Varaždin Regional Center

First name: Maja

Last name: Kućar

Job title: Assistant

Research field: Psychology

Teaching position: Assistant

Address of the institution: Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences - Regional Center Varaždin | Ulica 104. brigade 3 | 42000 Varaždin

Room number at the institution: 28

E-mail 1: mkucar@pilar.hr

E-mail 2: maja.kucar@gmail.com

Papers in international databases: 11

Papers in conference proceedings: 6

Links:

– https://www.croris.hr/osobe/profil/37751
– https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PEdE9SAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

International projects:

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

Year of employment at the Pilar Institute: 2022

Title of the highest academic degree so far: Master of Psychology, M.Psych

Year of obtaining the highest academic degree: 2018

Institution and place of obtaining the highest academic degree: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka

Research field: Psychology

Research interests: cognitive functions in the context of digital technology use in children and young people, executive functions, individual differences, the link between academic achievements and digital technology

Participation in professional conferences:

32 participations

Membership in professional associations:

Croatian Psychological Chamber
European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA)
European Association of Developmental Psychology (EADP)

Teaching:

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