Split Regional Center

Bijankinijeva 13
21000 Split
E-mail: Sasa.Mrduljas@pilar.hr

Saša Mrduljaš, PhD

1992

• Augustin Derado, PhD, senior assistant
• Saša Mrduljaš, PhD, scientific advisor
• Mr. Sc. Mirko Petrić, expert advisor
• Iva Žunić, assistant

By establishing the Regional Center in Split, the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences has shown a lasting interest in the regional development of Croatia, in its Adriatic orientation and Mediterranean character. Accordingly, it is planned that one of the main activities of the Split center will be directed towards researching subjects of regional importance. Those related to Split and the Dalmatian coast, islands and hinterland. Likewise, given the interdependence of Dalmatia and neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Center’s activities are also focused on researching topics related to the Bosnian-Herzegovinian space, with a special interest in those topics that concern the Croatian ethnic component in that country. In addition to the above, the Split Center has been strongly focused on researching subjects in the fields of theology, sociology of religion, and bioethics since its establishment.

Since the foundation of the Split Regional Centre, its employees have been involved in a number of projects of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (2007-2013):

• Socio-religious map of Croatia
• Religious communities in Croatia and their role in integration processes
• Homeland War
• Religious pluralism, postmodern religious movement and Croatian identity
• Croatian identity and multiculturalism of the Mediterranean in the era of globalization

List of scientific works by employees of the Split Center of the Pilar Institute (Croatian scientific bibliography):

• Jadranka Rebeka Anić, PhD: http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=277285
• Neven Duvnjak, PhD: http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=201185
• Saša Mrduljaš, PhD: http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=250202
• Inga Tomić-Koludrović, PhD: https://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=210725

The Split Regional Center has so far organized three international scientific symposia:

• “Confessions and War”
• “Church and State in Societies in Transition”
• “Religious Communities in Croatia and Their Role in Integration Processes”

Collections of papers have been published about all three conferences, and two books in the field of sociology of religion have also been printed.