care Support Teams and Education of New Foster Parents – Project associate
2006: Evaluation of Experimental Implementation of Elements of the Croatian National Educational Standard – Project associate
2001-2006: Parents, Peers and Psychosocial Development of Adolescents – Project associate
1997-2001: Socialization of Children and Youth – Project associate
1998-2000: Interactional Approach to the Structure of Pathological Phenomena – Project associate
1992-1997: Children in War – Project associate
A
2020-2024: COORDINATE: COhort cOmmunity Research and Development – H2020. – Project associate and section leader
2018-2020: H2020-ECDP European Children Development Project. – Associate and co-leader of the section
2013-2017: FP7 – MYWeb – European Longitudinal Study for Children and Young People – Project Assistant
2013-2014: EUROFOUND –Third European Quality of Life Survey – Trends in Quality of Life in Croatia – Prject assistant
2012-2014: UNICEF – External evaluation of the project For safe and Enabling Environment in Schools – Project leader
2014: UNICEF – Updating 2011 Situation Analysis of Children’s and women’s rights in Croatia – Project leader
2011: UNICEF – Situation Analysis of Children’s and Women’s Rights in Croatia – Project leader
2008-2010: Implementation of Children’s Rights in Foster Families – Project assistant
2003-2007: Training of Experts, Professionals and Foster Parents in the Area of Foster Care in the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
2008-2012: Improving Foster Care for Children in the Local Community – Project associate
B
2024-2027: WE Circular – Interreg Danube Region Programme – Member of the National Stakeholder Group
2020-2023: H2020 -INVENT – European Inventory of Societal Values of Culture as a Basis for Inclusive Cultural Policies in the Globalizing World – Member of the Ethics Committee
2019-2021: Women in Business – Interreg Danube Transnational Programme – Project associate
2016-2019: H2020 Promoting Youth Involvement and Social Engagement PROMISE – Member of the National Network of Experts
2013-2017: FP7 – Memory, Youth, Political Legacy And Civic Engagemen – MYPLACE – Member of the National Advisory Team
C
2022-2026: COST Action CA21143 – Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe (TraFaDy) – Member of the Working Group
2019-2023. COST Action CA18123 – The European Family Support Network. A Bottom-Up, Evidence-Based and Multidisciplinary Approach (EuroFam-Net) – Member of the Working Group
2014-2018: COST Action IS1311 Intergenerational Family Solidarity across Europe (INTERFASOL) – Member of the Management Board
2010-2014: COST Action IS0907 Childbirth Cultures, Concerns, and Consequences: Creating a Dynamic EU Framework for Optimal Maternity Care – Member of the Management Board
2001-2006: COST Action A19 Children`s Economic and Social Welfare in Europe – Member of the Working Group
92 national participations
134 international participations
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Croatian Psychological Society (HPD)
Croatian Psychological Chamber (HPK)
International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS)
The European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP)
International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD)
European Network for Social and Emotional Competence (ENSEC)
International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI)
Postgraduate studies
University North, Doctoral study “Media and Communication”:
2021-: Interpersonal Dynamics, Communication Skills and Teamwork,
Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Rijeka, Doctoral study “Management of Sustainable Development”:
2013-: Quality of life as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Development.
Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb – Postgraduate specialist study “Mental Health of Families, Children and Youth in the Community”
2023-: Interpersonal Relationships in the Family and Mental Health,
Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb – Postgraduate specialist study “E-learning in Education and Bussiness”
2023-: Psychological and Social context of e-learning
Undergraduate and Graduate studies
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb – Undergraduate study of psychology:
2007-2012 / 2018-: Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb – Graduate study of psychology:
2006-: Psychology of Education
Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb – Undergraduate study of Early and Preschool education:
2012-: Socio-emotional Development and Children’s Rights
Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb – Graduate study of early and preschool education:
2015-: Psychology of Parenting
Croatian Catholic University – Graduate study of psychology:
2015-: Psychological Ethics
University North – Graduate study of nursing:
2019-: Contemporary Topics in Psychology
Previous participations
University North – Postgraduate Specialist Study in Entrepreneurship:
2019-2023: Business Negotiation
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek – Postgraduate Specialist Study in Pastoral Theology:
2014-2016: Marriage Counseling
Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb:
2020-2025: Basics of General and Developmental Psychology
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb – Undergraduate Study in Psychology:
2004-2006: History of Psychology
2007-2013: Psychological Ethics
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb – Graduate Study in Psychology:
2001-2010: Group Work
2002-2007: Applied Child and Youth Psychology
2007-2016: Applied Developmental Psychology
Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb – Teacher Education:
2008-2019: Developmental Psychology 1 and 2
2008-2016: Psychology of Learning and Teaching; Motivation and social relationships
University North – Nursing Studies:
2012-2018: Developmental Psychology
University North – Physiotherapy Studies:
2019-2023: Human Psychological Development
University North – Music and Media Studies:
2023-: Developmental Psychology in Education
Zagreb School of Economics and Management – Specialist MBA Study:
2010-2018: Management Techniques
Zagreb School of Economics and Management:
2008-2016: Teamwork Techniques and Skills
2025: Dean’s Award of the Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb for high citation count in 2024 and 2025
2016/2017: Letter of Appreciation – based on above-average results of student surveys at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb for the quality of teaching work that achieves excellence in education teachers
2013: Croatian Psychological Society – Social Recognition “Marulić – Fiat Psychologia” for special contribution to the development of Croatian applied psychology
2012: Croatian Psychological Chamber – Award “Snježana Biga-Friganović” for special contribution to the organization, work and development of the Croatian Psychological Society, improved status of psychologists in society and development and affirmation of psychological activity
2004: State Annual Award for Science in the field of social sciences for 2003
1993: Study stay at Karl-Franzes University, Graz, Austria – Ministry of Science of the State of Austria
1992-1995: Education in systemic family therapy, Graz, Austria – Lehranstalt für Familientherapie der Dioezese Graz – Seckau für Berufstütige, Austria
2019-2020: Koch Buch Project – Project assistant
19 national participations
16 international participations
Academic community “Ante Starčević” of the Osijek-Baranja County
2018-2020: Faculty of Education, University of Mostar – Local History and Historical Workshop artifacts
2015-2016: Dislocated study Osijek – Baltazar Zaprešić Polytechnic – Peculiarities and methods of research and development work (R&D)
2014-2016: Lavoslav Ružička Polytechnic in Vukovar – Labor and Social Law and Public Procurement
2013-2020: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar –Labor and Social Law
2011-2012: College of Tourism Management and Informatics in Virovitica –Commercial Law and Entrepreneurship Economics
2020: Golden Plaque for Science of the City of Slatina
2020: Golden Plaque for Science of the Osijek-Baranja County
2020: Plaque for Outstanding Contribution to the Development and Promotion of the University of Mostar
2019: Certificate of Appreciation for science of the City of Slatina
2019: Annual State Award for Science
2018: Large Gold Plaque UHBDR91
2018: Plaque of the Seal of the City of Osijek
2018: Charter of Gratitude of Virovitica-Podravina County
2018: Order of the Croatian Morning Star with the Image of Ruđer Bošković
2017: Plaque of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
2017: Certificate of Appreciation from Matrix Croatica, Osijek Branch
2019-2023: Child Well-Being in the Family Context – CHILD-WELL – Project associate
2019-2020: Analysis of Media Reporting on Problematic Internet Use – Project leader
2015-2019: Croatian Longitudinal Well-Being Study – CRO-WELL – Project associate
2014-2014: Pilar’s Barometer of Croatian society – Project associate
2014-2014: Updated 2011 Situation Analysis of Children’s and Women’s Rights in Croatia – Project associate
2014-2014: Update Situation Analysis of Children’s and Women’s Rights in Croatia – Project associate
2009-2013: Social attitudes and Intergroup Relations in Croatian society – Project associate
2007-2013: Development of National Indicators of Quality of Life – Project associate
2006-2007: Models of compulsory secondary education – Project associate
2002-2006: Psychosocial indicators of quality of life – Project associate
1999: Preliminary Research on the Opinions and Attitudes of Members of the Association of Parents of Fallen Veterans – Project leader
1997-1999: Development and Testing of Promotion Materials on Tissue and Organ Donation. – Project leader
1996-2001: Research on Vulnerable Social Groups – Project associate
2019-2021: ADD-FREE – Preventing Smoking, Alcohol and Internet addictions among Children and Adolescents: a Family Oriented Training Approach for Adult Learners and Educators. – Project associate
2019.-: The Sociology of Bridge: the Dynamics of a Card Game – Project assistant
2017-2020: A phubbing phenomenon: its predictors and consequences in a cross-cultural perspective – Project associate (head of the Croatian section)
2017-2020: AlphaBridge – Project associate
2006-2009: European Social Survey – Project associate
Croatian Psychological Chamber
2018-: Lecturer at the course Psychology of Play and Playing, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb
2017-2018: Lecturer at the course Social Psychology I, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb
2017-2018: Lecturer at the course Social Psychology II, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb
2014-: Lecturer at the course Psychology of Work, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb
2013-2014: Lecturer at the course Cross-disciplinary perspectives on the analysis of culture, context and communication, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
2013-: Lecturer at the course Perception, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb
2013-: Lecturer at the course Communication Skills, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb
2012-2014: Lecturer at the course Sports Psychology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
2010-2011: Lecturer at the course Psychology of Communication, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
2008-2020: Lecturer at the course Qualitative Methods, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
2008-: Lecturer at the course Introduction to Bridge, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
2006-2007: Lecturer of the course “Communication Skills, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split
2006-2010: Assistant at the course Psychology of Work, Faculty of Croatian studies, University of Zagreb
2005-2015: Lecturer at the course Communication Skills”, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
2004-2020: Lecturer at the course Perception, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
2004-: Lecturer at the course Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
2001-2011: Assistant at the course Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
1999-2003: Assistant at the course Perception, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
1999-2000: Assistant at the course Introduction to Psychology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
1997: Research Support Scheme of OSI/HESP (Open Society Institute, Higher Education Support Program), grant No. 1060/1997
2026-2031: Habsburg Bureaucracy and Local Communities: Counties of Banal Croatia – Project associate
2024-2028: BAD – Border Area Development – Project leader
2024-2026: Camp Slana on the Island of Pag – Project associate
2020-2026: RURALIKA – Establishing Criteria for Evaluating Modernization and (Post)transition Processes in Rural Areas of Croatia through a Case Study of the Rural Area of Lika – Project associate
2020-2023: Velebit Uprising – Project leader
2020-2022: History of Football Club Gospić `91 – On the Occasion of One Hundred Years of Professional Football in Gospić – Project leader
2019-2020: Forgotten victims in Croatia or from the history of the suffering of Roma in the areas of Lika, Gorski Kotar and the Croatian Littoral during World War II – Project associate
2009-2014: Lexicon of Croatian Emigration and Minorities – Project associate
2008-2017: Minorities in Croatia and Croatians in Surrounding Countries: Historical Identities – Project associate
40 national and international participations
European Association for Environmental History – ESEH
Association for Croatian History
Society for Croatian Economic History and Environmental History
2014/2015-2018/2019: University of Zadar, Department of Teacher Training in Gospić – Croatian and World History
Award of the Matrix Croatica, Osijek Branch
GO STYRIA – One-semester stay at the University of Graz
2018-2022: Implementation of the Croatian Qualifications Framework and Development of Tools to Connect Education and the Labor Market (European Social Fund) – Research group leader
2018-2019: Local Community, Schools, Students and Parents in STEM: an Example of Good Practice in Bjelovar-Bilogora County (MZO project). – Consultant
2017-2018: STEM at the Local Level: an Example of Good Practice in Bjelovar-Bilogora County (MZO project) – Consultant
2017-2020: Be STEMpathic! (European Social Fund) – Research group leader
2017-2018: Improvements to the Methodology for Conducting a Survey on Occupational standards for the Project Application of Occupational Standards in CES Business Processes and Implementation of a Survey on Occupational standards (European Social Fund) – Research group leader
2016-2017: Introducing Students to STEM Careers by Meeting STEM experts and Presenting their Jobs and Professional Experiences in a Real Work Environment – Project leader
2016-2017: STEM at the Local Level (MZO project) – Consultant
2015-2019: STEM Career Aspirations during Primary schooling: A Cohort-Sequential Longitudinal Study of Relations between Achievement, Self-competence Beliefs, and Career Interests – JOBSTEM (Croatian Science Foundation) – Project leader and principal investigator
2015: Quality of Tourist Offer in the City of Zagreb – Project leader
2015: Quality of Tourist Offer in the City of Cavtat. – Project leader
2015: Quality of Tourist Offer in the Municipality of Baška Voda – Project leader
2015: Survey of Students’ Interests in the Final Grades of Primary Schools for Engineering and Related Occupations (“STEM occupations”) – Project leader
2015-2017: Religiosity of Zagreb Adolescents (University of Zagreb/KBF) – Researcher/consultant
2015-2016: Mathematical Heroes (MZO project) – Consultant
2014-2015: When do Young People Stop believing that Engineering is a Great Choice for them? Looking at STEM Problems in the Republic of Croatia. – Project leader
2014-2015: Research on the Quality of Tourist offer in SPA/Spa Resorts in Health Tourism – Project leader
2011-2015: Project for Assessing and Evaluating the Quality of Tourist Offer in Tourist Destinations in the Republic of Croatia – Project leader
2011-2012: Determinants of the Success of Primary Schools in the Istrian County: Challenges and Development Opportunities – Project leader
2009-2010: Reporting to Schools on the Results of External Evaluation of Students’ Educational Achievements in Class and Subject Teaching – Project leader
2008-2009: Conceptualization and Preparation of Analytical Reports on the Educational Achievements of Students and Primary schools in Class and Subject Teaching – Project leader
2008-2009: Pilar’s Barometer of Croatian society: Autumn 2008/Spring 2009 – Deputy leader
2008-2011: Project for Assessing and Evaluating the Quality of Tourism Offer in Tourist Destinations in the Republic of Croatia – Researcher
2007-2008: External Evaluation of Experimental Health Education Programs in Primary and Secondary Schools – Project leader
2007-2008: External Evaluation of Educational Achievements in Primary Schools of the Republic of Croatia – 8th grade students – Project leader
2007-2008: External Evaluation of Educational Achievements in Primary Schools of the Republic of Croatia – 4th grade students – Project leader
2006-2007: Experimental External Evaluation of Educational Achievements in Primary Schools of the Republic of Croatia – Project leader
2006-2013: World Value Survey – Croatia in a Globalized World (MZO project). – Researcher
2000-2001: Quantitative Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Croatia – Pilot Project of External Evaluation – Project leader
1996-2002: Social Evaluation of Science, Technology and Education (MZO project) – Researcher
1995-1996: Demographic Development and Population Policy of the Republic of Croatia (MZO project) – Researcher
2020-2023: Overcoming Functional Illiteracy Through ICT, to Ensure Social and Professional Integration (ERASMUS+ Project Program EU) – Consultant
2020-2023: Highly Interactive Guidance Helpful For Leadership In Educationally Relevant Skills (ERASMUS+ EU Project Program). – Head of the Research Group
2019-2023: COST action CA18115 TRIBES: Transnational Collaboration on Bullying, Migration and Integration in Second-Level Schools – Project Steering Committee Member
2018-2021: Improving Skills in Vocational Education and Training – ImproVET (ERASMUS+ EU Project Program). – Head of the research group
2015-2025: Scientific Center of Excellence for School Effectiveness and Management. – Head of the Organizational Unit for School Effectiveness, member of the Scientific Board of the ZCI – Researcher
2015-2019: COST action 1410: The Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children (DIGILITEY). – Member of the Project Steering Committee
2015-2017: QUALITYWATCH: Croatian Higher Education Quality Watchdog (EU/IPA) – Researcher
2013-2018: COST Action IS1210: Appearance Matters: Tackling the Physical and Psychosocial Consequences of Dissatisfaction with Appearance –Project Steering Committee Member
2009-2011: The European Social Survey (ESS) (Croatian Science Foundation) – Researcher
2007-2009: The European Social Survey (ESS) (Croatian Science Foundation). – Researcher
2007-2007: SEE-ERA.NET wp1: Systematic Information Exchange on Bilateral RTD Programmes Targeting Southeast Europe. SWOT Analysis of Existing Bilateral RTD Cooperation (MZO/FP6) – Researcher
2002-2008: COST Action A29: Human and organisational factors in industrial planning and scheduling – HOPS – Project Steering Committee Member
100 participations
• Member of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the oldest and most respected association in the field of educational research in the world (since 2014) (in addition to membership, he was also a member of the Panel of Evaluators in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• Member of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), the umbrella European association in the field of education research in the STEM field (since 2015) (in addition to membership, he was also a member of the Panel of Evaluators in 2019)
• Member of the World Education Research Association (WERA), the global umbrella organization of national, regional and international associations in the field of education research (since 2018) (in addition to membership, he was also a member of the Panel of Evaluators since 2018)
• Croatian representative, domain expert within the COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) committee (2013-2017) (2020-)
• Member of ICSEI – International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (since 2015)
• Member-associate of the Scientific Council for Schooling and Education of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) (2016-)
• Head of the Board of the German Science Foundation in the Republic of Croatia (KAAD) (2011-2015)
• Head of the Board of the German Science Foundation in the Republic of Croatia (KAAD) (2015-)
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Knowledge in Action Foundation (2019-)
• Member of the Presidency of the Scientists’ Club of the Prsten Association (2018-)
• Member of the Regional Council for Social Sciences in the Republic of Croatia (2013-2017)
• Member and Vice-President of the Main Committee for Psychology of the Republic of Croatia in the current mandate (2017-)
2015-: Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Selected Topics in Applied Psychology – Professor, Course Leader
1998-: Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Department of Psychology, Management Psychology, Quantitative Methodology Courses, Personality Psychology – Professor, Course Leader
2020: Association of the Counties of the Republic of Croatia/Jutarnji list/European Commission Office in the Republic of Croatia – Award for the best EU-funded project in the Republic of Croatia in 2020 in the category Science and Innovation (Be STEMpatičan! project, research project leader)
2019: Award for scientific contribution, Educational and Cultural Bridges, Armenia
2018: Special recognition for scientific contribution to the advancement of STEM fields at the local level, Impress Daruvar Association
2019: University of Tartu, Estonia, short-term research stay and invited lectures
2019: Educational and Cultural Bridges Association, Yerevan, Armenia, short-term research stay and lectures
2018: University of Eastern Finland, short-term research stay and invited lecture
1996/1997: Universität zu Köln, Psychologisches Institut, visiting researcher, one-year research stay
• Short-term research visits and training:
2019: Universität Graz (Professor Manuela Paechter)
2019: Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark (Professor Silke Luttenberger)
2019: Shizuoka University
2018: ScienceCenter – Netzwerk, Vienna, Austria
2018: Institut für Unterrichts- und Schulentwicklung (IUS)
2018: King’s College London
2018: UK National STEM Learning Network
2018: National STEM Movement, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018: Academy of Science Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017: TES Institute (TSL EDUCATION), London
2017- 2018: University College London (UCL), ASPIRES research project
2016: The New York Academy of Sciences
2020-2025: Establishment research project of the Croatian Science Foundation: Establishment of Criteria for Evaluating Modernization and (Post)transition Processes in Rural Areas of Croatia through a Case Study of the Rural Area of Lika (RURALIKA) – Project leader
2014-2018 iPRESENT project (Installation Project for REsearch about Social ENTrepreneurship). Project of the Croatian Science Foundation. Project leader Dražen Šimleša, PhD. – Project associate
2008-2013: Social Re/Construction in Rural Territories. Project of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. Project leader Prof. Maja Štambuk, PhD – Project associate
2020-2021: Erasmus+ KA205 – Strategic Partnerships in the Field of youth; Under the Loupe: Rural Youth Work. – Section Leader for Croatia
9 national participations
15 international participations
Member of the Croatian Sociological Society since 2008
2018-2020: University of Zadar, Department of Teacher Education in Gospić – Civic literacy
2016-2020: University of Zadar, Department of Teacher Education in Gospić – Sociology of development and environment
2024-2027: Daily Stress in Late Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood (DISTRESS) (NextGen EU) – Project associate
2021-2025: Longitudinal Adolescent Stress Study (STRESS LOAD) (Croatian Science Foundation) – Project associate
Croatian Psychological Chamber
European Network for Social and Emotional Competence (ENSEC)
2020-2023: ERASMUS+ project “High-Fliers” – Highly Interactive Guidance Helpful For Leadership In Educationally Relevant Skills (2020-1-EE01-KA203-077990). – Project Associate
2020-2023: European Social Fund: A new perspective for homelessness (UP.04.2.1.06.005). – Collaborator on the project
2018-2020: ERASMUS 2015-1-ES01-KA202-015976 – ImproVET – Improving skills in vocational education and training. – Collaborator on the project
2017-2020: INTERREG Central Europe – INNO-WISEs – Development of an e-learning platform and tools for social enterprises work integration in order to be more efficient and sustainable on the market. – Collaborator on the project
COST-TN1302 BESTPRAC. The Voice of Research Administrators – Building a Network of Administrative Excellence
2026: Scientific study – Memorial Cemetery “Šapudla” – Project leader
2026-2028: Possibilities and Limitations of Transformation of Activities of Religious Associations in Social Entrepreneurship – Project associate
2024-2027: Dynamics and Challenges of Migration, Re-migration and Immigration in the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
2024-2027: Transformation of Local Communities in the Republic of Croatia. Global Challenges and Development Potential – Project associate
2023-2024: Social, Cultural and Demographic Determinants of Preserving and Promoting the National Identity of Croats in the Republic of North Macedonia – Project associate
2023: Service for the Preparation of a Study on the Evaluation of Scientific and Professional Conferences of the Project “Strategic Reflection on the Future of Croatia” of the Croatian Generals Association – Project associate
2023: Service for the Implementation of the Preliminary Evaluation Procedure of the Document Draft Strategy for Demographic Revitalization until 2033 – Project associate
2021-2022: War, People, Numbers – Vukovar 1991 and Today. Author’s scientific monograph – Project leader
2021-2022: Demographic and Social Sustainability of Croats in Vojvodina: Current Trends, Challenges and Perspectives – Project associate
2020-2023: The First World War in the Culture of Memory. Forgotten Heritage – Project associate
2020-2021: Preparation of an analytical-summary study of the Vukovar-Srijem County: Population, Migration, Quality of Life and Development Perspectives – Project associate
2019-2020: Femme Industrielle –Industrial Workers in Socialist Croatia – The Example of Borovo, Vukovar – Project associate
2018-2019: The Social Impact of a Centrally Planned Economy in Socialist Croatia – The example of Vukovar – Project associate
2018: Local People’s Committee Borovo settlement 1945 – 1950. Study of Social, Demographic, Economic and Political Conditions – Project associate
2018: Preparation of a study on the program justification, accessibility requirements and rationality of a secondary school in the city of Otok. – Associate
2011-2012: Demographic study of the City of Vukovar – Project associate
2008-2012: Vukovar-Srijem County: Space, People, Identity – Project associate
2025-2026: Factors of Intellectual Property Management and Digital Transformation in the Republic of North Macedonia – Project associate
2013-2016: Study Abroad Program: University of Georgia (UGA) – Project associate
50 national scientific conferences
51 international scientific conferences
Croatian Sociological Association
Croatian Demographic Society
Functions:
Appointed coordinator for the development of cooperation with the Dr. Franjo Tuđman Defense and Security University, Zagreb
Appointed deputy member of the User Group for Cooperation with the Scientific Community of the Central Bureau of Statistics
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Department of Sociology (Adjunct Assistant Professor, external associate)
In the academic year 2023/2024. in the summer semester as a Full Assistant Professor taught the course Sociology of Migration
Invited (permanent) lecturer:
RACVIAC Center for Security Studies from Zagreb
Institute for Intellectual Property – Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Education Agency of the Republic of Croatia
Center for Strategic and Global Studies, Department of International Relations at the University of Airlangga, Kota Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Mentorship:
June 22 – July 30, 2025: Erasmus + Student Mobility for Traineeships (Academic Year 2024/2025), mentor to doctoral student Aysberg Şamil Önlü at the postgraduate study at the University of Ankara (Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences). (Qualitative Scientific Research Methodologies)
February 5 – April 5, 2018: Erasmus + Student Mobility for Traineeships (Academic Year 2017/2018) mentor to student Sara Hutz from the University of Kassel, Germany. (Sociological theories and research methodologies)
2021/2022 Tübitak scholarship – 2021 Program of the Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave. Özyeğin University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of International Relations, Istanbul, Turkey (Sociology of Migration)
2001/2002 – 2002/2003 – Chevening Scholar scholarship of the Government of the United Kingdom and the Ministry of European Integration of the Republic of Croatia, University of Sussex, Brighton (European Studies)
2017-2021: Relational Gender Relations in Croatia: Modernization and Development Perspectives – GENMOD, Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ-IP-2016-06-6010) – Project associate
2020-2023: European Inventory of Societal Values of Culture as a Basis for Inclusive Cultural Policies in the Globalizing World – INVENT (870691 — INVENT — H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2018-2019-2020/H2020-SC6- TRANSFORMATIONS-2019). Coordinator: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/870691) – Project associate
2019-2021: Developing a Multidimensional Model for Research on Social Inequalities. Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia and Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia – Project associate
2017-2019: Measuring Homelessness in Europe – COST action CA15218 (https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA15218) – Project associate
2014 – 2016: Life-Strategies and Survival Strategies of Households and Individuals in South-East European Societies in the Times of Crisis, Swiss National Science Foundation (SCOPES 152626), coordinator: Universität Zürich – Project associate
2012-2014: MYPLACE – Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement (266831 MYPLACE – FP7 -SSH-2010-5.1-1). Coordinator: University of Manchester (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/266831) – External collaborator
1 national participation
11 international participations
Croatian Sociological Association
European Sociological Association (ESA)
The Elisabeth List Fellowship Programme
Karl Franzens Universität Graz (2021)
– https://fellowship-geschlechterforschung.uni-graz.at/en/projects/translate-to-english-gender-und-alter/n-im-zentral-und-suedosteuropaeischen-kontext/
2018-2021: Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future – CHIEF – Project associate
2016-2019: Promoting Youth Involvement and Social Engagement – Opportunities for “Conflicted” Young people Across Europe – PROMISE – Project associate
2011-2015: Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement – MYPLACE) – Project associate
2009-2013: Post-socialist punk: Beyond the double irony of self-abasement – Project associate
9 participations
Croatian Sociological Association
2019-: The Model of Free Career Choice: The Role of Autonomous Career Motivation and Protective and Risk Factors in Career Development of Adolescents (HRZZ) – Project associate
2018-2020: Improving Skills in Vocational Education and Training (Erasmus+) – Project associate
2018-2022: Development of the Occupational Standard Survey and Guidelines for the Development of Occupational Standards and Education and Support for Proposers of Occupational Standards (Ministry of Labor and Pension System) – Project associate
2017-2018: Be STEMphatic – Virovitica – Project associate
2016-2017: Encouraging the Professional Development of Primary School Students: Evaluation of an Intervention (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences) – Project researcher
2016-2017: Introducing students to STEM professions through meeting STEM experts and presenting their jobs and professional experiences in a real work environment (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences) – Project associate
2015-2019: STEM Career Aspirations During Primary Schooling: A Cohort-Sequential Longitudinal Study of Relations Between Achievement, Self-Competence Beliefs, and Career Interests (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences) – Project researcher
2015-2016: Meet Entrepreneur – Me Tycoon (European Social Fund as part of the Human Resources Development Program 2007-2013) – Project associate
2015: Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Office for Combating Drug Abuse of the Government of the Republic of Croatia) – Project associate
2015: Pilar’s Barometer of Croatian Society – Spring 2015 (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences) – Field Research Leader
2015: Quality of Tourist Offer in the City of Zagreb – Zagreb City Tourist Board (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Croatian Chamber of Commerce) – Project associate
2015: Research on the Quality of Tourist Offer in SPA/Spa Resorts in Health Tourism (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Croatian Chamber of Commerce) – Project associate
2014-2016: QUALITYWATCH: Croatian Higher Education Quality Watchdog (Institute for Education Development – SAFU) – Project associate
2014-2016: National Traffic Model for the Republic of Croatia – Social aspects of Travel in Croatia (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – PTV Transport ConsultGmbH) – Project associate
2014-2015: When do Young People Stop Believing that Engineering is a Good Career Choice for Them? (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – HEP) – Project collaborator
2014-2015: Research on the Interests of Students in the Final Grades of Primary Schools for Engineering and Related Professions in the City of Daruvar Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – City of Daruvar). – Project collaborator
2014: Pilar’s Barometer of Croatian Society – Spring 2014 (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences) – Field research leader
2014: Tourist Flower – Quality for Croatia 2014 (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – HGK) – Project Associate
2013: Preparation of a detailed analytical report on the quality of the tourist offer in the tourist destination Baška Voda for the period 2007 to 2014 (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Croatian Chamber of Commerce) – Project associate
2013: Preparation of a detailed analytical report on the quality of the tourist offer in the tourist destination Cavtat for the period 2007 to 2014 (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Konavle Municipality Tourist Board) – Project associate
2013: Tourist Flower – Quality for Croatia 2013 (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Croatian Chamber of Commerce) – Project associate
2012: Visibility and Public Perception of Civil Society Organizations in the Republic of Croatia in 2012 (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – SIPU International – TASCO) – Project associate
2011-2012: Determinants of the Success of Primary Schools in the Istrian County: Challenges and Opportunities for Development (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Adris Foundation) – Project associate
2011-2012: Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Office for Combating Drug Abuse of the Government of the Republic of Croatia) – Project associate
2010-2011: The Share of National Minorities in the Public Sector of the Republic of Croatia (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Ministry of Public Administration). – Project associate
2009-2013: Determinants of Risky and Deviant Behavior in the National and Global context (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – MZOS). – Project associate
2003-2010: Reporting to Schools on the Results of External Ranking of Students’ Educational Achievements in Grade and Subject Teaching (Ivo PIlar Institute of Social Sciences – National Centre for External Evaluation of Education) – Project associate
2009-2010: Conceptualization and Preparation of Analytical Reports on Students’ Educational Achievements in Primary Schools in Grade and Subject Teaching (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar – National Centre for External Evaluation of Education) – Project associate
2006: Customer Satisfaction Q4 (Target d.o.o. – Hrvatski Telekom d.d.). – Project manager
2018-2019: ECDP – European Cohort Development Project (anchester Metropolitan University;- EU – H2020) – Project associate
2016-2019: PROMoting youth Involvement and Social Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges for “conflicted” Young People Across Europe (University of Manchester – EU – H2020) – Project researcher
2014-2016: Measuring Youth Well-Being – MYWEB (Manchester Metropolitan University – EU – FP7) – Project associate
2011-2015: Memory,Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement – MYPLACE (University of Warwick – EU – FP7) – Project associate
2011: European Social Research ESS – 5th round (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – HRZZ) – Project associate
10 national participations
30 international participations
2012-2020: Health University of Applied Sciences Zagreb, Research Methods in Physiotherapy
2020-2023: The First World War in the Culture of Memory. Forgotten Heritage (HRZZ) – Project leader
2020-2021: 25 years of the Municipality of Bistra, monograph, (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Municipality of Bistra – Project leader
2019-2020: Femme Industrielle –Industrial Workers in Socialist Croatia – The Example of Borovo, Vukovar (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences) – Project associate
2019-2021: Ignac Kristijanović – the Forgotten Jewel of the Croatian Kajkavian Literary Language (Institute of the Croatian Language) – Project associate
2018-: Zagreb, Croatian Memorial Heritage of the First World War, Association 1914-1918 (Ministry of Culture and Media) – Project leader
2018-: Croatian Memorial Heritage of the First World War – Immovable Cultural Property in the Area of Northern Croatia (Foundation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts) – Project leader
2009-2013: Preparation of the Monograph of the Bistra Municipality – Project leader
2008-2020: Croatian Emigrant Lexicon. – Head of the minority section and deputy project leader (since 2012)
2007-2013: Minorities in Croatia and Croats in the Surrounding Countries: Historical Identities (MZOS) – Project associate
2002-2006: Croats as Part of the Multicultural Identity of the Surrounding countries (MZOS) – Project associate
1996-2002: Croats in the Surrounding Countries (MZOS) – Project associate
1996: TRIPEX CONFINIUM – Croatia’s Multiple Borders in the Euro-Mediterranean Context – Institute for Croatian History, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (University of Zagreb), Abteilung für Südosteuropäische Geschichte (Universität Graz, Austria) and the Institute on Southeastern Europe (Central European University Budapest, Hungary) – Project associate
45 national participations
48 international participations
Society for Croatian History (2006-: active member, Board of Directors)
Cultural Society “Miroslav Šalom Freiberger” Zagreb (2001-: active member)
Croatian National Committee for Historical Sciences (1999-: active member)
Society for Economic History and Ecohistory (2005-: secretary)
Croatian Genealogical Society “Pavao Ritter Vitezović”, Zagreb (2014-: Member)
Association Contemporary Jewish Film Festival Zagreb (2016-: president of the Board of Directors)
Association 1914-1918. (2016-: secretary)
Hungarian Cultural Society Ady Endre/Magyar Kultúrkör, Zagreb (2016-: active member)
European Association for Jewish Studies (2016-: full member)
B’nai B’rith Lodge “Gavro Schwarz”, Zagreb (2016-: honorary member)
Associations Ecomuseum Bistra (2016-: honorary and full member)
Croatian Section of ECOVAST (2018-: active member)
World Union of Jewish Studies (2016-: active member)
Academy of Educational Sciences of Croatia (2017-: active member)
Center for Promoting Tolerance and Preservation of Holocaust Remembrance (2017-: member of the Program Council)
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb – Department of History:
2012/2013: Seminar History of Minorities in Croatia
2011/2012: Seminar Homeland History
2010/2011: Seminar Homeland History
2009/2010: Seminar History of Minorities in Croatia
2009/2010: Seminar Socio-Historical Connotation of Humor and Satire in the 19th Century and the First Half of the 20th Century
2008/2009: Seminar Jewish Communities in the Habsburg Monarchy in the 18th and 19th Centuries
2008/2009: Seminar Secret Societies
2007/2008: Seminar Jews in Croatian History and Culture
2007/2008: Seminar Freemasonry
Zagreb Open University – University for the Third Age:
2010/2011: Course 4000 Years of Judaism
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb – Department of Oriental Studies and Hungarian Studies – Department of Judaic Studies:
2014/2015: Course Periodization of Jewish History and Jewish History to the End of the 18th Century – lectures and seminars
2014/2015: Course Croatian-Jewish Relations to the 20th Century – lectures
2013/2014: Course Periodization of Jewish History – from Emancipation and Haskalah – lectures and seminars
2012/2013: Courses Periodization of Jewish History and Jewish History to the End of the 18th Century – lectures and seminars
Faculty of Philosophy – University of Zagreb – Department of History:
2012-: Doctoral study Modern and Contemporary Croatian History in the European and World Context – guest lecturer
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia:
2018: Workshop Jewish Art and Tradition (Department of Art History and Center for Studies of Jewish Art and Culture)
2016: guest lecturer
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana – Department of History – Doctoral studies:
2017/2018: Doctoral seminar: Jews in Hungary in Dualist Period/Judje na Ogorskem v času dualizma/ Židovi u Ugarskoj za zvijeme dualizma, Dejan Süč
2016: Hungarian Scholarship Board, Tudományos Akadémia Történettudományi Intézete / Institute Of History of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary
2015: Yad Vashem – Seminar in Holocaust Studies
2013: Zagreb, European Shoah Legacy Institute – Provenance research Training Program – training at the workshop
2008: Small Grants for Research Purposes at The Rothschild Foundation Europe in Budapest, Hungary
2005: Hungarian Scholarship Board, Tudományos Akadémia Történettudományi Intézete / Institute Of History of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary
2004: Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Piliscsaba – Tempus Public Foundation CEEPUS
2020-2024: Child Well-being in Family Context – CHILD-WELL – PhD student
2 national participations
3 international participations
2019.-: University of North, course Communication skills
– https://www.bib.irb.hr:8443/pretraga?operators=and|Franc,%20Renata%20%2814907%29|text|profile
– https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1909-2393
– https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aNWxh0AAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
– https://pilar.academia.edu/RenataFranc
– https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renata-Franc
2024-2027: DISINFO CLIMATE – The Role of Dispositions and Exposure to Information in the Context of Climate Change – Project leader
2024-2027: MOTIKA – Motivators and Barriers for Collective Action – Project leader
2024-2027: TYPeS – Types of Youth Participation in Croatian Society – Team member
2020-2021: Social Aspects of the COVID 19 pandemic – Project leader
2020-2021: Croatian Longitudinal Well-Being Survey in Light of the COVID-19 pandemic – Project associate
2015-2019: CRO-WELL Croatian Longitudinal Well-Being Survey. – Project associate
2012: Visibility and Public Perception of Civil Society Organizations in the Republic of Croatia in 2012 – Project leader
2010-2011: Share of National Minorities in the Public Sector – Project leader
2009: Pilar’s Barometer of Croatian Society: Citizens’ Attitudes and Opinions on Social Relations and Processes – Spring 2009 – Project associate
2008-2013: Monograph of the City of Gospić – Project associate
2008-2012: Vukovar-Srijem County: Space, People, Identity – Project associate
2008: Pilar’s Barometer of Croatian Society: Citizens’ Attitudes and Opinions on Social Relations and Processes – Project associate
2008: Croatian Army — Croatian Society – Project section leader
2007-2013: Determinants of Risky and Deviant Behavior in the National and Global Context – Project associate
2007-2013: Determinants of Risky and Deviant Behavior in the National and Global Context – Project associate
2007-2013: Social Attitudes and Intergroup Relations in Croatian Society – Project leader
2007: Research on Participatory Democracy and Civic Activism in the Work of Civil Society Organizations of the City of Zagreb – Project leader
2007: Public Attitudes towards Non-Governmental Organizations – Project leader
2006-2011: Tourist Flower — Quality for Croatia 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 – Project associate
2006-2007: Models of Compulsory Secondary Education – Project associate
2006: Public Attitudes towards Non-Governmental Organizations – Project leader
2006: Frequency of Wearing a Tie or Business Scarf in Croatia and Public Perception of Some Characteristics of Their Wearers. – Project associate
2005-2006: Evaluation of the Experimental Implementation of the Croatian National Educational Standard (HNOS) – Project associate
2005-2006: Attitudes of the Zagreb Public towards Traffic – Project associate
2005: Attitudes of the Public towards Non-Governmental Organizations – Project leader
2002-2006: Social Deviations and Antisocial Behavior: An Interactional Approach – Project associate
2000-2002: An Interactional Approach to the Structure of Pathological Phenomena – Project associate
1998-2001: Structure and Function ofm Socially Relevant Attitudes of Young People – Project leader
1997-2000: Socialization of Children and Youth – Project associate
1992-1996: Children in War – Project associate
2025-2028: We-ID – Identities – Migration – Democracy (Horizon Europe) – Team member
2024-2027: CONCILIARE – CONfidetly ChangIng coLonIAl heRitagE (Horizon Europe) – Team member
2020: International COVID 19 Study on Social & Moral Psychology. – Associate, national team leader
2018-2021: CHIEF – Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future (EU – H2020) – Project section co-leader
2018-2019: ECDP – European Cohort Development Project (EU – H2020) – National team leader
2017-2021: DARE – Dialogue About Radicalisation and Equality (EU – H2020). – Co-leader of the project section, national team leader
2016-2019: PROMISE – PROMoting Youth Involvement and Social Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges for “Conflicted” Young People Across Europe (EU – H2020) – Project associate
2014-2016: MYWEB – Measuring Youth Well-Being (EU FP7) – Project leader
2014: Updating 2011 Situation Analyses of Children’s and Women’s Rights in Croatia – Project associate
2012-2015: MYPLACE – Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement (EU FP7) – Project associate
2011-2012: European Social Research ESS – 5th Round – National coordinator
2010-2011: Situation Analysis of Children`s and Women`s Rights in Croatia. – Project associate
2010: Supporting Equality in Croatian Labour Market. – Section leader
2007-2009: European Social Research ESS – 4th Round – Project associate
2005-2007: SWOT Analysis of Bilateral Programmes and Projects in 14 Countries – Project associate
1992-1994: Psychological and Pedagogical Assistance to Students Affected by the War – Project associate
116 participations
International Society of Political Psychology – ISPP
European Consortium for Political Research – ECPR
Croatian Psychological Society – HPD
Croatian Psychological Chamber – HPK
Faculty of Croatian Studies (until 2020 Croatian Studies):
2002.-: Graduate study of psychology – Political psychology
2002.-: Undergraduate study of sociology – Social Psychology
2000-: Croatian Studies – participation in the delivery of courses (as an associate or lecturer): Social Psychology I; Social Psychology II, Fundamentals of Social Behavior, Group Processes and Influences, Forensic Psychology, Political Psychology
Police Academy in Zagreb:
1997-2003: Social Psychology
Zagreb School of Economics and Management:
2007-2014: MBA Graduate Studies – Leadership
2003-2017: Undergraduate Studies – Social Psychology
2020-2023: Mapping Parliamentary Elections in Croatia 1848-1918 (HRZZ). – Project associate
2020-2023: World War I in the Culture of Memory. Forgotten Heritage (HRZZ) – Project associate
4 national participations
1 international participation
Croatian National Committee for Historical Sciences
2020-2022: Body, Health, Prevention: Media-Constructed Discourses and Lived Cultures in the Era of New “Bio-Realities” – Project associate
2018-2019: Research Leisure and Creative Aging: Knowledge, Experiences and Interpretations of Older People – Project associate
2013-2014: Socio-Cultural and Gender Aspects of Aging in Croatia (donation of the Adris Foundation) – Project leader
2007-2013: Sustainable development of Croatia – Project associate
2004-2006: Conceptualization of Sustainable Development of Croatia – External project associate
2013: Roma Early Childhood Inclusion (RECI) – Project associate
2009: The Gendered Experiences of Homelessness in Croatia – Project Associate
2006-2007: Welfare and Values in Europe: Transitions related to Religion, Minorities and Gender (Faculty of Law – Study Center for Social Work) – Junior researcher
38 presentations at scientific conferences
3 presentations at national scientific conferences
5 presentations at national conferences with international participation
2 presentations at professional conferences
ENAS, HSD
2009-2013: University of Zagreb, Croatian Studies, course Sociology of local communities
2010-2013: University of Zagreb, Design Studies, course Sociology of culture
2016-2018: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, course Sociology of culture
2017-2018: University of Zagreb, Department of Sociology, course Sociology of gender (replacing Prof. Branka Galić, PhD)
2016-2019: VERN University, specialist study Business Communications Management, course Popular culture and media literacy
2010: State Award for Science in the Field of Social Sciences
2024-2027: Nightlife Research: Real and Virtual Environment – REAL NIGHTS (NextGeneration EU) – Project leader
2024-2027: Psychosocial Climate and Individual Characteristics of Prisoners and Officers in Penal Bodies of the Republic of Croatia: Multimethod Approach – PRISCLIM (NextGeneration EU) – Project associate
2024-2025: Analysis of Data on Gambling and Video Games in the Republic of Croatia – Project leader
2024: Preparation of the final report as part of the scientific research project Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia: 2023 – Project leader
2023-2024: Evaluation of the Special Treatment program PORTOs – Project associate
2023: Service of preparation and implementation of part of the research on substance abuse in the general population – Project leader
2021-2025: Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Stress – StressLoad – Project associate
2020: Use of Addictive Substances in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia – Results of the 2019 Research and Analysis of Usage Trends 2011-2019 – Project leader
2019-2020: Analysis of Media Reporting on Problematic Internet Use – Project associate
2019: Scientific-Methodological Approach to Research on Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia – Project leader
2018: City Nightlife: Patterns of Behavior of Nightclub Visitors – Project leader
2016-2017: Psychosocial Climate in Prisons – the Perspective of Prisoners and Prison Officers – Project associate
2015-2019: Croatian Longitudinal Well-being Survey – CRO-WELL – Project associate
2015-2016: Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia: 2015 – Project leader
2011-2012: Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia – Project leader
2007-2013: Determinants of Risky and Deviant Behavior in the National and Global Context – Project associate
2005-2006: Evaluation of Experimental Implementation of Elements of the Croatian National Educational Standard – Project associate
2002-2006: Social Deviations and Antisocial Behavior – Interactional Approach – Project associate
2000-2002: Interactional Approach to the Structure of Pathological Phenomena – Project associate
2021-2023: Protecting the Mental Well-Being of our Children During and After Public Health Emergencies – Digital Training for Teachers and Educators – ProWell – Leader of Pilar’s team
2019–2022: Preventing Smoking, Alcohol and Internet Addictions Among Children and Adolescents: a Family Oriented Training Approach for Adult Learners and Educators – ADD FREE – Leader of Pilar’s team
2015-2018: Fear of Intimacy Project – Co-worker
2008-2014: International Father Acceptance – Rejection Project – Co-worker
80 international and 32 national participations
– https://www.croris.hr/osobe/profil/3308
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA)
International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection (ISIPAR)
Croatian Psychological Chamber
University of Zagreb, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Croatian Studies:
2007-2014: course General psychopathology
2007-2014: course Specific psychopathology
2000-2007: Psychopathology course
1998-: course Psychology of addictions
University of Split, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy:
2024-: Behavioral Addictions course
Rochester Institute of Technology:
2019: Abnormal psychology course
2025: Best poster presentation award at the 13th International Club Health Conference, Ghent
2020-2021: Institute of Global Homelessness / A place to call home initiative – Project Associate
2019-2022: Exploring Homelessness and Pathways to Social Inclusion: A Comparative Study of Contexts and Challenges in Swiss and Croatian Cities – Project associate
2 participations
2025-2028: CBC – The Habsburg Bureaucracy and Local Communities: Counties of Banal Croatia – CBC – Project leader
2025-2026: Croats in Brazil: Migrations, Identities, Status and Global Impact – Project associate
2024-2027: Border Area Development Between the Una River and the Adriatic Sea: From the Habsburg Military Border to the Schengen Edge of the EU – BAD – Project associate
2023-2026: Slana camp on the Island of Pag – Project leader
2022-2023: Croatian Community in the Republic of Slovenia: Between Assimilation, Integration and Promotion of Croatian National Identity – Project associate
2021: Identity of Boka Croats – Project associate
2013-2014: Croatia and Slovakia: Historical Parallels and Connections (from 1780 to the present) – Project leader
2009-2012: History of Bjelovar from the Beginning of Settlement to the End of the Homeland War – Project associate
2008-2013: Monograph of the City of Gospić – Project leader
2007-2013: Minorities in Croatia and Croats in Surrounding Countries: Historical Identities – Project associate
2003-2006: Triplex Confinium – Croatian Multi-Border Areas in the Euro-Mediterranean Context – Project associate
2001-2007: Croats as Part of the Multicultural Identity of Surrounding Countries – Project associate
1998-2001: Croats in Surrounding (Homeland) Countries – Project associate
44 national and 32 international participations
Society for Croatian History
Society for Croatian Economic History and Ecohistory
Croatian Catholic University (2019-):
– Selected Topics from 19th Century Croatian History
– World War I
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb (2019-2022):
– World War I and Croatia
– Croatian-Hungarian Interpenetration in the 19th Century
– Research group – interpretation of modern sources
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb (2007-2019):
– European regions and Croatian history of the 19th century
– Migration flows between Dalmatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries
– Croatian history of the 19th century
– Sources for the history of the population of Dalmatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina written in Croatian Cyrillic (Bosančica)
– Croatia and Europe in the 19th century – comparative topics
– World War I
– Social history: stratifications and hierarchies
– European and world history of the 19th century
– Culture and intellectual life at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century
– Political history
– History of the Habsburg Monarchy in the 19th century
2025: Recognition of the Lika-Senj County for exceptional achievements in the field of humanities and contribution to the research of historical and cultural County Heritage
2020: Plaque from the University of Mostar for exceptional contribution to the development of the University through outstanding work in the scientific, teaching and professional fields
2019: Honorary Golden Pin for Special Merits for the Commercial Municipality of Mogersdorf in Austria
2003: Recognition of the Municipality of Brinje for contribution to science and culture
2003: State Science Award for Junior Scientists
2005: Government of the Republic of Hungary
2001 and 2004: CEEPUS, Budapest
1999: Burgenländische Landesregierung, Eisenstadt
1997: Mogersdorf, Graz
2021-2022: Croatia’s Potential: (Re)migration, (Temporary) Return, and Change Agency of a Young Highly-Skilled Generation. – Project manager
Projects in Germany:
1995-1998: Agenten und Akteure interkultureller Verständigung. Eine Studie zu Problemen des Fremd- und Selbstverstehens. – Project manager
1993-1994: Migration and Citizenship. Die Frage der Zugehörigkeit in der zweiten Einwanderergeneration. – Project manager
1989-1992: StudentinSein. Aspekte weiblichin Lebenszusammenhangs. – Collaborator on the project
1989-1990: Leben an der Grenze. Über die Grenzöffnung im deutsch-deutschen Grenzgebiet. – Collaborator on the project
2020-2021: Social Remittances of (Re)migrants and Their Role in Improving Social Welfare in the Country of Origin: Challenges and Experiences in Comparative Perspective – Project associate (head of CRO)
2019-2022: Transition Dialogue. Dealing with Change in Democratic Ways – Project associate (head of CRO)
2017-2019: EDU-LAB – New Danubian Governance in Labor market Relevance of Higher Education – Consultant
2013-2019: Remigrations and Transformations in Post-Socialist European Regions – Project manager
2008-2011: Transitions in Central and South Eastern Europe: Changing Gender Perspectives – Project manager
2010.: Das Deutschlandbild in Herkunftsländern – Beispiele für die Erwartung von Zuwanderern nach Deutschland – Project associate
2009-2010: Promoting State-building – Managing Fault-lines – Project associate
2007-2008: Interethnic Relations in Southeast Europe – Project manager
3 national participations
52 international participations
European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR)
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
Societé Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF)
Networking European Citizenship Education (NECE) – Advisory Board
Croatian Sociological Association (HSD)
2019: Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Department of Sociology, undergraduate studies in Sociology, associate professor in the course Cultural anthropology
2010-2016: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Anthropology, graduate studies in Anthropology, head of the course Culture and Identity
1994-1996: J. W. Goethe University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Frankfurt am Main / Germany, Department of Sociology, undergraduate and graduate studies in Sociology, assistant professor in the course Sociology of culture, Social phenomenology, Sociology of power
Doctorate of Science in Sociology with honors “magna cum laude”; doctoral dissertation defense “summa cum laude” – J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, 2001; Winner of a scholarship to work on a doctoral dissertation from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation; one-year scholarship for postgraduate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / Social and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology (STS) in Cambridge (USA), 1996-97; Professional Master’s Degree with Honors – University of J.W. Goethe, Frankfurt am Main, 1994.
1996-2000: Konrad Adenauer Foundation scholarship holder for doctoral dissertation
1995: Scholarship recipient of the Freudenberg Foundation for the publication of a master’s thesis
2021-2026. Exploring Emotions in the (Re)construction of Diaspora Identity: Croats in Australia and New Zealand (1945 – 1991) (HRZZ) – Project leader
2023: Preparation and implementation of part of the Research on Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia (HZJZ) – Project associate
2021-2023: for ONE heart, ne soul, one CROATIA – Project associate/leader
2019-2020: Sport and Emigrant Identity: Connecting the Croatian diaspora in New Zealand with Croatia through Rugby – CRO-HAKA – Project leader
2019: Quality of Life, Lifestyles and Health Risks of the Population of Croatia. – Project associate
2018: Needs and Quality of Life of Croatian Veterans, Victims of the Homeland War and their families – Project associate
2015: Quality of Life, Lifestyles and Health Risks of the Croatian Population – Project associate
2008-2015: Tourist Flower – Quality for Croatia – Project associate
2008-2013: Historical Atlas of Cities – Historical Identity and Contemporary Development of Croatian Cities – Project associate
2024-2028: Types of Youth Participation in Croatian Society (Pilar Institute) – Project associate
2019-2021: Transition Dialogue 2019-2021. Dealing with Change in Democratic Ways – Project Associate
2018-2021: The Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future – Project associate
40 participations
Society for Croatian History
British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies
Croatian Sociological Association – Section for Sociology of Sports
2016-2018: Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, undergraduate history, course Croatian society between tradition and modernity (1848-1941)
2015: Catholic University of Croatia, graduate history, course Economic thought of 19th and 20th centuries
2016: Endeavour research fellowship, Endeavour scholarships and fellowships – Government of Australia, University of Adelaide
2012: Doctoral support program, Central European University
2012: Postgraduate studies – research, Hungarian Scholarship Board
2022-2026: Establishment research project HRZZ: Establishment of Criteria for Evaluating Modernization and (Post)transition Processes in Rural Areas of Croatia Through a Case Study of the Rural Area of Lika (RURALIKA) – Project associate
2 national participations
1 international participation
Society for Croatian History
2020-2024: Child Well-being in the Family Context – CHILD-WELL (Croatian Science Foundation, project leader: Andreja Brajša-Žganec, PhD) – Project associate
2020-2024: Digital Technology in the Family: Behavioral Patterns and Effects on Child Development (Croatian Science Foundation, project leader: Catholic University of Croatia, project leader: Assoc. Prof. Marina Merkaš, PhD) – Project associate
2019: The Relationship between the Use of Digital Media and the Family Literary Environment and the Language Skills of Preschool Children (Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences) – Project leader
2007-2011: Personality Traits, Natural Language and Cognitive Development (Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, project leader: Boris Mlačić, PhD) – Project associate
2004-2006: Personality Traits and Natural Language (Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, leader: Boris Mlačić, PhD). – Project associate
2020-2021: Kids’ Digital lives in COVID-19 Times – KiDiCoTi (organiser: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen; leader: Stéphane Chaudron – Leader of the Croatian research section
2015-2017: Children (0-8) and Digital Technology (organiser: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen; leader: Stéphane Chaudron) – Leader of the Croatian research section
2014-2018: COST-ISCH IS Action IS1404: Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitisation – E-READ (organiser: COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology, leader: Anne Mangen) – Project associate
2015-2019: COST-ISCH IS Action IS1410: The Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children – DigiLitEY (organizer: COST – European Cooperation in Science and Technology, leader: Jackie Marsh – Project associate
32 participations
Croatian Psychological Chamber
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development
European Association of Developmental Psychology
Catholic University of Croatia, Department of Psychology, Zagreb:
2020/2021: Teaching assistant at the course Parenting and Child Development (organizer: Assoc. Prof. Marina Merkaš)
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek:
2017/2018: Teaching assistant on the courses Psychology in Dental Medicine and Health Psychology (course leader: Prof. Pavo Filaković, PhD)
2017/2018-: Teaching assistant on the course Psychology in Health (course leader: Prof. Pavo Filaković, PhD)
Faculty of Medicine in Osijek, Osijek:
12017/2018 and 2018/2019: Teaching assistant on the course Medical Psychology (course leader: Prof. Ivan Požgain, PhD)
Faculty of Croatian Studies, Department of Psychology, Zagreb:
2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009: Teaching assistant on the courses Psychology of Learning, Psychology of Memory, Differential Psychology and Theoretical systems and models in personality psychology (course leader: Prof. Boris Mlačić, Ph.D.)
2019-2023: Regulation of Prostitution in Croatia (HZZZ). – Project associate
2016-2020: Second Homes and Social Sustainability of Local Communities in Croatia (HZZZ) – Project associate
2007-2013: Social Sustainability and Urban Transformation Processes in Croatia (HZZZ) – Project associate
2007: Models of Compulsory Secondary Education – Project associate
2007-2010: Croatian Army – Croatian society (Ministry of Defence) – Project associate
2006: Local Community Views on the Plomin thermal power plant (Urbanistički institut Hrvatske d.o.o.) – Project associate
2006-2013: Quality assessment of selected tourist destinations in Croatia – Tourist flower – Quality for Croatia (Croatian Chamber of Economy) – Project associate
2018-2021: CHIEF – Cultural Heritage and Europeans Future (H2020) – Project Aassociate
2009: Integrated Coastal Management (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH) – Project associate
7 participations
2025-2025: Applying Self-determination Theory to Education – Determinants and Outcomes of Students’, Teachers’ and Professional Counselors’ Proactive Behaviors – Project associate
2024-2027: Students’ Interests and Vocational High School Programs Fit: Measurement, Monitoring, Causes and Consequences of Congruence (VETFIT) – Project associate
2024-2024: Teacher and Student Motivation in Middle, High School and Higher Education – Interplay Between Three Need States, Agentic Engagement and Teachers (De)motivation Styles – Project associate
2020-2025: The Model of Free Career Choice: The Role of Autonomous Career Motivation and Protective and Risk Factors in Career Development of Adolescents (FreeCareerChoice) – Project associate
2021-2025: COhort cOmmunity Research and Development Infrastructure Network for Access Throughout Europe (COORDINATE) – Project associate
2023: Adriatic Regional Science Centre for Skills Development in the Field of STEM, ICT, Entrepreneurship and Active Citizenship – Project associate
22 international and 6 national participations
Croatian Psychological Chamber
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb:
2026: Work psychology
2025-: Theory of psychological tests
2024-2025: Psychology of learning
2023-2025: Psychology of memory
2023-: Descriptive statistics
2024-2027: Adolescent Well-being in Key Contexts (TEEN-WELL) – Project associate
2024-2027: The effect of Environment on Child Development: The Association of Digital Technology Use, Home Literacy Environment and Physical Activity with the Well-being of Children in Early School Years DigiLitA) – Project associate
2020-2024: Child Well-being in Family Context (CHILD-WELL) – Project associate
32 participations
Croatian Psychological Chamber
European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA)
European Association of Developmental Psychology (EADP)
Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb:
2020-: course Business communication
2020-: course Negotiation in an international environment
University of North:
2022-: course Contemporary topics in psychology
2023-: course Human psychological development
2021. The Cult of Saint Nicholas: Changes through History and Role in the Construction of Modern Dubrovnik – Project leader
2007-2013: Historical Atlas of Cities – Historical Identity and Contemporary Development of Croatian Cities (leader: Mirela Altić, PhD) – Project associate
2006-2009: Croatian Middle Ages: Nobility and People, Authorities and Institutions (leader: Milan Kruhek, PhD) – Project associate
2004-2007: Architecture and Inventory from the 16th to the 19th Century in Dalmatia (leader: Marija Stagličić, PhD) – Project associate
2002-2005: History of Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik Republic (leader: academician Nenad Vekarić) – Project associate
30 participations
Croatian Archaeological Society
Society of Art Historians
Matica Hrvatska
Society of Croatian Writers
Armenian General Benevolent Union
Community of Boka Croats
2014 and 2015: Mentoring two undergraduates
Reviewing two university textbooks
2018: Lumbarda Municipality Award
2018: Matrix Croatica Gold Charter for the book Sebasta, the City of St. Blaise
2016: Order of the Croatian Morning Star with the image of Marko Marulić
2016: Dubrovnik-Neretva County Award for Reputation in the World
2011: Silver Coat of Arms of the Municipality of Blato for achievements in the field of research into the history and culture of Blato
2010: Matrix Croatica Silver Charter for the book Contribution of Petar Kanavelić to Croatian Passion Heritage
2009: Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Antiquities – Silver Medal Višegrad Agreement / Dubrovnik within the Croatian Lands 1358
2002: Golden Charter of the Matrix Croatica for the book Sacral Heritage of Ston
2002: Diploma of the Municipality of Orebić for researching and publishing work on history of Pelješac
1997: Silver Charter of the Matrix Croatica for the book Ston in Earthquake
2001. Summer School of Culture and Polish Language
2024-2027: DISINFO climate – The role of Dispositions and Exposure to Information in the Context of Climate Change – Project associate
2023-2027: MotiKA – Motivations and Barriers for Collective Action – Project associate
2020-2021: Social aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic (DARE and the Pilar Institute) – Project associate
2024-2027: Conciliare – CONfidetly ChangIng coLonIAl heritage (Horizon Europe) – Project associate
2020-2023: ICSMP – COVID19 International Collaboration on Social & Moral Psychology – Project associate
2018-2021: EU Horizon 2020 CHIEF – Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future – Project associate
40 participants
International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP)
2018/2019: As an external associate, she reviewed student reports as part of the course Non-experimental methods at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb
2017/2018: As an external associate, she reviewed student reports as part of the course Experimental methods at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb and conducted part of the teaching and professional mentoring as part of the (elective) course Professional practice of the graduate study Psychology, Catholic University of Croatia
2016/2017: As an external associate, she conducted part of the teaching and professional mentoring as part of the (elective) course compulsory) subject Professional practice of the graduate study Psychology of the Catholic University of Croatia
Scholarship for excellence in the university postgraduate doctoral study of Psychology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2014-2018: Installation Project for REsearch about Social ENTrepreneurship (iPRESENT) – Project associate
2020-2024: COST Action – Decolonising Development: Research, Teaching and Practice – Project associate
2018-2019: PIE – Poverty, Income, and Employment News – Project consultant
2017-2020: INNO-WISEs – Technologies, Competences and Social Innovation for Work Integration Social Enterprises – Project associate
2017-2021: COST action – From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy – Project associate
1 national participation
11 international participations
– Systematic Revitalization of the Croatian Peripheries – Project associate
– Socio-cultural Capital and the Development of Croatia: Between Globalization and Localization – Project associate
– Cultures of Consumerism and Sustainability: Global Challenges to the Socio-Cultural Development of the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
2 national participations
5 international participations
Croatian Philosophical Society
2006-2013: Minorities in Croatia and Croats in the Surrounding Countries: Historical Identities (MZOS) – Project associate
2001-2006: Croats as a pPart of the Multicultural Identity of the Surrounding Countries (MTZ) – Project associate
1997-2000: Croats in the Surrounding (Homeland) Countries (MTZ) – Project associate
2013-2018: COST action Reassembling the Republic of Letters. A digital framework for multi-lateral collaboration on Europe’s Intellectual History (1500-1800) – Project associate
2013-2017: COST action New Communities of Interpretation: Context, Strategies and Interpretations of Religious Transformation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe – Project associate
9 national participations
21 international participations
Association Internationale d’Études du Sud-Est Européen – AIESEE, under UNESCO; President of the Croatian Committee and Member of the International Committee
Croatian National Committee for Historical Sciences – HNOPZ
Society for Croatian History
Society for Croatian Economic History and Ecohistory
2008-: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Romance Studies – courses Introduction to Romanian Civilization and Romania and Romanians in the European Civilizational Context
2020-: Quality of Life of Adults with Hemophilia in Croatia – Medical and Psychosocial Aspects – Project associate
2019-2020: Psychosocial Characteristics of Life with a Rare Disease – the Example of Hemophilia – Project leader
2015-2016: Empirical Analysis of the Quality of Life of People with Disabilities in the City of Zagreb – Project leader
2007-2011: Religious pluralism, Postmodern Religious Movements and Croatian Identity – Project associate
2006-2015: Tourist Flower – Quality for Croatia – Project associate
2008: External Evaluation of Educational Achievements in Primary Schools of the Republic of Croatia – 4th grade students – Project associate
2008: External Evaluation of Educational Achievements in primary schools of the Republic of Croatia – 8th grade students – Project associate
2007: Experimental External Evaluation of Educational Achievements in Primary Schools of the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
2003-2006: Globalization and Postmodern Religious and Church Movements in Croatia – Project associate
17 participations
2010/2011: Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies – Bioethical dilemmas in contemporary society
2009-2011: Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation – Social and legal foundations in the education and rehabilitation of visually impaired people
2025-2027: Croats in the Benelux countries – Migration, Integration and Identity – Project leader
2025-2026: Croats in Brazil: Migrations, Identities, Status and Global Influence – Project leader
2024-2027: NOHE – New Croatian Diaspora in Europe – Project associate
2024-2027: Dynamics and Challenges of Migration, Re-migration and Immigration in the Republic of Croatia – Project leader
2023-2024: Return Migration: Model(s) of Return to the Republic of Croatia – Project leader
2023-2024: Social, Cultural and Demographic Determinants of Preserving and Promoting the National Identity of Croats in the Republic of North Macedonia– Project associate
2022-2023: The Croatian Community in the Republic of Slovenia: Between Assimilation, Integration and Promotion of the Croatian National Identity – Project leader
2021-2022: The Identity of Boka Kotorska – Project leader
2017-2019: Emigrant Tourism of Međimurje County and the City of Čakovec – Project leader
2006-2012: Transnational Migrations – Challenges to Croatian Society – Project associate
2002-2006: Croatian Migrant Communities: Belonging and Multiculturalism – Project associate
2000-2002: Croatian Diaspora – Project associate
2022-2026: COST: CA21120 HIDDEN History of Identity Documentation in European Nations: Citizenship, Nationality and Migration
2018-2019: Croats in Switzerland – Project leader
2017-2018: New Challenges for Slovenian and Croatian Diaspora Communities; Bilateral project with Slovenia – Project associate
2015-2017: Promoting Investment and Entrepreneurial Impulse of Croatian Emigrants from Australia in the Republic of Croatia (Doing business in Croatia), Macquarie University Sydney – Project leader
2014-2018: Croats Abroad: Contributing to the Preservation of Croatian Identity and Culture in Australia – Project leader
2008-2013: Croatian and Slovenian Emigration – Comparisons on Five Continents – Project leader
2005-2008: YAM (Youth and Migration) – Project associate
2005-2008: YES (Young Europeans Sure!) – Project associate
2005-2008: Learning Migration – Project coordinator and associate
2002-2005: Migration and Intercultural Relations – Challenge for European Schools Today – Project coordinator and associate
2004-2005: UMBRELLA – Methods in Migration Didactics (Knowing You-Knowing Me!) – University of Oldenburg, Germany – Project associate
50 national participations
101 international participations
Croatian Demographic Society (HDD) – founder and president of the society
Catholic University of Croatia:
2022-: Course Migrations in the Mediterranean
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb:
2010-2012: Course Migrations in the Mediterranean
2006-2012: Course History of Croatian emigration
2002: Research Council of Oslo Research Fellowships at the University of Stavanger in Norway
2017-2018: Cohesion Among Veterans and the Effectiveness of Communication with Decision-makers/Analysis of Social Factors Influencing the Quality of Life of the Veteran Population – Guidelines for the future. – Researcher
2017: Research on the Needs and Quality of Life of Croatian Veterans and Victims of the Homeland War and Members of their Families. – Researcher
2013-2014: Social Attitudes, Personality Traits and Authoritarianism. – Principal researcher
2007-2014: Research on Psychosocial Factors that Influence the Empowerment and Improvement of the Quality of Life of Croatian Veterans. – Researcher/Assistant
2008-2009: Personality Traits, Natural Language and Cognitive Development. – Researcher/Assistant
2008-2009: Experimental Validation of the Experimental Health Education Program in Primary and Secondary Schools. – Researcher/Assistant
2007.-2008.: Croatian Society, Croatian Army – Analysis of the Content of the Croatian Press on the Croatian Army from 1991-2006
2013: Ritual, Memory, and Intergroup Relations among Croatian War Veterans – Part of the Ritual’s Impact on the Contemporary World project and the first part of the research program Religion’s Impact on Human Life: Integrating Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives. – Principal Investigator
Invited symposia Mikloušić, I., Mlačić, B., Milas, G. (2013).
Structure of virtues in the natural language in relation to the Moral Foundations Theory. The 1st World Conference on Personality, Stellenbosch, South African republic Mlačić, B., Mikloušić, I., Milas, G. (2013).
Morality in the natural language: findings from the Croatian taxonomy of personality descriptors. The 1st World Conference on Personality, Stellenbosch, South African Republic Mlačić, B., Milas, G., Mikloušić, I. (2010).
The Big-Five and Values in Adolescence: A Dimensional View. 15. European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic Talks and posters Maglić, M., Pavlović, T., Mikloušić, I., Franc, R. (2020).
Analytical thinking, conspiracy theories and responsible behavior and support for epidemiological measures. 22. Psychology Days in Zadar (Psychology Days – Zadar) Pavela Banai, I., Mikloušić, I., Banai, B. (2020).
Are conspiracy theories dangerous? Belief in conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and adherence to protective measures. 22. Psychology Days in Zadar (Psychology Days – Zadar) Mikloušić, I., Mlačić, B., Milas, G. (2018).
Mapping the Moral Domain in Croatia: Validation of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire and its Relation to Personality and Emic Morality Dimensions. 19. European Conference on Personality, Zadar, Croatia. Hrkalović, T.M., Mikloušić, I., (2018).
Instagrammable personality: Big Five Personality Traits and Instagram use. 30. Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Mikloušić, I., Hrkalović, T.M. (2018).
A case for the reproductive religiosity model: Examining the relationship between religious belief and attendance and reactions to sexual and cooperation based moral transgressions. Future Directions on the Evolution of Rituals, Beliefs and Religious Minds Workshop, Erice, Italy. Raos, D., Skejo, J., Franjević, D., Mikloušić, I. (2018).
Ovulatory cycle and female preferences for foreign men. 30. Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Šučurović, S., Mikloušić, I., Knežević, M. (2017).
Psychosocial adjustment, health and quality of life in Croatian Homeland War veterans. 5th International Congress of Person Centered Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. Mlačić, B., Milas, G., Mikloušić, I. (2017).
Psychometric properties of social attitudes scales in online vs. offline assessment. 14th Conference on Psychological Assessment, Lisbon, Portugal. Mikloušić, I., Al Shawaf, L., Hrkalović, T.M. (2017).
I’m big on Instagram: The effect of the number of followers on the perceived status and physical attractiveness. 29. Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Boise, USA. Mikloušić, I., Mlačić, B., Milas, G. (2016).
Construct validity of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire using self and peer ratings in Croatia. The 2nd World Conference on Personality, Buzios, Brazil Mlačić, B., Mikloušić, I., Milas, G. (2016).
Psycho-lexical virtues in the Croatian language and their relation to the Big-Five and Moral Foundations. 18th European Conference on Personality, Timisoara, Romania Mikloušić, I. (2015).
The curious case of the religious primate. 2nd International Conference on Evolution and Behavior, Zagreb, Croatia. Mlačić, B., Milas, G., Mikloušić, I. (2014).
Morality, personality and virtues: A natural-language view. 17th European Conference on Personality, Lausanne, Switzerland Mikloušić, I., Jong, J. (2014).
Ritual and intragroup relations during the Croatian homeland war. 26th Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Natal, Brazil Mikloušić, I., Karabegović, M., Puljić, L. (2012).
Stone age strategies in space age media: Gender differences in sexual signaling behavior on social networking sites. Poster 24th Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Albuquerque, USA. Mikloušić, I., Mlačić, B., Milas, G. (2012).
Who believes in those things? Personality traits and thinking dispositions as predictors of religious attitudes. Poster presented at the 16th European Conference on Personality, Trieste, Italy. Milas, G., Mlačić, B., Mikloušić, I. (2011).
Construct validation of a Croatian Social Attitudes Scale (SAS_C). 20. Days of Ramir and Zoran Bujas, Zagreb, Croatia Mikloušić, I., Mlačić, B., Milas, G. (2010).
Was it a game, was it the family? No, it was personality! The role of personality traits, video games, media and domestic violence on aggressiveness. 15. European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic Mlačić, B., Milas, G., Mikloušić, I. (2010).
Accuracy of judgment as a function of construct, type of relationship, and duration. 22. Association for Psychological Science, Annual Convention, Boston, USA Mikloušić, I., Vrselja, I., Mlačić, B., Milas, G. (2010).
Consideration of gender differences in predicting delinquent behavior of the student population. 17. Days of Psychology, Zadar, Croatia. Milas, G., Mlačić, B., Mikloušić, I. (2009).
Congruence of self- and peer-ratings as a function of the measured construct, type and length of relationship. 19. Days of Ramir and Zoran Bujas, Zagreb, Croatia Mikloušić, I., Mlačić, B., Milas, G. (2008).
The Big Five and social attitudes: an analysis of relations between Big Five personality factors and measures of social attitudes. 14th European Conference on Personality, Tartu, Estonia.
Cultural Evolution Society
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion
2008-2018: Personality methods and theories – assistant lecturer
2010-2016: Evolutionary psychology – lecturer
2010-2012 Parapsychology (critical thinking and the public understanding of science) – lecturer
2008-2012: Psychology of Learning – assistant lecturer
2008-2012: Psychology of Memory – assistant lecturer
2008-2012: Psychology of individual differences – assistant lecturer
Zagreb School of Economics and Management Summer School
2015: Behavioral Economics
Guest lecturer
Zagreb School of Economics and Management:
2016-2018: Consumer behavior
2015-2018: Behavioral Economics
The University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology:
2015-2018: Evolutionary psychology
Oxbridge Academics Program, Oxford Tradition Summer school:
2015: Genetics course
2017: Psychology course
National Science Award for Science Popularization, Social Sciences Field (2019)
Visiting Scholar at Center for Anthropology and Mind, Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom on a British Scholarship Trust Research Scholarship
2019-2020: Analysis of Travel Habits in the Functional Region of Eastern Croatia – Project associate
2019-2019: Scientific and Methodological Approach to Research on Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
2019-2020: Implementation of Field Research on the Quality of Life in Vukovar-Srijem County and Collection and Processing of Demographic and Statistical documentation – Project associate
2020-2020: On theRisks and Development Opportunities Associated with the Location of the Radioactive Waste Management Center at the Čerkezovac Location – Project associate
2020-2021: Preparation of an Analytical and Summary Study Vukovar-Srijem County: Population, Migration, Quality of Life and Development Prospects – Project associate
2 national participations
1 international participation
2024-2027: Daily Stress in Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood (DISTRESS). – Project leader
2021-2025: Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Stress (STRESS LOAD) – Project leader
2020-2024: Dynamics of Reproductive and Sexual Health of Young People in Croatia from 2005 to 2020 – Project associate
2019-2020: Fulfilling the Prerequisites for the Effective Implementation of Policies Aimed at National Minorities – Project associate
2017-2018: Research on the Needs and Quality of Life of Croatian Veterans, Victims of the Homeland War and their Family Members – Project associate
2014-2017: Modernization Stress, Youth and Migration – Project associate
2007-2013: World Values Survey – Croatia in a Globalized World – Project associate
2007-2013: Personality Traits, Natural Language and Cognitive Development – Project associate
2006-2007: Models of Compulsory Secondary Education – Project leader
2002-2006: Psychosocial Aspects of Political Behavior – Project associate
2000-2001: Quantitative Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions in Croatia – Project leader
2018-2021: Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future (European Commission, Horizon 2020) – Project associate
17 national participations
63 international participations
Croatian Psychological Society
Croatian Sociological Association
2021: Non-experimental quantitative methodology (Catholic University of Croatia)
2017: Research methods (Doctoral study Language, speech and hearing disorders – Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation)
2017: Research methods in human resources management (VERN Polytechnic)
2007-: Non-experimental methods (Faculty of Croatian Studies)
2006-: Experimental methods (Faculty of Croatian Studies)
2005-2011: Introduction to scientific research work (Faculty of Croatian Studies)
2001-: Marketing psychology (Faculty of Croatian Studies)
1999-2006: Research methods II (Faculty of Croatian Studies)
1998-2005: Research Methods I (Faculty of Croatian Studies)
2005: Psychology Award “Zoran Bujas” for a particularly valuable book (Research Methods in Psychology and Other Social Sciences, Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap)
2007: Annual State Science Award for 2006 – award for significant scientific achievement in the field of social sciences
2019-2020: Implementation of a Field Study on the Quality of Life in Vukovar-Srijem County and Collection and Processing of Demographic and Statistical Documentation (leader: Dražen Živić, PhD) – Project associate
2019: Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia: 2019 (HZJZ; leader: Renata Glavak Tkalić, PhD) – Project associate
2019-2020: Sociological Study: Analysis of Public Attitudes on Risks and Development Opportunities Related to the Operation of the RAW Management Center at the Čerkezovac Location (Urban Planning Institute of Croatia; leader: Geran-Marko Miletić) – Project leader
2018-2019: Migration Aspirations and Quality of Life of Young People in Vukovar-Srijem County (project manager: Mateo Žanić, PhD) – Project associate
2018: Marija Bistrica Municipality: Feasibility Study of the Request for Changing the Status of a Municipality to the Status of a City (Municipality of Marija Bistrica; project manager: Anita Bušljeta Tonković) – Project associate
2017-2018: Analysis of Travel Habits and Transport Needs of the Local Population for the Purpose of Preparing a Feasibility Study for the Construction of the Zaprešić – Prigorje Brdovečko – Harmica Road and the Bobovica (a3) – Prigorje Brdovečko interchange (Hrvatske ceste d.o.o.; project manager: Geran-Marko Miletić, PhD) – Project manager
2016: Sociological-Developmental Study as Part of the HES Kosinj – HE Senj 2 Project (HEP; leader: Drago Čengić, PhD) – Project associate
2015-2016: Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia (Drug Office; leader: Renata Glavak Tkalić, PhD) – Project associate
2014: Pilar Barometer 2014 (Pilar Institute; project leader: Geran-Marko Miletić, PhD) – Project leader
2014-2017: Second Homes and Social Sustainability of Local Communities in Croatia (Croatian Science Foundation; leader: Geran-Marko Miletić, PhD). – Project leader
2013-2014: Socio-Cultural and Gender Aspects of Aging in Croatia (Adris Foundation; Head: Marija Geiger Zeman, PhD) – Project associate
2011: Development Perspectives of Higher Education in the City of Varaždin (Varaždin Polytechnic; Head: Andreja Brajša-Žganec, PhD) – Project associate
2011-2012: Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia (Office for Drugs; Head: Renata Glavak Tkalić, PhD) – Project associate
2010: Integrated Coastal Zone Management: Attitudes of the Expert Public – Sociological Analysis (GTZ; Head: Anka Mišetić, PhD) – Project associate
2009: Analysis of Development Aspirations of Experts in the City of Kraljevica: Comparison 1997-2009 (Head: Anka Mišetić, PhD) – Project associate
2007-2010: Croatian Army – Croatian Society (IROS MORH; Head: Vlado Šakić, PhD) – Project associate
2006-2013: Social Sustainability and Urban Transformation Processes in Croatia (MZOS; Head: Anka Mišetić, PhD) – Project associate
2006: Zagreb Public Attitudes on Traffic (City of Zagreb; Head: Vlado Šakić, PhD) – Project associate
2005-2006: Spatial, Economic and Social Aspects of Construction for Temporary Housing in the Adriatic region (Ministry of Construction and Environmental Protection; heads: Ivan Rogić, PhD and Anka Mišetić, PhD) – Project associate
2005-2006: Local Public Attitudes on the Plomin Thermal Power Plant (Urban Planning Institute of Croatia; Head: Anka Mišetić, PhD) – Project associate
2005-2006: Zagreb Public Attitudes on the Construction of the Tunnel through Medvednica (City of Zagreb; Head: Anka Mišetić, PhD) – Project associate
2004-2005: Locations Inhabited by Roma – The State and Improvement of Settlement Development and Aspirations for Housing Forms (Ministry of Construction and Environmental Protection; head: Maja Štambuk, PhD) – Project associate
2002-2006: The Relationship Between the Village and the City in Croatian society in a Postmodern Perspective (Ministry of Education and Science; head: Maja Štambuk, PhD) – Project associate
2001-2002: Systematic Revitalization of Croatian Peripheries (Ministry of Education and Science; head: Ivan Rogić, PhD) – Project associate
2019-2020: Analysis of Travel Habits in the Functional Region of Eastern Croatia (Virovitičko-Podravska County; leader: Geran-Marko Miletić, PhD) – Project leader
2018-: Analysis of Travel habits and Transport needs of Residents of the Functional Region Northern Adriatic (Primorje-Gorski Kotar County; head: Geran-Marko Miletić, PhD) – Project leader
2017-2018: MasterPplan for the Development of the Transport System of the Functional Region Northern Adriatic (Primorje-Gorski Kotar County; head: Ivica Perica) – Project associate
2014-2016: Croatian Travel Behaviour Survey (Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure; head: Geran-Marko Miletić, PhD) – Project associate
2013-2014: Stakeholder Participation in the Protection and Management of Cultural and Natural Values in the Area of the City of Dubrovnik (Institute for Spatial Planning of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County; head: Anka Mišetić, PhD) – Project associate
5 national participations
15 international participations
2009-2014: Study of design at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb: Scientific and research methods
2019: Ruralia Institute Visiting Scholars Programme, University of Helsinki, Finland
2017-2018: Social Attitudes, Personality Traits and Authoritarianism – Project leader
2017-2018: Research into the Needs and Quality of Life of Croatian Veterans, Victims of the Homeland War and Their Families – Project associate
2007-2013: Personality Traits, Natural Language and Cognitive Development – Project leader
2007-2008: Content Analysis of the Croatian Press about the Croatian Army 1990-2006 – Project leader
2002-2006: Personality Traits and Natural Language – Project leader
2001: Evaluation of the Use of Literature Acquired Through the Sabre Foundation at the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences – Project leader
2000: Content Analysis of the Croatian press – Project leader
1998-2002: Croatian Taxonomy of Personality Trait Descriptors. – Project leader
1997: Socioeconomic, Demographic and Motivational Aspects of the Position of Croats – Returnees Since 1990 and Croats who, after Returning to the Republic of Croatia, Returned to their Countries of Emigration in the Same Period – Project associate
1996-2002: Psycho-social and Pathological Structure and Phenomena in Croatian Society – Interactional Approach – Project associate
1993-1996: Content Analysis of the Serbian press – Project associate
1992-1996: Democratic Changes and Cultural Development. – Project associate
2018-2019: Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) – Project associate
2015: Consensual Approach to a Personality Traits Model – Project associate
2009-2010: Improving the Methodology for Cross-Cultural Studies of Personality Attributes – Project leader
32 participations
European Association for Personality Psychology
World Association for Personality Psychology
Association for Psychological Science
Academy of Educational Sciences of Croatia
Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Psychology Studies:
1999-2006: course Learning and Memory
2000-2007: course Psychology of Personality I
Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Undergraduate:
2006-2013: course Psychology of Memory
2006-2013: course Psychology of Learning
2007-2013, 2019-: course Differential Psychology
2007-: course Theoretical Systems and Models in Personality Psychology
Catholic University of Croatia, Undergraduate:
2014-: course Theoretical Systems and Models in Personality Psychology
2014-: course Differential Psychology
Catholic University of Croatia, Graduate:
2015-: course Personality Psychology
2000: Annual State Science Award for 1999 – Award for young scientists in the field of social sciences
2009-2010: Fulbright Research Fellowship – Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon
1994: Heinrich-Hertz Foundation Fellowship – six months at the University of Bielefeld, Germany
2019-2020: Historical Formation of Ethnic Identities in Southern Dalmatia, Eastern Herzegovina and Montenegro – Project leader
2008-2012: Croatian Identity and Multiculturalism of the Mediterranean in the Age of Globalization – Project associate
2002-2006: Homeland War – Project associate
12 participations
Croatian Political Science Association
2024-2027: TYPeS: Types of Youth Participation in Croatian Society – Project leader
2024-2027: MOTIKA: Motivations and Obstacles to Collective Action – Project associate
2019-2020: Sport and Emigrant Identity: Connecting the Croatian Emigrant Community in New Zealand with Croatia Through Rugby. – Project associate
2016-2017: KFC – Koprivnica Focus Case: Cycling as Part of Sustainable Mobility and Daily Migration in Koprivnica – Project leader
2007-2013: Public Opinion and Mass Media Research – Project associate
2004-2006: Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research – Project associate
2025-2028: We-ID (Horizon Europe): Identities-Migration-Democracy – Project associate
2018-2022: CHIEF (H2020): Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future (Horizon 2020) – Project associate
2016-2019: PROMISE (H2020): Promoting Youth Involvement and Social Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges for “Conflicted” Young People Across Europe (Horizon 2020) – Project associate
2011-2015: MYPLACE (FP7): Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement (The Seventh Framework Program – FP7) – Project associate
Participation in COST actions
2024–2028: COST Action 23102 – Linking Euroscepticism and Populism: causes and consequences. – MC Member
2018–2022: COST Action 17114 – Transdisciplinary Solutions to Cross Sectoral Disadvantage in Youth. – MC Substitute
2014–2018: COST Action IS1308 – Populist Political Communication in Europe: Comprehending the Challenge of Mediated Political Populism for Democratic Politics. – MC Member
82 participations
Croatian Sociological Society (member since 2007, member of the presidency from 2019 to 2023, president from 2023 to 2025), Section for Sociology of Sport of the Croatian Sociological Association (leader from 2017 to 2019), European Sociological Association (since 2013), European Association for Sociology of Sport (since 2014), International Sociological Association (since 2022), The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (since 2023)
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Croatian Studies (2003 – 2012; 2018 – 2021)
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science (2006 – 2014)
Edward Bernay School of Communication and Tourism (2014 – 2021)
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology since 2010
2024: CROOCEANIA
2019-2023: INTEGRA
2020-2023: ReNew Europe (Eramus+ project)
20 international conferences in national and foreign organizations
International Society for Ethnology and Folklore
European Association of Social Anthropologists
Croatian Ethnological Society
Croatian Sociological Association
European Sociological Association
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb:
– Kinesiology sociology
– Sport, fans and youth Culture
Miloš Mraković Young Researcher Award
2020-2021: Social Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Project associate
2018-2021: CHIEF – Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future – Project associate
2017-2021: DARE – Dialogue About Radicalisation and Equality – Project associate
21 participations
International Society for Political Psychology
Participation in scientific research projects:
2024-: associate on the project of the Pilar Institute and the Croatian Science Foundation HomesNetting – Transformation of Secondary Housing in the Era of Online Social Networking (project leader Geran-Marko Miletić, PhD)
2024-: associate on the project of the Pilar Institute LozaRH – Transformations of Local Communities in the Republic of Croatia. Global challenges and Development Potentials (project leader Mateo Žanić, PhD)
2022-2023: associate on the project of the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences, University of Zagreb What Drives Human Behavior? (project leader Assoc. Prof. Marina Novina, PhD)
2020-2022: associate on the project of the Pilar Institute From Local to Virtual Communities. Social relations of Youth in Conditions of Imposed Spatial Distancing (project leader Mateo Žanić, PhD)
2019-2020: associate on the Pilar Institute project The Tertiaryization Process in Croatia – Factors of Changes in the Structure of Economic Activities by Sector (project leader Luka Šikić, PhD)
2019-2020: project leader at the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences, University of Zagreb: Research on the Structure, Motivation and Experiences of Undergraduate and Graduate Students at the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences
2018-2019: associate on the Pilar Institute project Younger Return Migrants: Experiences and Motivation (project leader Marica Marinović-Golubić, PhD)
2014-2017: associate on the project of the Pilar Institute and the Croatian Science Foundation Secondary Housing and Social Sustainability of Local Communities in Croatia (project leader Geran-Marko Miletić, PhD)
Associate on 3 projects of the Pilar Institute and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports from 1998 to 2013:
2007-2013: associate on the project Cultures of Consumerism and Sustainability: Global Challenges to the Socio-Cultural Development of the Republic of Croatia (project leader Snježana Čolić, PhD)
2002-2006: associate on the project The Role of Socio-Cultural Capital in the Development of Croatia: Between Globalization and Localization (project leader Snježana Čolić, PhD)
1998-2002: associate on the project Developmental and Psychosocial Consequences of Privatization in Croatia (project leader Ivan Rogić, PhD)
Associate on 4 projects of the Pilar Institute for third parties:
– Croatian Caritas: Evaluation of the Small Entrepreneurs Lending Program
– Analysis of Croatian Public Opinion on the Privatization Process
– Mass Privatization Program: Perception of the Program and Behavior of Program Participants
– Frequency and Content of Articles with Topics on the Privatization Process in Croatia in Večernji list
Leader and associate on another 15 projects outside the Institute (faculties, civil society organizations, private companies, etc.)
2014-2018: subsitute (Management committee) COST-TUD Action TU1305 Social networks and travel behaviour
10 international participants
23 national participants
Croatian Sociological Association
Croatian Marketing Society
1. External associate at the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Zagreb, from 2018 to present:
University postgraduate doctoral study
– from 2022, lecturer of the elective course Contemporary Social Processes and Ideas
Undergraduate study
– from 2019 to 2023, lecturer of the mandatory course Sociology of religion; from 2023, lecturer for 30% of classes
– from 2018 to 2023, lecturer of the mandatory course Introduction to sociology; from 2023 lecturer for 30% of the teaching time
2. External associate at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb from 2002 to 2023
Undergraduate studies
– from 2007 to 2023 lecturer of the mandatory course Postindustrial society (course author)
– from 2010 to 2011 lecturer of the elective course Fundamentals of market research (course author)
– from 2002 to 2008 assistant on the courses Systematic Sociology 1 and 2
Graduate studies
– from 2008 to 2023 lecturer of the basic course Sociology of Social Change (course author)
– from 2011 to 2023 lecturer of the elective course Sociology of Consumption (course author)
3. External associate at the University Department of Sociology, Catholic University of Croatia
Undergraduate studies
– from 2012 to 2013 lecturer of the core course Classical sociological theories
4. External associate at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split:
Undergraduate studies
– from 2006 to 2009. Lecturer of the elective course Post-industrial society
– from 2007 to 2009. Lecturer of the elective course Sociology of consumption
– 2021. Elected to the title scientific and teaching title of full professor
– 2012. Elected to the title scientific and teaching title of associate professor
– 2008. Elected to the title scientific and teaching title of assistant professor
– Mentoring in 37 graduate and final theses
2011: Winner of the “Mijo Mirković” award of the Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb for scientific work published in the journal Društvena istraživanja
2019-2020: Implementation of field research on the quality of life in the Vukovar-Srijem region county and collection and processing of demographic and statistical documentation – Project associate
2020-2021: Creation of an analytical summary study of Vukovar-Srijem County: population, migration, quality of life and development perspective. – Project associat
2020-2024: Digital Technology in the Family: Behavioral Patterns and Effects on Children’s Development (D.E.C.I.D.E.) – Project associat
6 participations
European Association for Developmental Psychology (EADP)
European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR)
European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
Croatian Psychological Chamber (HPK)
Catholic University of Croatia
Department of Psychology:
2020/2021 (winter semester): Childhood psychology
2019/2020 and 2020/2021 (summer semester): Cross-cultural psychology
2019/2020 and 2020/2021 (summer semester): Cultural psychology
Department of Communication:
2019/2020 and 2020/2021 (summer semester): Cross-cultural psychology
2019: Award for the best graduate thesis of the Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Croatia
2017-2021: Relational Gender Identities in Croatia: Modernization and Gender Perspectives – GENMOD (Croatian Science Foundation; HRZZ-IP-2016-06-6010) – Project associate
2015-2016: Strengthening Social Dialogue – Phase II: Contribution to Bipartite and Tripartite Processes (European Social Fund – ESF) – Project associate
2014: Financing Independent Culture in Split (Kultura Nova Foundation – Advocacy Platforms at the Subnational Level) – Project associate
2012-2015: Preparation of the Draft Proposal for the Management Plan for the Historic Core of Split and the Management Plan for the Basements of Diocletian’s Palace (City of Split) – Working group leader (coordinator of sociological empirical research)
2011-2013: Zadar’s Riva as a Space of Urbanity (City of Zadar) – Project associate
2009: Zadar City Library as a Cultural Actor in the City of Zadar – Project leader
2007-2011: Croatian Society: Identity, Mobility and New Technologies (Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia; 269-0762385-2380) – Project associate
2001-2006: New Media: Sociological, Aesthetic and Technological Aspects (Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia; 215001) – Project associate
2020-2023: INVENT – European Inventory of Societal Values of Culture as a Basis for Inclusive Cultural Policies in the Globalizing World (870691 – INVENT – H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2018-2019-2020/H2020-SC6- TRANSFORMATIONS-2019), coordinator: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/870691). – Collaborator, co-leader of the Croatian part of the project
2016-2018: Approaches to Participatory Governance of Cultural Institutions (UNESCO – International Fund for Cultural Diversity, Kultura nova Foundation) – Project associate
2014-2016: Life-Strategies and Survival Strategies of Households and Individuals in South-East European Societies in the Times of Crisis, Swiss National Science Foundation (SCOPES 152626), coordinator: Universität Zürich – Project associate
2012-2013: Resistance to Socio-Economic Changes in Western Balkan Societies. Testing Two Theories of Social Development (R.R.P.P.- Western Balkans, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), coordinator: Université de Fribourg – Consultant
2010-2011: The Challenges of Europeanisation: Mediating between National and European Identities in South Eastern Europe (SEUM), Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office – ASO, coordinator: Universität Wien – Project associate
2009-2012: Example of Excellence of Joint (Degree) Programs in South Eastern Europe (JOINSEE), Tempus project, coordinator: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz – Croatian section leader
2007-2008: IWP 2007. Forms of Travel in Adrion: Ports, Architectures for the Hospitality and Sea-Land Waterfront, Uniadrion, coordinator: Università di Bologna – Project associate
2006-2007: IWP 2006, Living as Tourists in Adrion, Uniadrion, coordinator: Università di Bologna – Project associate
2006-2007: Values for the Creative Economy: the Role of Education, Austrian Science and Research Liason Office – ASO (Nexus Society Science), coordinator: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz – Croatian section leader
2004-2005: Convivio – The Network of People-Centered Design of Interactive Systems (IST 2001 38265), FP5 (Fifth Framework Programme for Science of the European Commission), coordinator: Università di Milano – Bicocca – Project associate
2004-2006: UK SouthEastEurope Forum (Creative Industries Strand), coordinator: The British Council – Head of the Croatian section
2002-2004: CTAIR (Working Group 3 – Cultural Tourism and Development), Program: Uniadrion – Virtual University of the Adriatic-Ionian Basin, coordinator: Università di Bologna – Project associate
2001-2004: New Media and New Political Space in Transition Countries, ALIS program (MZT of the Republic of Croatia and The British Council) – Head of Croatian section
14 national participations
66 international participations
Croatian Sociological Association
European Sociological Association (ESA)
International Sociological Association (ISA)
University of Zadar (Department of Sociology):
2013/2014-2019/2020: Contemporary sociological theories of culture
2013/2014-2019/2020: Visual Identities
2011/2012-2014/2015: Content analysis
2009/2010-2019/2020: Qualitative research methods
2008/2009-2012/2013: Media research and methods
2007/2008-2015/2016: Media and society
2007/2008-2008/2009: Cultural theory
2006/2007-2019/2020: Cultural Studies
2005/2006-2011/2012: Introduction to scientific communication
2020-2021: The Elisabeth-List-Fellowship-Programme, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
2010: University of Missouri, New York University (US Public Affairs)
2007: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Vice-Rector’s Scholarship for International Cooperation)
2000: Università degli studi di Bologna (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy)
1991: Freie Universität Berlin (Volkswagen Stiftung)
1985. Università italiana per stranieri, Perugia (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy)
2019-2020: Data collection, analysis and preparation of deliverables related to the development of the Transport Master Plan of the functional region of Eastern Croatia – Project associate
2017-2018: Transport Research in the Western Part of Zagreb County – Project associate
2016-2017: KFC – Koprivnica Focus Case: Cycling Traffic as Part of Sustainable Mobility and Daily Migrations in Koprivnica – Project associate
2016: Pilar Barometer of Croatian Society 2016. – Project associate
2014: Research on the Quality of Tourism Offer in Selected Tourist Destinations in Croatia in 2014. – Project Associate
2020-2023: Analysis of Social Factors Influencing the Quality of Life of the Veteran Population – Guidelines for the Future – Project associate
2020-2023: for ONE heart, one soul, one CROATIA – Project associate
2018-2021: IMPROVET – Improving Skills in Vocational Education and Training – Project associate
2018-2021: CHIEF – Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future. – Project associate
2017-2019: Vižula Archaeological Park – Project associate
2016-2019: PROMISE – PROMoting youth Involvement and Social Engagement: Opportunities and challenges for ‘conflicted’ young people across Europe – Project associate
2014-2016: National Traffic Model for the Republic of Croatia – Project Associate
2 participations
2020-2021: Development Opportunities and Challenges of the Wider Area of the Dvor Municipality Stimulated by the Location of the RAW Management Center in Čerkezovac – Project associate
2020-2021: GIS Approach in the Analysis of Demographic Resilience of Urban Settlements and Local Government Units in the Republic of Croatia; Towards Demographic Regionalization – Project associate
2020-2021: Preparation of an Analytical and Summary Study Vukovar-Srijem County: Population, Migration, Quality of Life and Development Prospects – Project associate
2019-2020: Field Research on the Quality of Life and the Creation of a Demographic and Statistical Database of the Vukovar-Srijem County – Project associate
2018: Study on the Justification of the Request for Changing the Status of the Municipality of Marija Bistrica to the Status of a City – Project associate
2016: HES Kosinj and the Local Community – Risks and Development Opportunities, Sociological Development Study – Project associate
2014: Tourist Flower – Quality for Croatia 2014 – Project associate
2014-2017: Secondary Housing and Social Sustainability of Local Communities in Croatia (Ministry of Science and Education) – Project associate
2013: Socio-cultural Identity and Development Perspectives of the Cetinska Krajina Region – Project associate
2013: Tourist Flower – Quality for Croatia 2013 – Project associate
2012: Demographic Study of the City of Vukovar – Project associate
2010: Vukovar-Srijem County – Space, People, Identity – Project associate
2009: Monograph of the Municipality of Bistra – Project associate
2009: Lexicon of Croatian Emigration and Minorities – Project associate
2008: Monograph of the City of Gospić – Project associate
2008: Croatian Army – Croatian society – Project associate
2008-2013: Demographic Transformation of Croatia: Urban-rural and Regional Aspects (Ministry of Science and Education) – Project associate
2006: Socio-demographic Aspects of Traffic Organization in Zagreb – Project manager
2005: Socio-demographic Analysis of the City of Rijeka – Project manager
2004: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as Actors of the Export Potential of the Croatian Economy. – Project associate
2004: Locations Inhabited by Roma – The State and Improvement of Settlement Development and Aspirations for Housing Forms – Project associate
2003: Expert Services to the Prosecutor’s Office of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia – Project leader
2002: Village and Rural Environment in Croatian Modernization – Project Associate
2002-2006: Demographic Losses and Consequences of the Homeland War (Ministry of Science and Education) – Project associate
2001: Scientific Study of the City of Kutina – Monograph and Research – Project associate
2000: Analysis of the Content of the Croatian Press 1995-1999. – Project associate
2000: Demographic Picture of the Areas of Special State Concern in the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
1998: Social and Developmental Aspects of the Transformation of Medium-Sized Croatian Cities – Project associate
1998: Demographic Picture of the Areas of Special State Concern in the Republic of Croatia – Project Associate
1997: Sociodemographic, Migration, Returnee-motivational and Psychosocial Status of Croatian Returnees from Emigration – Project associate
1997: Sociodemographic Analysis of the Area of the City of Kraljevica – Project associate
1997: Bleiburg and the Ways of the Cross – Victims for the Croatian Future – Project associate
1996: Development Aspirations of Expert Groups in the Area of Lika-Senj County – Project associate
1996: Analysis of the Content of the TV series “The Death of Yugoslavia” – Project associate
1996-2002: Integration of Homeland and Emigrant Croatia (Ministry of Science and Education) – Project associate
1993-1996: Analysis of the Content of the Serbian press – Project associate
1992-1996: Demographic Development and Population Policy of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Science and Education) – Project associate
1998: Recommendations for the 2000 Population and Housing Census in the ECE region – Project leader
34 national participations
11 international participations
Faculty of Croatian Studies:
2007/2008-: Political geography
2006/2007-: World population
2008/2009-2017/2018: Geographical features of Croatia
2003/2004-2013/2014: Demography
2002/2003-2006/2007: Demographic tendencies in Croatia in the 20th century
Catholic University of Croatia:
2014/2015-: Political geography
2014/2015-: Demographic characteristics of the world
2021: Tourism concessions in the Maritime domain in Croatia: a Socio-Economic View of the Harmonization of Concession Policies in Croatia in the Context of the European Closed Market (Scientific Council for Tourism and Spatial Planning of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts) – Project leader
2020: Ecopark Vojnić – Project leader
2018-2019: Digital Economy and Croatian Companies: Fundamental Insights from a Socio-Economic Perspective – Project associate
2017-2018: Science Reform in Croatia in the Context of a Changing Development Paradigm – Project associate
2022-2024: Building with Wood – Sustainable and Earthquake Resistant (Erasmus+ project; Project leader: Technische Universität Graz; Partner institutions: University of Zagreb – Croatia, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila – Italy and Holzcluster Steiermark GmbH – Austria, Graz)
14 participations
4 invited lectures in the USA
4 participationa in meetings abroad
Scientific Council for Tourism and Space – HAZU
– http://info.hazu.hr/hr/o-akademiji/znanstvena_vijeca/znanstveno_vijece_za_turizam_i_prostor/
2000-2002: Croatian Studies
2015-2017: VERN, Catholic University of Croatia
2017: University of Georgia, SAD
2024-2027: WorkMobil – Intra-European Youth Labour Migrations in the Context of Contemporary Career Theories – Project associate
2024-2027: VETFIT – Students’ Interests and Vocational High School Programs Fit: Measurement, Monitoring, Causes and Consequences of Congruence – Project associate
2020-2025: The Model of Free Career Choice: The Role of Autonomous Career Motivation and Protective and Risk Factors in Career Development of Adolescents (FreeCareerChoice) – Project associate
More than 30 national and international participations
Croatian Psychological Chamber
2025/2026: Study Center for Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb; course: Research methods in social work
2025/2026: Faculty of Croatian Studies; courses: Inferential Statistics, Theory of psychological tests, Psychology of work
2024/2025: Faculty of Croatian Studies; course: Descriptive statistics
2022-: Zagreb University of Health Sciences; courses: Research methods in physiotherapy; Methods of data collection and analysis
2020-2024: SECRURAL: Social-Ecological Challenges of Rural Development: Objective and Subjective Indicators of Resilience of Croatian Rural Social-Ecological Systems – Project associate
2020-2021: SOCRES: The Social Resilience of Croatian society in the Midst and the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Project associate
2020: “School Strike 4 Climate Croatia”: Environmental Attitudes and Environmental Activism of Secondary School Students in the City of Zagreb – Project associate
2015-2016: New Paradigms in Sustainability Research: Green Economies and Youth Well-Being – Project associate
2014-2017: iPresent – Installation Project for REsearch about Social ENTrepreneurship – Project associate
2008-2013: Sustainable Development of Croatia. – Project associate
2020: New Horizons: Promoting Social Inclusion through Affirming Diversity – Project associate
2015-2016: Opportunity (Lost) for Climate Policy Reform? Case of Floods in the Western Balkans – Project associate
7 national participations
13 international participations
Croatian Sociological Association
Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb:
2017-2018: course: Society and sustainability
2014-2018: course: Social ecology
2019-2023: Regulation of Prostitution in Croatia (HRZZ) – Project leader
2017: Regulation of Prostitution in Croatia (Pilar Institute) – Project leader
2014: Myths and Stereotypes About Rape in Laws and Case Law (US Embassy Zagreb) – Project leader
2014-2015: Roma Early Childhood Inclusion – Croatia (REF and UNICEF) – Project associate
2011-2014: Situation Analysis of Children’s and Women’s Rights in Croatia 2014 and 2011 (UNICEF Croatia) – Project associate
2007-2010: Social Attitudes and Intergroup Relations in Croatian Society (Ministry of Science and Education) – Project associate
2005-2007: Social Deviations and Antisocial Behavior – Interactional Approach – Project associate
2015-2017: Comparing Croatian and Slovenian Prostitution Regimes: Surpassing Exclusions and Securing Human Rights (International Social Research Foundation) – Project leader
2016: New Zealand Prostitute Collective – Role in the Development of the Model of Decriminalisation (COST STSM) – Project leader
35 participations
European Society of International Law
J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law:
2012-: Feminist theories and women’s human rights; Women, gender and human rights
Faculty of Croatian studies:
2009-2018: Human rights
2011-2018: Sex, Gender and Human Rights
University for Foreigners Perugia:
2010: Introduction to international human rights law
European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation:
2009-2011: Gender and human rights
UN University for Peace:
2009: International courts and tribunals
University College London:
2005-2009: Gender, law and the state; International criminal law
2008: PhD Award, University College London
2011: PEACAN fellowship – University of Kent
2012: Endeavour Research Award (for postdoctoral studies), Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, University of Melbourne
2015: COST STSM, NU of Ireland Galway
2016: COST STSM, Victoria University of Wellington
2024-2027: Daily Stress in Late Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood – Project associate
2024: Preparation of the final report as part of the scientific research project Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
2024-2027: REAL NIGHTS – Research on Nightlife: Real and Virtual Environments – Project associate in 2024
2023: Preparation and implementation of part of the Research on Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
2021-2025: STRESS LOAD – Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Stress – Project associate
2020: Substance Use in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia – Results of the 2019 Research and Analysis of Use Trends 2011-2019 (Preparation of the final report as part of the scientific research project Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia) – Project associate
2019-2020: Analysis of Media Reporting on Problematic Internet Use – Project associate
2019: Scientific-Methodological Approach to Research on Substance Abuse in the General Population of the Republic of Croatia – Project associate
2018-2019: Nuances of Emotions – Empathy, Personality, and Physiological Reactions – Project associate
2021-2023: ProWell – Protecting the Mental Well-Being of our Children During and After Public Health Emergencies – Digital Training for Teachers and Educators – Project associate
2019-2022: ADD-FREE – Preventing Smoking, Alcohol and Internet Addictions Among Children and Adolescents: A Family Oriented Training Approach for Adult Learners and Educators – Project associate
1 national and 27 international participation
Society for Ambulatory Assessment (SAA)
Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split:
2023/2024: Behavioral addictions
2024/2025: One-year postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Ragnar Pétur Ólafsson at the University of Iceland, Iceland
2023. Three-month research stay in the laboratory of Laura Bringmann for intensive longitudinal data processing at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands
2019.-2020.: Implementacija HKO-a i razvoj alata u povezivanju obrazovanja i tržišta rada. – Suradnica na projektu
2019.-2020.: ERASMUS+ Improving Skills in Vocational Education and Traing. – Suradnica na projektu
12 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet hrvatskih studija:
2017.-2019.: kolegiji: Deskriptivna statistika; Eksperimentalne metode; Neeksperimentalne metode
2020.-2023.: Nova perspektiva za beskućništvo (ESF UP.04.02.1.06.0050). – Voditeljica projekta
2017.-2021.: Relacijski rodni identiteti u Hrvatskoj: modernizacijske i razvojne perspektive – GENMOD (HRZZ-IP-2016-06-6010). – Suradnica na projektu
2016.: Sociološko razvojna studija: Projekt HES Kosinj – HE Senj 2 (HEP). – Suradnica na projektu
2015.: Sociokulturni i rodni aspekti starenja u Hrvatskoj (Adris). – Suradnica na projektu
2006.-2013.: Društvena re/konstrukcija na ruralnom teritoriju: razvojna samoodrživost (MZOS 194–1941535–1509). – Suradnica od 2006., voditeljica u 2013.
2001.-2005.: Odnos selo-grad u hrvatskom društvu u postmodernoj perspektivi (MZOS 0194201). – Suradnica na projektu
1997.-2000.: Socijalizacija djece i mladeži (MZOS 01940102). – Suradnica na projektu
1995.-1997.: Žene i rat (MZOS). – Suradnica na projektu
2019.-2022.: Exploring Homelessness and Pathways to Social Inclusion: A Comparative Study of Contexts and Challenges in Swiss and Croatian Cities (CSRP) No. IZHRZO_180631/1. – Voditeljica projekta
2020.-2023.: INVENT – European Inventory of Societal Values of Culture as a Basis for Inclusive Cultural Policies in the Globalizing World HORIZON 2020. – Suradnica na projektu
2020.-2021.: A place to call home initiative / Institute of Global Homelessness. – Konzultantica
2016.-2017.: Comparing Croatian and Slovenian prostitution regimes, Independent Social Research Foundation, UK. – Suradnica na projektu
2015.-2016.: Life-Strategies and Survival Strategies of Households and Individuals in South-East European Societies in the Times of Crisis (SCOPES Swiss National Science Foundation). – Suradnica na projektu
2013.-2014.: RECI+ Croatia Roma Early Childhood Initiative, (OSI, UNICEF, REF). – Voditeljica projekta
2010.-2015.: Global Family Equality Project Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. – Suradnica na projektu
2009.-2010.: The Gendered Experiences of Homelessness in Croatia / Transitions in CEE and SEE – Changing Gender Perspectives (ERSTE Zaklada). – Voditeljica projekta
3 domaća sudjelovanja
30 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
European Association of Social Anthropologists – EASA, 2006.-
Societé Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore – SIEF, 2015.-
European Society for Rural Sociology – ESRS, 2005.-2009.
Women’s Homelessness in Europe – WHEN, 2018.-
1998.-2002.: Higher Education Support Program (HESP) Central European University, Budimpešta/Varšava
2004.: Ljetna škola: Ruralni razvoj, Sapienta – Hungarian University of Transylvania, Miercurea Ciuc, Rumunjska (ESRS)
2014.-2018.: Installation Project for REsearch about Social ENTrepreneurship (iPRESENT). – Voditelj projekta
2007.-2012.: Održivi razvoj Hrvatske. – Suradnik na projektu
2004.-2007.: Konceptualizacija održivog razvoja Hrvatske. – Suradnik na projektu
2017.-2020.: INNO-WISEs – Technologies, Competences and Social Innovation for Work Integration Social Enterprises. – Voditelj projekta
2011.-2015.: MYPLACE: Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement (The Seventh Framework Programme – FP7). – Suradnik na projektu
15 sudjelovanja
CIRIEC – International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy
2009.-2012.: Sveučilište u Zagrebu – Fakultet hrvatskih studija
2024.-2027.: Unutareuropske radne migracije mladih u kontekstu suvremenih teorija karijere (WORKMOBIL). – Suradnica
2024.-2027.: Istraživanje noćnog života: realno i virtualno okruženje (REAL NIGHTS). – Suradnica
2024.: Izrada završnog izvješća u sklopu znanstvenoistraživačkog projekta Zlouporaba sredstava ovisnosti u općoj populaciji Republike Hrvatske. – Suradnica
2023.: Priprema i provedba dijela Istraživanja zlouporabe sredstava ovisnosti u općoj populaciji Republike Hrvatske. – Suradnica
2020.-2025.: Model slobodnog odlučivanja o karijeri: Uloga autonomne karijerne motivacije te zaštitnih i rizičnih faktora u profesionalnom razvoju adolescenata (Free Career Choice). – Suradnica
2020.-2024.: Ličnost, emocije i radna uspješnost nastavnika: dinamička perspektiva. – Suradnica
2018.-2019.: Provjera primjenjivosti aspekata posla u online sustavima za profesionalno usmjeravanje: razvoj i evaluacija sustava Izbor zanimanja. – Suradnica
2018.-2019.: Prediktori akademskog uspjeha i planova o nastavku karijere kod studenata Sveučilišta u Zagreb. – Suradnica
2017.: Budi STEMpatičan! – Suradnica
2016.-2019.: Profesionalne aspiracije prema STEM zanimanjima tijekom osnovne škole: longitudinalno istraživanje odnosa postignuća, vjerovanja o vlastitim kompetencijama i interesa za zanimanja (JOBSTEM). – Suradnica
2021.-2023.: Zaštita mentalnog zdravlja i dobrobiti djece za vrijeme i nakon izvanrednih javnozdravstvenih situacija (ProWell). – Suradnica
Više od 40 domaćih i međunarodnih sudjelovanja:
– https://www.croris.hr/osobe/profil/33581
2021.-2022.: Zdravstveno veleučilište Zagreb, kolegij: Metode prikupljanja i analize
podataka – asistentica
2020.-2021.: Zdravstveno veleučilište Zagreb, kolegij: Znanstveno istraživački rad u
sestrinstvu – asistentica
2019.-2020.: Zdravstveno veleučilište Zagreb, kolegiji: Socijalna psihologija u zdravstvu; Znanstveno istraživački rad u sestrinstvu; Metode prikupljanja i analize podataka; Osnove istraživačkog rada u sestrinstvu – asistentica
2018.-2019.: Zdravstveno veleučilište Zagreb, kolegiji: Osnove istraživačkog rada u sestrinstvu; Zdravstvena psihologija – asistentica
2025.: Koautorica dvaju nagrađenih postera:
• Nightlife: A Study in a Real and Virtual Context (REAL NIGHTS)
• Developing Virtual Reality Intervention with 360-Degree Video in the Project Nightlife: A Study in Real and Virtual Context (REAL NIGHTS)
2018.: Stipendija Grada Zagreba za izvrsnost doktorandima
2014.: Zahvalnica Udruge “SVE za NJU!” za promicanje važnosti psihološke skrbi o ženama liječenim od raka dojke kroz diplomski rad
2019.: Stipendija German Academic Exchange Service za sudjelovanje na ljetnoj školi Instituta GESIS
2019.-2020.: Analiza medijskog izvještavanja o problematičnoj uporabi interneta (AMI-PUI). – Suradnica na projektu
2019.: Zlouporaba sredstava ovisnosti u općoj populaciji Republike Hrvatske. – Suradnica na projektu
2018.-2019.: Nijanse emocija – empatija, ličnosti i fiziološke reakcije. – Suradnica na projektu
2016.-2017.: Psihosocijalna klima u zatvorima: perspektiva zatvorenika i službenika kaznenih tijela. – Suradnica na projektu
2015.-2019.: CRO-WELL Hrvatsko longitudinalno istraživanje dobrobiti. – Suradnica na projektu
2015.: Zlouporaba sredstava ovisnosti u općoj populaciji Republike Hrvatske. – Suradnica na projektu
2013.-2014.: Media portrayal of the purposes and development of probation in Croatia. – Suradnica na projektu
2012.: Vidljivost i javna percepcija organizacija civilnog društva u RH 2012. godine. – Suradnica na projektu
2008.-2013.: Monografija Grada Gospića. – Suradnica na projektu
2008.: Pilarov barometar hrvatskog društva: stavovi i mišljenja građana o društvenim odnosima i procesima. – Suradnica na projektu
2008.: Hrvatska vojska – hrvatsko društvo. – Suradnica na projektu
2007.-2013.: Odrednice rizičnih i devijantnih ponašanja u nacionalnom i globalnom kontekstu. – Suradnica na projektu
2006.: Učestalost nošenja kravate odnosno poslovne marame u Hrvatskoj i javna percepcija nekih osobina njihovih nositelja. – Suradnica na projektu
2006.-2014.: Turistički cvijet – kvaliteta za Hrvatsku 2006., 2007., 2009., 2011.–2014. – Suradnica na projektu
2005.-2006. Vrednovanje eksperimentalne provedbe Hrvatskog nacionalnog obrazovnog standarda (HNOS). – Suradnica na projektu
2002.-2006.: Socijalne devijacije i antisocijalna ponašanja: interakcijski pristup. – Suradnica na projektu
2000.-2002.: Interakcijski pristup strukturi patoloških fenomena. – Suradnica na projektu
2019.-2022.: Preventing Smoking, Alcohol and Internet addictions among children and adolescents: a family oriented training approach for adult learners and educators. – Suradnica na projektu
2018.-2021.: CHIEF – Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future. – Suradnica na projektu
2016.-2019.: PROMISE PROMoting youth Involvement and Social Engagement: Opportunities and challenges for ‘conflicted’ young people across Europe. – Suradnica na projektu
2014.-2016.: MYWEB – Measuring Youth Well-Being. – Suradnica na projektu
2014.: Updating 2011 Situation Analyses of Children’s and Women’s Rights in Croatia. – Suradnica na projektu
2012.-2015.: MYPLACE – Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement. – Suradnica na projektu
2012.: External Evaluation of the “For Safe and Enabling School Environment” Project in Croatia. – Suradnica na projektu
Supporting equality in Croatian labour market. – Suradnica na projektu
12 domaćih sudjelovanja
10 s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem
61 međunarodno sudjelovanje
Europen Society od Criminology ESC
Hrvatsko psihološko društvo HPD
Hrvatska psihološka komora HPK
Fakultet hrvatskih studija, dodiplomski studij psihologije:
2002./2003.-2003./2004.: Socijalna psihologija I
2002./2003.-2003./2004.: Socijalna psihologija II
2006./2007.-2007./2008.: Uvod u psihologiju
2013./2014.: Osnove socijalnog ponašanja
2013./2014.: Grupni procesi i utjecaji
Fakultet hrvatskih studija, diplomski studij psihologije:
2013./2014.-: Forenzička psihologija
Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, dodiplomski studij psihologije:
2014./2015.: Kvalitativna metodologija
Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, diplomski studij psihologije:
2020./2021.: Penološka psihologija
Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu u sastavu Sveučilišta Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, poslijediplomski specijalistički studij Pastoralne teologije:
2011./2012.-2013./2014.: Socijalne devijacije i antisocijalna ponašanja
2001./2002.: OSI Chevening Cambridge Scholarship for the Eastern Adriatic, Cambridge Overseas Trust
2004./2005.: Fulbright Predoctoral Visiting Researcher Scholarship
2020.-2024.: Model slobodnog odlučivanja o karijeri: Uloga autonomne karijerne motivacije te zaštitnih i rizičnih faktora u profesionalnom razvoju adolescenata – Free Career Choice (HRZZ). – Voditeljica projekta
2018.: Identifikacija zaštitnih i rizičnih faktora u karijeri kroz životne faze (Institut Pilar). – Voditeljica projekta
2018.: Provjera primjenjivosti aspekata posla u online sustavima za profesionalno usmjeravanje: razvoj i evaluacija sustava Izbor zanimanja (Institut Pilar). – Suradnica na projektu
2017.: Profesionalno informiranje i savjetovanje u osnovnim i srednjim školama: perspektiva učenika (Agencija za mobilnost i programe EU). – Suradnica na projektu
2014.-2017.: Vocational Development in Adolescence: Setting the Adolescent Career Transition Model – CDAACTM (HRZZ). – Voditeljica projekta
2011.: Poticanje profesionalnog razvoja učenika (Ured za obrazovanje, kulturu i šport Grada Zagreba, Društvo za istraživanje i razvoj ljudskih potencijala Razbor). – Voditeljica projekta
2009.-2010.: Razvoj, implementacija i promocija elektroničkog sustava za profesionalno usmjeravanje “e-karijera” (Ured za obrazovanje, kulturu i šport Grada Zagreba, Društvo za istraživanje i razvoj ljudskih potencijala Razbor). – Voditeljica projekta
2008.: Pilarov barometar hrvatskog društva: stavovi i mišljenja građana o društvenim odnosima i procesima (Hrvatski sabor, Institut Ivo Pilar). – Suradnica na projektu
2006.-2013.: Razvoj nacionalnih indikatora kvalitete življenja (MZOŠ). – Suradnica na projektu
2002.-2006.: Psihosocijalni indikatori kvalitete življenja (MZOŠ). – Suradnica na projektu
2000.-2002.: Istraživanje ugroženih društvenih skupina (MZOŠ). – Suradnica na projektu
2014.-2015.: Novi pristupi HZZ-a u pružanju usluga profesionalnog usmjeravanja klijentima (HZZ, IPA). – Suradnica na projektu
2011.-2013.: Indicators and models of family and work roles harmonization (Ministarstvo znanosti i tehnologije Republike Srbije). – Suradnica na projektu
2006.-2009.: European Social Survey (Nacionalna zaklada za znanost). – Suradnica na projektu
1999.-2001.: Career Counselling in Europe (Open society institute New York i Institut otvoreno društvo Zagreb). – Suradnica na projektu
5 domaćih sudjelovanja
85 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
International Association for Vocational and Educational Guidance
European Society for Vocational Designing and Career Counseling
Hrvatsko psihološko društvo
Hrvatska psihološka komora
Studij psihologije, Fakultet hrvatskih studija Sveučilišta u Zagrebu:
2008.-: Psihologija izbora zanimanja
2008.-2013.: Teorija psihologijskih testova
2008.-2015.: Konstrukcija mjernih instrumenata
2008.-2013.: Psihologija umjetnosti
2014. i 2016.: Psihologija rada
2006.-2011., 2015.: Mjerenje u psihologiji
1999.-2006.: Teorija mjerenja
1999.-2006.: Multivarijatne analize
Akademija likovnih umjetnosti, Sveučilište u Zagrebu:
2016.-: Uvod u psihologiju umjetnosti
2010.-2019.: Psihologija učenja i poučavanja
2009.-2015.: Razvojna psihologija
2012.-2016.: Psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja
2020.-2024.: Dobrobit djeteta u kontekstu obitelji – CHILD-WELL (Hrvatska zaklada za znanost). – Suradnica na projektu
2020.-2021: Dugine obitelji u Hrvatskoj (Tides Foundation). – Suvoditeljica projekta
2020.-2020.: Otpornost stručnjaka različitih profesija. – Suradnica na projektu
2018.-2019.: Jačanje bipartitnog socijalnog dijaloga u sektoru osnovnog obrazovanja. – Suradnica na projektu
2015.-2018.: Poticanje inovativnog ponašanja zaposlenika u javnom sektoru primjenom intervencija u dizajnu – INPUBWORK (Hrvatska zaklada za znanost). – Suradnica na projektu
2015.-2019.: Hrvatsko longitudinalno istraživanje dobrobiti – CRO-WELL (Hrvatska zaklada za znanost). – Suradnica na projektu
2014.-2015.: Roditeljstvo LGBT populacije u Hrvatskoj: Obiteljsko funkcioniranje i stigma. – Suradnica na projektu
2012.: External Evaluation of the “For Safe and Enabling School Environment” Project in Croatia (UNICEF). – Suradnica na projektu
2008.-2014.: Turistički cvijet (Institut Ivo Pilar). – Suradnica na projektu
2007.-2013.: Razvoj nacionalnih indikatora kvalitete življenja. – Suradnica na projektu
2007.-2008.: Analiza sadržaja hrvatskoga tiska o Hrvatskoj vojsci 1991.-2006. (Institut Ivo Pilar). – Suradnica na projektu
2018.-2019.: European Cohort Development Project – ECDP (HORIZON 2020). – Suradnica na projektu
2015.-2015.: Enjoying Work in Croatia: The Role of Job Crafting (Tuscany: a Global Laboratory for Quality of Life-Towards Expo 2015.). – Voditeljica projekta
2014.-2015.: Measuring Youth Well-Being – MYWEB (FP7). – Suradnica na projektu
2013.-2014.: Examining well-being in school context: Daily experiences of pupils and teachers (Junior Researcher Programme – JRP, European Association of Psychology Students – EFPSA). – Voditeljica projekta
2012.: Europsko društveno istraživanje ESS – 5. krug (Hrvatska zaklada za znanost. – Suradnica na projektu
2009.-2010.: Lessen in Geluk (Verwey-Jonker Institute, Utrecht). – Suradnica na projektu
2008.-2010.: De levensstijl van vijftig-plussers – Life-style and Life satisfaction in the Third Age (The World Database of Happiness, Erasmus University Rotterdam). – Suradnica na projektu
18 domaćih sudjelovanja
19 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
2019.-: Rochester Institute of Technology (Pozitivna psihologija, Uvod u psihologiju)
2010.-2015: Hrvatski Studiji, Sveučilište u Zagrebu; Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva, Sveučilište u Zagrebu; Katoličko sveučilište, Zagreb (Pozitivna psihologija, Vještine komuniciranja, Percepcija)
2020.: Adjunct Faculty Grant (Rochester Insitutute of Technology)
2009.-2010.: Huygens Scholarship Programme; Nuffic: The Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education, Ministry for Education, Culture and Science, Nizozemska
2008.-2009.: Stipendije za doktorande – Međunarodno iskustvo; Hrvatska zaklada za znanost
18 domaćih sudjelovanja
7 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
Hrvatsko politološko društvo
Matica hrvatska
Zlatna povelja Matice hrvatske za 2014. godinu
2004.-2006.: Demografski gubitci i posljedice Domovinskog rata. – Suradnik na projektu
2007.-2013.: Demografski aspekti urbano-ruralne polarizacije Hrvatske. – Suradnik na projektu
2010.: Turistički cvijet – kvaliteta za Hrvatsku. – Suradnik na projektu
2011.: Turistički cvijet – kvaliteta za Hrvatsku. – Suradnik na projektu
2012.: Turistički cvijet – kvaliteta za Hrvatsku. – Suradnik na projektu
2019.-2020.: GIS pristup analizi demografske otpornosti gradskih naselja i jedinica lokalne samouprave u Republici Hrvatskoj: prema demografskoj regionalizaciji. – Suradnik na projektu
2019.-2020.: Provedba terenskog istraživanja kvalitete življenja u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji te prikupljanje i obrada demografsko-statističke dokumentacije. – Suradnik na projektu
2014.-2017.: Study Abroad Program: University of Geogria (UGA). – Voditelj projekta
20 domaćih sudjelovanja
9 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
Hrvatsko geografsko društvo
2020.-2021.: Prostori doma: socio-kulturni aspekti urbanog stanovanja u Hrvatskoj. – Voditeljica projekta
2019.-2021.: Socio-kulturni aspekti tržnica u hrvatskim gradovima – tradicijski javni prostor kao element inovativnih urbanih politika. – Suradnica na projektu
2019.-2024.: Socijalno-ekološki izazovi ruralnog razvoja: objektivni i subjektivni pokazatelji otpornosti hrvatskih ruralnih socijalno-ekoloških sustava. – Suradnica na projektu
2019.-2021.: GENMOD – Relacijski rodni odnosi u Hrvatskoj: modernizacijske i razvojne perspektive. – Suradnica na projektu
2017.: Profesija dizajner u hrvatskom društvenom i kulturnom kontekstu. – Suradnica na projektu
2014.-2017.: Sekundarno stanovanje i socijalna održivost lokalnih zajednica u Hrvatskoj. – Suradnica na projektu
2007.-2012.: Socijalna održivost i procesi urbane transformacije u Hrvatskoj. – Suradnica na projektu
2007.-2010.: Hrvatska vojska – hrvatsko društvo. – Suradnica na projektu
2018.-2020.: Centar oblikovanja svakodnevice. – Voditeljica projekta
2014.-2016.: Socijalni aspekti putovanja u Hrvatskoj. – Suradnica na projektu
2013.-2014.: Baština – pokretač razvoja. – Suradnica na projektu
11 sudjelovanja
Hrvatsko sociološko društvo
2014.-: Hrvatski studiji – Sociologija prostora
2016.-: Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište – Sociologija stanovanja
2008.: Hrvatska vojska – hrvatsko društvo: Analiza sadržaja hrvatskog tiska o Hrvatskoj vojsci. – Suradnik na projektu
2008.: Leksikon hrvatskog iseljeništva. – Suradnik na projektu
2008.-2014.: Turistički cvijet – Kvaliteta za Hrvatsku 2008. – Suradnik na projektu
2012.: Hrvatski domovinski rat: strukture sjećanja (Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, Hrvatski institut za povijest i Hrvatski memorijalno-dokumentacijski centar Domovinskog rata). – Suradnik na projektu
2014.: Enciklopedija Hrvatskog zagorja. Leksikografski zavod “Miroslav Krleža”. – Suradnik na projektu
2015.: Stradanje Roma na području Nezavisne Države Hrvatske za vrijeme Drugoga svjetskog rata (Instituta društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar i Romsko nacionalno vijeće). – Voditelj projekta
2015.-2016.: Leksikon Prvog svjetskog rata (Naklada Pavičić).- Suradnik na projektu
2016.-2017.: Spomenici i kultura sjećanja: Komemoriranje žrtava Židova, Srba i Roma od 1945. do 2016. (Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar). – Voditelj projekta
2018.: “Daj pet, Dă-m śinś”; Korak po Korak – Izrada kurikuluma za njegovanje bajaškog rumunjskog jezika i kulture za predmetnu nastavu. – Suradnik na projektu
2018.: Zaboravljene žrtve u Hrvatskoj ili iz povijesti stradanja Roma na području Like, Gorskog Kotara i Hrvatskog primorja za vrijeme Drugog svjetskog rata (Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar). – Voditelj projekta
2019.-2020.: Istraživanje stradanja romskog stanovništva na području Dalmacije, Hrvatskog primorja i Istre za vrijeme Drugog svjetskog rata (Ministarstvo znanosti i obrazovanja). – Voditelj projekta
2019.-2020.: Stradanje Roma u Hrvatskom zagorju i Međimurju za vrijeme Drugog svjetskog rata (Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar). – Voditelj projekta
2020.: Mobilni izložbeni postav Romskog memorijalnog centra Uštica, Savez Roma u Republici Hrvatskoj “Kali Sara”. – Suradnik na projektu
2021.: Znanstveno istraživanje povijesti Roma u Hrvatskoj – izdavanje publikacije “Kratka povijest Roma u Hrvatskoj”. – Voditelj projekta
2008.-2015.: UGA – Pilar (međunarodna suradnja Sveučilišta Georgia i Instituta Ivo Pilar); Akademsko vodstvo na odabranim lokacijama u Samoboru, Kumrovcu, Velikom Taboru i Varaždinu. – Suradnik na projektu
2011.-2012.: MYPLACE – Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement (FP7) – Tema “Democracy and the shadows of totalitarianism and populism: the European experience”. – Suradnik na projektu
2014.-2015.: Međunarodni dokumentarni film o stradanju Roma za vrijeme Drugoga svjetskog rata “Through the Forest” (“Diera v Hlave / A hole in the head”), redatelj: Robert Kirchhoff; produkcija Hitchhiker Cinema (Bratislava, Slovačka). – Suradnik na projektu
2017.-2019.: Međunarodni znanstveni projekt RomArchive – “Voices of the Victims”. – Suradnik na projektu (predstavnik Republike Hrvatske i Bosne i Hercegovine)
2017.-2018.: Stradanje Roma u Hrvatskoj u Drugom svjetskom ratu: Dokumenti, sjećanja, obrazovanje / Roma Suffering in Croatia during the Second World War: Documents, Memories, Education. Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar i Stiftung “Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft”, Berlin. – Voditelj projekta
2017.-2018.: Međunarodni projekt muzejske virtualne izložbe “The Forgotten Genocide: The fate of the Sitni and Roma” (“Zaboravljeni genocid: Sudbina Sinta i Roma”); National Comité 4 en 5 mei, Amsterdam (Nizozemska). – Suradnik na projektu
2018.: The Roma: An Encyclopedia of “Gypsy” Life, Culture, and Society. ABC-CLIO. – Suradnik na projektu
2019.: Međunarodni znanstveni projekat Accessing Campscapes: Inclusive Strategies for Using European Conflicted Heritage (iC-ACCESS). – Suradnik na projektu
2019.: Međunarodni znanstveni projekat “Enciklopedija genocida u Nezavisnoj Državi Hrvatskoj 1941–1945”, Muzej žrtava genocida, Beograd, Republika Srbija. – Suradnik na projektu
2020.: “Re-thinking Roma Resistance” (EVZ; European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture). – Suradnik na projektu
2020.: Međunarodni znanstveni projekat “Dislocations et résistances. Violences génocidaires et persécutions des Roms, Sinti et Voyageurs en Europe de l’Ouest, 1939-1946” (Dislocations and resistances. Persecutions and genocidal violences of Roma, Sinti and Travellers in Western Europe, 1939-1946). – Suradnik na projektu
45 domaćih sudjelovanja
53 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
The Gypsy Lore Society (USA)
European Academic Network on Romani Studies (EU)
Hrvatski nacionalni odbor za povijesne znanosti
2018.-2020.: CHIEF – Cultural Heritage and Identities of European Future. – Suradnik na projektu
1 domaće sudjelovanja
5 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
Hrvatsko sociološko društvo
Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu:
– Kineziološka sociologija
– Sport, navijači i kulture mladih
2019.-2020.: Analiza medijskog izvještavanja o problematičnoj uporabi interneta. – Suradnica na projektu
2019.-2020.: Zlouporaba sredstava ovisnosti u općoj populaciji Republike Hrvatske. – Suradnica na projektu
2018.-2019.: Nijanse emocija – empatija, ličnosti i fiziološke reakcije. – Voditeljica projekta
2018.: Noćni život grada: obrasci ponašanja posjetitelja noćnih klubova. – Suradnica na projektu
2016.-2017.: Psihosocijalna klima u zatvorima – perspektiva zatvorenika i službenika kaznenih tijela. – Suradnica na projektu
2015.-2016.: Zlouporaba sredstava ovisnosti u općoj populaciji Republike Hrvatske: 2015. – Suradnica na projektu
2011.-2012.: Zlouporaba sredstava ovisnosti u općoj populaciji Republike Hrvatske. – Suradnica na projektu
2006.-2013.: Odrednice rizičnih i devijantnih ponašanja u nacionalnom i globalnom kontekstu. – Suradnica na projektu
2019.-2022.: ADD-FREE – Preventing Smoking, Alcohol and Internet addictions among children and adolescents: a family oriented training approach for adult learners and educators. – Suradnica na projektu
2008.-2014.: International Father Acceptance – Rejection Project (IFARP). – Suradnica na projektu
8 domaćih sudjelovanja
40 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
European Assoication of Personality Psychology
Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia:
2019.: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
2019.: Introduction to Psychology
Odjel za psihologiju Hrvatskih studija Sveučilišta u Zagreb:
2013.: Osnove socijalnog ponašanja
2009.-2013.: Uvod u psihologiju
Odsjek za psihologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu:
2009.-2010.: Motivacija i emocije
2015.: Certificate of appreciation to the best rewievers of Psihologija Journal, issued by Serbian Psychological Association
2018.: ITC Conference Grant for 5th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (COST Action 16207 – European Network for Problematic Usage of the Internet)
2016.: EAPP Scholarship to attend the 18th European Conference on Personality (European Association of Personality Psychology)
2015.: The Blazej Szymura ISSID Conference Travel Award to attend the ISSID conference (International Society for the Study of Individual Differences)
2010.: EAPP Scholarship to attend the 15th European Conference on Personality (European Association of Personality Psychology)
2008.-2010.: Nacionalni identitet, religija i izazovi europskih integracija. – Suradnik na projektu
2010.-2011.: Demografski aspekti urbano-ruralne polarizacije Hrvatske. – Suradnik na projektu
2017.: Sekundarno stanovanje i socijalna održivost lokalnih zajednica u Hrvatskoj. – Suradnik na projektu
2018.: Mjesni narodni odbor Borovo Naselje 1945.-1950. Studija društvenih, demografskih, političkih i gospodarskih prilika. – Suradnik na projektu
2018.-2019.: Migracijske aspiracije i kvaliteta života mladih u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji. – Voditelj projekta
2019.-2020.: Analiza navika putovanja na području funkcionalne regije Istočna Hrvatska. – Suradnik na projektu
2019.-2020.: Provedba terenskog istraživanja kvalitete življenja u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji te prikupljanje i obrada demografsko-statističke dokumentacije. – Suradnik na projektu
2020.: Razvojne mogućnosti i izazovi širega prostora Općine Dvor potaknuti lociranjem Centra za zbrinjavanje RAO na Čerkezovcu. – Suradnik na projektu
10 domaćih sudjelovanja
13 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
Hrvatsko sociološko društvo
Matica hrvatska
2019.-: Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku, Sociologija grada
2010.-2013.: Veleučilište Lavoslav Ružička u Vukovaru, Osnove sociologije
2020.-2024.: Prvi svjetski rat u kulturi sjećanja. Zaboravljena baština (HRZZ IP-2019-04-5897). – Suradnica na projektu
2019.-2020.: Femme industrielle – industrijske radnice u socijalističkoj Hrvatskoj – primjer Borova, Vukovar. – Voditeljica projekta
2018.-2019.: Društveni utjecaj centralno-planske ekonomije u socijalističkoj Hrvatskoj – Primjer Vukovara. – Voditeljica projekta
2018.: Povijesni razvoj primijenjene psihologije u Hrvatskoj tijekom prve polovine XX. stoljeća – Rad Stanice/Zavoda za savjetovanje pri izboru zvanja. – Suradnica na projektu
2008.-2015.: Leksikon hrvatskog iseljeništva i manjina (dionica “Južna Amerika”). – Suradnica na projektu, voditeljica dionice
2009.-2013.: Demografski aspekti urbano-ruralne polarizacije Hrvatske. – Suradnica na projektu
2008.: Turistički cvijet – kvaliteta za Hrvatsku. – Suradnica na projektu
2007.: Turistički cvijet – kvaliteta za Hrvatsku. – Suradnica na projektu
2006.-2010.: Hrvatska vojska – hrvatsko društvo. – Suradnica na projektu
2005.-2006.: Program vrednovanja eksperimentalne provedbe elemenata Hrvatskog nacionalnog obrazovnog standarda – HNOS. – Suradnica na projektu
2001.-2005.: Povijesni, socijalni i kulturni identitet Hrvata izvan domovine. – Suradnica na projektu
2001.-2006.: Osobine ličnosti i prirodni jezik. – Suradnica na projektu
2020.: zaJEDNO srce, jedna duša, jedna HRVATSKA. – Suradnica na projektu
2003.-2007.: DIOSCURI: Eastern Enlargement – Western Enlargement. – Suradnica na projektu
2002.-2003.: After the Accession: The Socio-Economic Culture of Eastern Europe in the Enlarged Union: An Asset or a Liability. – Suradnica na projektu
11 domaćih sudjelovanja
14 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju
Društvo za hrvatsku povjesnicu
Hrvatski nacionalni odbor za povijesne znanosti
Association Internationale d’ Etudes du Sud Est Europeen
Fakultet hrvatskih studija Sveučilište u Zagrebu – Diplomski studij povijesti:
2013.-2015.: Gospodarstvo i stanovništvo Hrvatske u 19. i prvoj polovici 20. stoljeća
2024.-2027.: Dinamika i izazovi migracije, reemigracije i imigracije u Republici Hrvatskoj (DinamiRH). – Suradnik
2024.-2027.: Transformacije lokalnih zajednica u Republici Hrvatskoj. Globalni izazovi i razvojni potencijali (LozaRH). – Suradnik
2023.-2024.: Demografske, društvene i kulturne odrednice očuvanja i promicanja nacionalnog identiteta Hrvata u Republici Sjevernoj Makedoniji. – Voditelj
2023.: Elaborat o vrednovanju znanstveno-stručnih konferencija projekta „Strateško promišljanje o budućnosti Hrvatske“. – Voditelj
2023.: Usluga provođenja postupka prethodnog vrednovanja Nacrta prijedloga Strategija demografske revitalizacije Republike Hrvatske do 2033. godine. – Voditelj
2022.-2023.: Hrvatska zajednica u Republici Sloveniji: između asimilacije, integracije i promicanja hrvatskog nacionalnog identiteta. – Suradnik
2021.-2022.: Demografska i društvena održivost Hrvata u Vojvodini. – Voditelj
2020.-2021.: Izrada analitičko-svodne studije Vukovarsko-srijemska županija: stanovništvo, migracije, kvaliteta življenja i perspektiva razvoja. – Voditelj
2019.-2020.: Provedba terenskog istraživanja kvalitete življenja u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji te prikupljanje i obrada demografsko-statističke dokumentacije. – Voditelj
2019.-2020.: GIS pristup analizi demografske otpornosti gradskih naselja i jedinica lokalne samouprave u Hrvatskoj: prema demografskoj regionalizaciji. – Suradnik
2019.: Vjerske prilike i odnosi u općini Vinkovci (1964.-1975.) u svjetlu arhivskoga gradiva (Komisija za vjerska pitanja) Državnoga arhiva u Vukovaru. – Suradnik
2018.-2019.: Migracijske aspiracije i kvaliteta života mladih u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji. – Suradnik
2018.: Mjesni narodni odbor Borovo naselje 1945.-1950. Studija društvenih, demografskih, političkih i gospodarskih prilika. – Voditelj
2018.: Elaborat o programskoj opravdanosti, zahtjevima dostupnosti i racionalnosti srednjoškolske ustanove u Gradu Otoku. – Voditelj
2011.-2012.: Demografska studija Grada Vukovara. – Voditelj
2008.-2012.: Vukovarsko-srijemska županija: prostor, ljudi, identitet. – Voditelj
2007.-2011.: Demografski aspekti urbano-ruralne polarizacije Hrvatske. – Voditelj
2002.-2006.: Integracijski procesi između hrvatskog iseljeništva i Republike Hrvatske. – Suradnik
2002.-2006.: Demografski gubitci i posljedice Domovinskog rata. – Voditelj
1996.-2002.: Hrvatski iseljenici i suradnja s domovinom. – Suradnik
1994.-1996.: Demografski razvoj i populacijska politika u Republici Hrvatskoj. – Suradnik
100 domaćih sudjelovanja
30 međunarodnih sudjelovanja
Hrvatsko demografsko društvo
Hrvatski nacionalni odbor za povijesne znanosti
Akademija odgojno-obrazovnih znanosti Hrvatske
Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju
Matica hrvatska
2018.-2025.: Hrvatsko vojno učilište „Dr. Franjo Tuđman“, Ratna škola „Ban Josip Jelačić“, Ratna i poslijeratna demografija Istočne Hrvatske i Vukovara, Demografija Hrvatske – korijeni i stanje
2011.-2023.: Diplomatska akademija Ministarstva vanjskih i europskih poslova, jednogodišnji specijalistički studij; kolegij: Domovinski rat – uzroci i posljedice
2012.-2014.: Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu, Specijalistički studij Pastoralne teologije, kolegij: Demografska kretanja u Hrvatskoj
2011.-2012.: Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, Studij povijesti, kolegij: Statistika i demografija
2002.-2012.: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatski studiji, kolegij: Demografija, Stanovništvo svijeta, Demografski razvoj Hrvatske
2023.: Nagrada Vukovarsko-srijemske županije
2019.: Nagrada „Federik Grisogono“
2005.: Spomen-medalja „Hrvatski križni put“
2001.: Državna nagrada za znanost za znanstvene novake u području društvenih znanosti
