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
Senior research associate in social sciences, field of sociology
Research associate in social sciences, field of sociology
Doctor of Philosophy – sociology University of Zagreb (theme: Religious Community as a Social Resource: Research on Relationship Between Religion and Health)
Academy for Political Development, Croatian branch of the Council of Europe project Schools of Political in Zagreb
Postgraduate doctoral studies in sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb
GESIS – Leibniz Institute für Sozialwissenschaften at EUROLAB-u (financed by FP7 European Commission) – research scholarship
International Summer School organized by Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen with the topic Religion in Public Life (Cortona, Italy)
Participation at annual postgraduate course Future of Religion at Inter-University Centre in Dubrovniku (in continuo)
Bachelor of sociology and croatology, Croatian Studies University of Zagreb
Research projects
ISSP – International Social Survey Program, Institute for Social Research in Zagreb (project leader)
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.
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).
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
Formal education in function of sustainable development, University of Rijeka (member of research team); funded by Croatian Science Foundation.
H2020-MSCA-NIGHT project: European Researchers´ Night – Techno-Past Techno-Future.
Social stratification in Croatia: structural and subjective aspects, University of Zadar (member of research team); funded by Croatian Science Foundation.
Research of implementation and impact of ERASMUS+ programme – The Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes (project leader). Funded by the Agency.
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.
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)
Through Knowledge to Warm Home – researching energy poverty (ESF), Society for Sustainable Development Design
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
Regional support for inclusive education; Council of Europe and European Union
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
Social and Economic impacts of National Foundation for Civil Society Development, National Foundation for Civil Society Development
Minor religious communities as actors of religious change in Croatia, Institute for Social Research in Zagreb
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
Religiosity and Secularity as Causal Variables in Quantitative Models, GESIS – Leibniz Institute für Sozialwissenschaften (Köln, Germany)
Religiosity, Secularity and Plurality as Causal Variables in Quantitative Models, GESIS – Leibniz Institute für Sozialwissenschaften (Köln, Germany)
REVACERN – Religion and Values: Central and Eastern European Research Newtwork (EU FP6)
Selected bibliography
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