Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek – Research Serving the Community and Preserving National Identity
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek conducts research focused on fundamental knowledge about individuals and society that is essential for the sustainable development of society, education, understanding humanity, national identity and distinctiveness, preserving Croatian values, linguistic specificities and identity in the European context, with particular emphasis on research into the Croatian language, literature, history and culture, as well as understanding and addressing social processes and risks brought about by new technologies and the social order. The results of this research are placed at the service of the community, thus contributing to improving the quality of life and preserving national identity, literary heritage and cultural heritage.
Ongoing Scientific and Professional Projects (FFOS as Lead Institution)
Other Ongoing Projects
Erasmus +
- GEDIS – GENDER DIVERSITY IN INFORMATION SCIENCE: CHALLENGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Erasmus+, 2024-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000246558 (2024-2027), project associates: Kornelija Petr Balog, Kristina Feldvari, Milijana Mićunović, Boris Badurina
- TELL – TRANS-EUROPEAN LEARNING LIBRARIES, 2024-1-RO01-KA220-ADU-000255917 (2024-2026), project associates: Sanjica Faletar, Anita Papić, Mirna Gilman Ranogajec, Ines Hocenski
- COLOURS – COLLABORATIVE INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES, Erasmus+, ERASMUS-EDU-2023-EUR-UNIV (2024-2027), project associate: Anita Dremel
HRZZ
- CROATIAN MODERN ANTI-WAR LITERATURE, HRZZ UIP-2025-02-6690, (2026-2031), project associate: Ivana Buljubašić Srb, lead institution: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
- EARLY DISCIPLINARY LITERACY IN CROATIAN: CHARACTERISTICS OF TEXTBOOK DISCOURSE, HRZZ IP-2024-05-2755 (2024-2027), project associates: Perica Vujić, Višnja Pavičić Takač, lead institution: Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
- CROATIAN PREPOSITIONS IN USE – SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS (HRPA), HRZZ IP-2022-10-6867 (2023-2027), project associate: Maja Glušac, lead institution: Institute of Croatian Language, Zagreb
- LGBT+ INCLUSIVITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: ATTITUDES, EXPERIENCES AND NEEDS OF DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, HRZZ IP-2022-10-4713 (2023-2027), project associate: Goran Livazović, lead institution: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
- SEMANTIC-SYNTACTIC CLASSIFICATION OF VERBS IN THE CROATIAN LANGUAGE, HRZZ IP-2022-10-8074, (2023-2027), project associate: Branimir Belaj, lead institution: Institute of Croatian Language, Zagreb
- MOTIVATIONS AND BARRIERS TO COLLECTIVE ACTION, HRZZ (2023-2027), project associate: Ana Belajdžić, lead institution: Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar
- SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OF CROATIAN RESEARCHERS, HRZZ IP-2022-10-2911, (2023-2027), project associate: Anita Dremel, lead institution: Institute for Social Research in Zagreb
COST
- A MULTILINGUAL REPOSITORY OF PHRASEME CONSTRUCTIONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES (2023-2027), project associate: Vladimir Karabalić
- SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES FOR TRANSFORMATION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE (2022-2026), project associate: Sonja Novak
- NETWORK FOR LANGUAGES IN EDUCATION: TOWARDS BI- AND MULTILINGUAL DISCIPLINARY LITERACIES (2022-2026), project associate: Višnja Pavičić Takač)
ESF
- KORAK – Create, Grow, Move Forward! (2023-2026), project associate: Daniela Šincek, lead institution: children’s creative centre DOKKICA
- STEMPO – COMMUNITY RHYTHM: DIGITAL COMPETENCES FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (2025-2028), project associates: Kristina Feldvari, Ines Hocenski, Tomislav Jakopec, Milijana Mičunović, Josipa Selthofer, Snježana Stanarević Katavić, lead institution: DKolektiv
- FAUST – FPV Academy in Split (2025-2027), project associate: Tomislav Jakopec, lead institution: Young Roboticists in STEM Promotion
OTHER
- Multimodal Artistic Discourses for Children and Young People: Literary, Visual and Film Languages in Interaction, NPOO 2025 (2025-2029), external associate: Ivana Buljubašić Srb, lead institution: Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
- TRANSFORMATIONS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA: GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, NextGeneration EU project (2024-2027), project associate: Željko Pavić, lead institution: Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar
- PLAYING THE ACADEMIC GAME, NextGeneration EU project (2024-2027), project associate: Željko Pavić, lead institution: Institute for Social Research in Zagreb
- METAPHOR AND METONYMY IN LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT, NextGeneration EU project (2024-2028), project associates: Ana Werkmann Horvat, Branimir Belaj, Mario Brdar, lead institution: Institute of Croatian Language
- TERMINOLOGICAL STRATEGY OF THE HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE (2023-2027), project associate: Ana Lehocki-Samardžić
- THE BORDER AREA OF CROATIA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – HISTORY, POPULATION AND MIGRATION (POHIB), NextGeneration EU project (2024-2027), project associate: Hrvoje Volner, lead institution: Institute for Migration Research in Zagreb
- FORGOTTEN SITES OF SUFFERING OF THE UNWANTED: THE GENOCIDE OF ROMA IN THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA: RESEARCH, MEMORIALISATION, EDUCATION, NextGeneration EU project (2024-2027), project associate: Hrvoje Volner, lead institution: Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar in Zagreb
- LEXICAL BLENDING AND COGNITIVE MODELING: DEVELOPING A THEORY-DRIVEN ANALYTICAL DATABASE (LEBCOM), (2024-2027), project associate: Mario Brdar
- seeFField (A small but fertile field) (2022-2029) – FFOS partner since June 2023, lead institution: University of Regensburg
- THE POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CROSS-NATIONAL PROJECT project associates: Gabrijela Vrdoljak, Ana Kurtović, lead institution: University of Bergen
- TERMINI SZÓTÁR SZERKESZTÉSE (Editing the Termini Dictionary), project associate: Ana Lehocki-Samardžić
- DIFFERENCES IN THE CULTIVATION EFFECTS OF OLD AND NEW MEDIA (2023-2027), project leader: Željko Pavić; project associates: Daniela Šincek, Boris Badurina, Marija Milić, Juraj Jurlina
- SHARE – Shared Memory, Shared Future – Youth Engagement in Holocaust Remembrance in Central Europe (2026-2028), project associate: Valentina Kezić









