University of Zagreb (UZAG)

The Institution

Founded in 1963, the Dept. of Sociology at the University of Zagreb is the oldest and the largest sociological research and teaching institution in the country. At the moment the Department employs 13 Ph.D. and 2 M.A. teachers and researchers, as well as 5 Ph.D. students. Currently, 3 state funded and 7 non-state funded research project are being carried out by the members of the Department.

Members of the Project Team

Co-ordinator

Professor Aleksandar Štulhofer

Researchers

Professor Ognjen Čaldarović

Professor Krešimir Kufrin

Research Assistants

Ms. Margareta Gregurović (B.A.)

Ms. Martina Detelić (Candidate B.A.)

Mr. Ivan Landripet (B.A.)

Ms. Iva Odak (Candidate B.A.)

Mr. Bojan Glavasevic (Candidate B.A.)

Professor Aleksandar ŠTULHOFER , Department of Sociology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Address

University of Zagreb

Department of Sociology

Faculty of Philosophy

I. Lucica 3

10 000 Zagreb

Croatia

Tel: 00385 612-0170

Fax: 00385 615-6879

Email: astulhof@ffzg.hr

Responsibilities within the Project in Croatia

Supervising all research activity in Croatia, elaborating methodology, writing research reports, articles, participating in meetings and conferences on the issue of corruption, disseminating research findings.

Qualification for the Accomplishment of the Task

With numerous contributions to Croatian sociology, ranging from socio-cultural aspects of the underground economy, the dynamics of social capital to social reconstruction of community, Prof. Štulhofer, as a distinguished member of the largest sociological research and teaching institution in the country, will certainly be of great advantage for the coordination of the planned research project in Croatia.

Education

Ph.D. in sociology / University of Zagreb, Dept. of Sociology, 1996

M.A. in sociology / University of Zagreb, Dept. of Sociology, 1989

Positions

Associate Professor of Sociology, 2002 (Univ. of Zagreb)

Assistant Professor of Sociology, 1998 (Univ. of Zagreb)

Teaching

Undergraduate level: Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Education, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Sexuality

Postgraduate level: Gender and Sexuality in the USA (American Studies, University of Zagreb), Rational Choice Theory, Introduction to Sociobiology (Dept. of Sociology, University of Zagreb), Anthropology of food and eating (Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Selected Publications

Recent Papers and Book Chapters:

• (1999) “Between Opportunism and Distrust: Socio-Cultural Aspects of the Underground Economy in Croatia”, in E. Feige & Ott, K. /Eds./ Underground Economies in Transition. Aldershot: Ashgate.
• (2002) "Oportunizam, institucije i moralni troškovi: sociokulturna dimenzija neslužbenog gospodarstva u Hrvatskoj 1995.-1999" /Opportunism, Institutions and Moral Costs: Socio-Cultural Dimension of Informal Economy/ (with I. Rimac). Financijska teorija i praksa 26(1): 213-228.
• (2003) "Dynamics of Social Capital in Croatia 1995-1999", in Matko Meštrović /ed./ Globalization and its Reflections on (in) Croatia. New York: Global Scholarly Publications (pp. 327-340).
• (2003) "Društveni kapital i njegova važnost" /Social Capital and Its Importance/, in D. Ajduković (Ed.) Socijalna rekonstrukcija zajednice /Social Reconstruction of Community/. Zagreb: Društvo za psihološku pomoć.
• (2004) «Sociokulturne vrijednosti, gospodarska razvijenost i politička stabilnost kao čimbenici povjerenja u Europsku uniju» (Social Values, Economic Development and Political Stability as Correlates of Trust in the EU) /with I. Rimac/, u K. Ott /ur./ Pridruživanje Hrvatske Europskoj uniji: izazovi institucionalnih prilagodbi /Croatian Accession to the EU/. Zagreb: Institut za javne financije.
• (2004) «Studien zum Sexualverhalten und ihr politischer Einfluss. Ein Überblick über die Sexualforschung in Kroatien zwischen 1971 und 2003». Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung 17(3): 267-280.
• (2004) «Problemi s prevalencijom erektilnih smetnji» (Problems with Measuring Prevalence of Male Erectile Disorders). Acta medica Croatica 58(5): 401-406.
• (2004) «Spol, starenje i seksualnost: struktura i dinamika seksualnoga zadovoljstva u heteroseksualnom uzorku urbanih žena i muškaraca» /with J. Zelenbrz, I. Landripet, S. Kuti, M. Gregurović & H. Tiljak/ (Gender, Aging, and Sexuality: Structure and Dynamics of Sexual Satisfaction in a Heterosexual Community Sample). Društvena istraživanja 13(6): 1011-1029.
• (2005) « Sexual problems of urban women in Croatia: Prevalence and correlates in a community sample » /with M. Gregurović, A. Pikić & I. Galić/. Croatian Medical Journal 46(1): 45-51.
• (2005) «Sexuality and Gender in Times of Transition» /koautor: T. Sandfort/, in A. Štulhofer & Sandfort T. /Eds./ Sexuality and Gender in Postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia. New York: The Haworth Press.

Books

• (2000) Nevidljiva ruka tranzicije: ogledi iz ekonomske sociologije /The Invisible Hand of Transition: Essays in Economic Sociology/. Zagreb: HSD.
• (2002) Trafficking in Women and Children for Sexual Exploitation/Co-authored with: Z. Raboteg-Šarić & L. Marinović/. Zagreb: International Organization for Migration.
• (2005) Sexuality and Gender in Post-Communism /Co-edited with T. Sandfort/. New York: Haworth Press.

Selected Recent Research Projects

• Socio-cultural and Psycho-social Correlates of Explicit Entertainment Consumption (Center for Sex Research, CSU Northridge, 2000-2002)
• Human Development Report – Croatia (UNDP, 1997-1999; 2001)
• South East European Social Survey Project (The Institute of Sociology, Tromso, Norway, 2001-2005)
• Informal Economy in Croatia (Institute of Public Finance, 2001)
• Trafficking in Women in Croatia (International Organization for Migration, 2002)
• HIV/AIDS Risk Taking among Immigrant Workers (International Organization for Migration, 2004)
• HIV/AIDS Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Patterns of Behavior Among Young People in Croatia (Ministry of Health, 2004-2005)

Professional Activities

(1994-1996) the Editor-in-chief of Sociological Review (Revija za sociologiju), the official journal of Croatian Sociological Association.

(1998-1999) Postgraduate course co-director (Family Planning), Interuniversity Centre, Dubrovnik

(1998-1999) Postgraduate course co-director (Social Structures and Institutions), Interuniversity Centre, Dubrovnik

(2000-2002) Chairperson of the Dept. of Sociology

(2001-2003) Chair of the Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Philosophy

(2003-) Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior

(2001-2004) Open Society Institute Croatia, Board member

(2002-) Center for Policy Development for Small Business, Chairman of the Supervising Board

(2001-2003) Institute for Public Finance (Zagreb), Supervising Board member

Professor Ognjen ČALDAROVIĆ , Department of Sociology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Address

University of Zagreb

Fakulty of Philosophy

Department of Sociology

I. Lucica 3,

10000 Zagreb

Croatia

Tel: 00385 612-0007

Fax: 00385 615-6879

Email: ognjen.caldarovis@ffzg.hr

Responsibilities within the Project in Croatia

Elaborating methodology, writing research reports, articles, participating in meetings and conferences on the issue of corruption, disseminating research findings.

Qualification for the Accomplishment of the Task

Along with his wide teaching and research experience in Croatian sociology (urban services and local democracy, poverty, decision making and problem solving in sociology, etc.), Mr. Čaldarović is also highly qualified in international research. Hhe is visiting professor both in the country and abroad --Slovenia, USA, Poland--, and is a counselor in several professional institutions in USA, Austria, Greece. His professional activities indicate amply that his participation in the planned project will be advantageous for the overall project.

Education

B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy, University of Zagreb, 1971

M.A. in Sociology, University of Zagreb, 1977

Ph. D. in Sociology, University of Zagreb, 1980

Positions

1972 - 1975: Urban sociologist, Town Planning Institute, Zagreb

1975 - 1981: Assistant (Instructor), University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Sociology

1981 - 1986: Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Sociology

1986 – 1991: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Zagreb, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy

1991 – Full Professor of Sociology, University of Zagreb, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy

Professional Activities

1978 - 1984: Editor-in-chief of Sociological Review, Journal of the Croatian Sociological Association

1978 - 1980: Head of the Section for Urban Sociology and Planning of the Croatian Sociological Association

1978 - 1982: Member of the Editorial Board of the review Arhitektura (Architecture), official review of the Croatian Association of Architects

1990 - 1992: President of The Croatian Sociological Association

1984 - 1986: Head of The Department of Sociology

1986 - 1990: Course director of the international course on Social Stratification in ComparativePerspectives, Dubrovnik, Inter-University Center for Postgraduate Studies

1997 - Course co-director of the International Course on Social Structures and Institutions, Dubrovnik, Inter-University Center for Postgraduate Studies

1998 - 2000: Head of the Department of Sociology

Recent Research Projects

• Satisfaction with Urban Services and Local Democracy in Five Croatian Cities (1997)/ in English/. Department of Sociology, Departmental Research Unit, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, and RTI-Research Triangle Institute, U.S.A.
• A Socio-Economic Analysis of the Lower Neretva Area, (1997) Croatian Ministry of Culture, Direction for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage.
• Laying Down the Fundamental Criteria on Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Zagreb: Center for Social Policy Initiatives, Center for the Rights of the Child, December, 1999.
• Poverty in Croatia (2000), The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
• Socio-economic Analysis of the Neretva Delta Area”(2001), Regional Environmental Center Budapest/Zagreb.
• Coastal Zone Management Plan-Sociological Aspects, Croatian Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Directorate for Fishing, 2003.
• Demersal Fishing (Project ‘DemMon’) – sociological aspects, Croatian Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Directorate for Fishing, 2004.
• Social Assessment - Project ‘Druhzba Adria’, Janaf – Jadranski naftovod, Zagreb, 2004.

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate level: Introductory Sociology, Methodology of Social Sciences, Urban Sociology, Contemporary Sociological Theories, Risk Sociology, Sociology of Work

Postgraduate level: Social Ecology, Energy and Society, Risk Sociology, Technology and Society, American Studies (Social Stratification in American Society, Sociological Aspects of Urban America), Decision Making and Problem Solving in Sociology, Qualitative Methodology in Social Sciences, Social Stratification in Contemporary Society, Time and Society, Urban Sociology, Urban Society, Society and Risks

Selected Publications

Books

• (1997) Čaldarović, O., Rogić, I., Subašić, D., eds. How to Live with Technical Risks? Zagreb: Hazardous Management Agency.
• (1998) Čaldarović, O., Panariti, N., Laci, S., Berchiche, T., Khattabi, A., Ben Fradj, M. and Gharbi, S. with the collaboration of Benessaiah, N. (ed.). Mediterranean Wetlands: Socioeconomic Aspects. European Commission: Ramsar Convention Bureau, Brussels, Belgium.
• (1998) Čaldarović, O. Social and Economic Analysis in Relation to Water Pollution. Vienna: Danube Pollution Reduction Programme, UNDP/GEF

Recent Papers and Book Chapters:

• (2000) “How to Manage Public Information in Case of Nuclear Emergency", in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Dubrovnik, June 19-22, pp. 602-612.
• (2000) “Housing for Homeland War Victims- Evaluation of Living Conditions and Types of Reconstruction in Flats and Block of Flats” (2000) /with A. Homadovski/, Space (Prostor) 8(1):79-96.
• (2000) ”Urban aspirations and housing neighborhood in the housing programs of mass housing units for the homeland war veterans” (2000) /with Rogić, I./, Space (Prostor), Zagreb, Vol. 8(2000), 2(29) str. 239-258.
• (2001) “Risk production at the Global Scale: Ethical Questions and Social Responsibility”. Lock Haven International Review 15: 24-44.
• (2001) “Integrationsprozesse in Zagreber Stadtteil Dubrava” /with S. Podgorelec, C. Brčić, M. Švob/, in: International Lernen-Lokal Handeln, ed. by Leiprecht, R, et. al, IKO-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main-London, pp. 121-149.
• (2002) “Terrorism as a Global and Local Threat”, Defendology (special issue: “Protection against Terrorism and other Types of Violence”, V, June, pp. 5-13.
• (2003) “Marginalization and Stigmatization in the Risk Negotiation”, Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Vol. 24, No. 2:739-752.
• (2004) “Multiculturalism and territorialization: an example in transitional society (Croatia)”, in: Mesić, M. ed., Perspectives of Multiculturalism: Western and Transitional Countries, Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy & Croatian Commission for UNESCO, pp. 297-307 (in English).
• (2004) “Socjologia chorwacka po roku 1990: ku nowej instytucjonalizacji?”, in: Pierwsze lata suwerennošci: socijologia Europy srodkowo-wschodniej o krajach teko regionu, editors J. Mucha, M. F., Keen), Warszawa: Instytutu Filozofii I Socjologii PAN, pp. 183-193 (in Polish)

Professor Krešimir KUFRIN , Department of Sociology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Present Position

Assistant Professor of Sociology (Univ. of Zagreb)

Responsibilities within the Project in Croatia

Elaborating methodology, writing research reports, articles, participating in meetings and conferences on the issue of corruption, disseminating research findings.

Qualification for the Accomplishment of the Task

With his teaching and research experience both in quantitative and qualitative social research in regard especially to the problems of transition societies (modernization and identity of Croatian society, social knowledge, attitudes and patterns of behaviour, measurement of environmental literacy, etc.), Mr. Kufrin will certainly contribute constructively to the Croatian research team.

Education

Ph.D. in sociology / University of Zagreb, Dept. of Sociology, 2002

M.A. in sociology / University of Zagreb, Dept. of Sociology, 1995

Teaching

Undergraduate level: Social Statistics, Statistical Data Analysis with SPSS, Quantitative Research Methods 1, Quantitative Research Methods 2, Sociology of Risk

Postgraduate level: Measurement in Social Research, Genetic Technology and Society, Environmental Sociology

Publications

Selected Recent Papers and Book Chapters:

• (1998) Zaštita okoliša u novom društvenom kontekstu: akteri i koncepcije ekološke modernizacije Hrvatske /Environmental Protection in New Social Context: Actors and Conceptions of Ecological Modernisation in Croatia/. In: Cifrić, I. et al., Društveni razvoj i ekološka modernizacija : Prilozi sociologiji tranzicije /Social Development and Ecological Modernisation: Contributions to the Sociology of Transition/ (pp. 137–165). Zagreb: Hrvatsko sociološko društvo i Zavod za sociologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu.
• (1998) Gen–tehnologija: rješenje ili problem? /Genetic Technology: Solution or Problem?/ In: Cifrić, I. (Ed.), Bioetika : Etički izazovi znanosti i društva /Bioethics: Ethical Challenges to Science and Society/ (pp. 167–199). Zagreb: Hrvatsko sociološko društvo i Zavod za sociologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu.
• (2000) Sociologijska istraživanja odnosa javnosti prema genskoj tehnologiji: od deskripcije ka dekonstrukciji? /Sociological Research on Public Relationship Toward Genetic Technology: From description to Deconstruction?/ In: Cifrić, I. (Ed.), Znanost i društvene promjene /Science and Social Change/ (pp. 427–433). Zagreb: Hrvatsko sociološko društvo i Zavod za sociologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu.
• (2002) Skala nove ekološke paradigme — još jedna provjera i pokušaj revizije /New Environmental Paradigm Scale – Yet Another Assessment and an Attempt of Revision/. Socijalna ekologija, 11(4):277–296.
• (2002) Co-authored with: Domac, J., Šegon, V. Stavovi i informiranost javnosti o obnovljivim izvorima energije i energetskoj efikasnosti /Public Attitudes and Knowledge on Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency/. Energija, 53(3):165–171.
• (2003) Mjerenje ekološke informiranosti: konceptualni i operacionalni pristupi i problemi dosadašnjih istraživanja /Meeasurement of Environmental Literacy: Conceptual and Operational Approaches and Problems/. Socijalna ekologija, 12(1–2):1–26.

Selected Recent Research Projects

• (2003-2004) Knowledge and Attitudes on Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency (Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar & University of Zagreb, Dept. of Sociology)
• (2002-2005) Modernisation and Indentity of Croatian Society (University of Zagreb, Dept. of Sociology, Financed by Ministry of Science, Education and Sport.
• (2004-2005) HIV/AIDS Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Patterns of Behavior Among Young People in Croatia (Ministry of Health)

Professional Activities

(1994-1996) Member of the Editorial Board of Sociological Review (Revija za sociologiju), the official journal of Croatian Sociological Association.

(1994-2005) Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Social Ecology (Socijalna ekologija) - Journal for Environmental Thought and Sociological Research

(1998-2005) Member of the Advisory Board of the journal Polemos - Journal of Interdisciplinary Research on War and Peace