People

Vlasta Ilišin

Senior scientist

  • Researcher’s unique code: 102231
  • Job title: Senior scientist
  • Field of interest: youth research

Qualifications, scientific advancement and education

1972

graduated from “M. A. Reljković” Grammar School in Vinkovci

1977

graduated from Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb with a thesis Kitsch as intelectual, spiritual and cultural surogat of experience (mentor: prof. Mladen Čaldarović)

1985

earned a Master’s degree at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb with the thesis Life quality and cultural standard of the Croatian working-class youth (mentor: prof. dr. sc. Josip Županov)

1998

earned a Doctorate at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb with the thesis from the field of sociology of politics and sociology of youth Political agency of the youth in contemporary political systems, with a special review of Croatia. Institutional political activity as an indicator of marginal social status of the youth (mentor: prof. dr. sc. Josip Županov)

1998

elected to a position of Research Associate

2002

elected to a position of Senior Research Associate

2006

elected to a position of Scientific Advisor, politology

2010

elected to a position of Full Professor

2011

elected to a position of Scientific Advisor, second election, politology

2013

elected to a position of Scientific Advisor, sociology

Research projects

1979 – 1981

Youth in the Political System (Socialist Union of Croatian Youth)

1982 – 1983

The Attitudes of Political Scientists on Political Science Studies (Croatian Political Science Association)

1982 – 1984

Cultural Standard of Working-class Youth in Croatia (Socialist Union of Croatian Youth)

1983 – 1986

Position, Awareness and Behavior of Yugoslav Young Generation (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb & Socialist Union of Croatian Youth)

1985 – 1987

Social Position, Awareness and Behavior of the Croatian Youth (Institute for Social Research of the University in Zagreb)

1987 – 1990

The Relationship of the Croatian Youth Toward Social Changes (Institute for Social Research of the University of Zagreb)

1987 – 1991

Social Structure and Attitudes of Students at the University of Zagreb (Institute for Social Research of the University in Zagreb)

1989 – 1991

Social Structure and Quality of Life (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb of the University in Zagreb)

1991 – 1993

Youth and Educational Problems (Institute for Social Research of the University in Zagreb)

1993 – 1994

Changes in the Educational Discourse in Croatian Highschools (Centre for Research of the Transition and Civil Society)

1995

Education for democracy in Croatia (Centre for Research of the Transition and Civil Society)

1995 – 1996

Attitudes of the Croatian Political Elite on the Social and Political Status of the Youth (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

1996 – 1997

Social Structure and Quality of Life in the Transitional Period (Centre for Research of the Transition and Civil Society)

1996 – 2001

The Value System of Youth and Social Changes in Croatia (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

1999 – 2001

The Role of Media in Children’s Everyday Lives (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2002 – 2003

Regional Youth Research (Proni Institute, Sweden & Research Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Citizenship of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University in Zagreb)

2002 – 2005

EurElite (University of Jenna & University of Siena)

2002 – 2006

Youth and European Integration Processes (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2004 – 2005

Social Status and Values of the Croatian Political Elite (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2005 – 2006

Social Position, Problems and Needs of the Youth in the Zagreb County (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2005 – 2006

Youth in the Bodies of the Local Goverment in Croatia (Association for Civic Education and Social Development)

2007 – 2013

Croatian Students in the European Context: the Emerging Social Elite (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2007 – 2013

Elections, Parties and Parliament in Croatia (Faculty of Political Sciences of the University in Zagreb)

2012 – 2013

Perception and attitudes of young people towards the changing reality – Shell Youth Survey (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung)

2013 – 2017

Needs, problems and potentials of youth in Croatia (Ministry of Social Affairs and Youth and Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2015 – 2016

Political Literacy of High School Graduate Students in Croatia (GOOD Initiative and Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2016 – 2017

Time for GOOD education? (GOOD Initiative, Forum for Freedom in Education, Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2017 – 2018

The Sociological Profile of the Croatian Political Elite (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2017 – 2019

Youth Studies Southeast Europe 2018 – Croatia (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2019

Support to better knowledge in youth policy (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2019 – 2020

Croatian youth in a comparative perspective (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb)

2019 – 2021

Political competence of high school graduates in a comparative perspective through time (Institute for Social Research in Zagreb and Gong)

2023 - 2024

Youth Study in South-Eastern Europe 2023-24: Youth Study in Croatia

Selected bibliography

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