People

Branko Ančić

Senior research associate

  • Researcher’s unique code: 300040
  • Job title: Senior research associate
  • Field of interest: sociology of religion, sociology of sustainable development, sociology of health

Qualifications, scientific advancement and education

2019

Senior research associate in social sciences, field of sociology

2014

Research associate in social sciences, field of sociology

2013

Doctor of Philosophy – sociology University of Zagreb (theme: Religious Community as a Social Resource: Research on Relationship Between Religion and Health)

2013

Academy for Political Development, Croatian branch of the Council of Europe project Schools of Political in Zagreb

2008 – 2013

Postgraduate doctoral studies in sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb

2010

GESIS – Leibniz Institute für Sozialwissenschaften at EUROLAB-u (financed by FP7 European Commission) – research scholarship

2010

International Summer School organized by Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen with the topic Religion in Public Life (Cortona, Italy)

2007

Participation at annual postgraduate course Future of Religion at Inter-University Centre in Dubrovniku (in continuo)

2006

Bachelor of sociology and croatology, Croatian Studies University of Zagreb

Research projects

2007 –

ISSP – International Social Survey Program, Institute for Social Research in Zagreb (project leader)

2021 –

Sustainable fishing: Social relations, Identity and Co-management of Adriatic Fishery Resources, University of Zadar, Rijeka (member of research team); funded by Croatian Science Foundation.

2021 –

METER to better climate (Network for Education, Transition, Adaptation and Development) (leader of the research part of the project). The project is financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund (ESF).

2020 - 2022

The social resilience of Croatian society in the midst and aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic (SOCRES) (project leader); project funded by Croatian Science Foundation

2018 –

Formal education in function of sustainable development, University of Rijeka (member of research team); funded by Croatian Science Foundation.

2018 – 2019

H2020-MSCA-NIGHT project: European Researchers´ Night – Techno-Past Techno-Future.

2016 –

Social stratification in Croatia: structural and subjective aspects, University of Zadar (member of research team); funded by Croatian Science Foundation.

2016 –

Research of implementation and impact of ERASMUS+ programme – The Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes (project leader). Funded by the Agency.

2016 –

Participatory governing of natural resources – Institute for Social Research in Zagreb (principle investigator). Project partner Society for Sustainable Development Design. Project funded within IPA 2012.

2015

New Paradigms in Sustainability Research in Zagreb: Green Economy and the Well-being of the Youth (ESF), Institute for Social Research in Zagreb (principal investigator)

2015

Through Knowledge to Warm Home – researching energy poverty (ESF), Society for Sustainable Development Design

2014

EQUI-HEALTH: Fostering health provision for migrants, the Roma, and other vulnerable groups; European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) by direct grant awarded to International Organization of Migration

2013 – 2015

Regional support for inclusive education; Council of Europe and European Union

2013

CLICK – Increasing the understanding of EU climate and energy policy and its impacts in everyday life (EU-IPA Info 2012), Society for Sustainable Development Design

2013

Social and Economic impacts of National Foundation for Civil Society Development, National Foundation for Civil Society Development

2007 – 2013

Minor religious communities as actors of religious change in Croatia, Institute for Social Research in Zagreb

2011

Attitudes and experiences of non-religious parents toward religion and religious instruction in public schools in Republic of Croatia, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Forum for Freedom in Education

2010

Religiosity and Secularity as Causal Variables in Quantitative Models, GESIS – Leibniz Institute für Sozialwissenschaften (Köln, Germany)

2010

Religiosity, Secularity and Plurality as Causal Variables in Quantitative Models, GESIS – Leibniz Institute für Sozialwissenschaften (Köln, Germany)

2007 – 2010

REVACERN – Religion and Values: Central and Eastern European Research Newtwork (EU FP6)

Selected bibliography

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