Project Archive from 2022 Onwards
FFOS Institutional Research Projects
- Building Dementia-Friendly Public Libraries: Theoretical and Practical Foundations (2021-2024) – project leader: Sanjica Faletar
- Philosophy at the Crossroads of Central European and Mediterranean Traditions. Strengthening Intercultural Dialogue in Building an Inclusive European Identity (2021-2024) – project leader: Pavao Žitko
One-Year FFOS Projects for Young Researchers
- Ivan Stojković’s Speech Erit tibi Gloria (1924) – project leader: Demian Papo
- Societies and Diseases: Responses to Health Crises in Modern and Contemporary History – project leader: Luka Pejić
- Violence in Contemporary Adaptations and Popular Culture (2024-2025) – project leader: Jelena Pataki Šumiga
- Association of Certain Cognitive Difficulties with Emotional and Behavioural Characteristics of Adolescents, Resilience and Determinants of the Adolescent-Teacher Relationship, (2024-2025) – project leader: Sandra Brezetić
HRZZ (FFOS as Lead Institution)
- Analysis of Systems in Crisis and New Awareness in 21st-Century Literature, HRZZ UIP-2020-02-3695, project leader: Sonja Novak
- THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET AND ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS ON ATTITUDES AND DECISIONS ABOUT VACCINATION, HRZZ IP-2019-04-7902, project leader: Željko Pavić
- TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, HRZZ IP-2018-01-8363, project leader: Branko Bognar
Erasmus + (FFOS as Lead Coordinator)
- DIGITAL EDUCATION FOR CRISIS SITUATIONS: TIMES WHEN THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE (DECRIS), project leader: Boris Bosančić
Erasmus + (FFOS Staff Member as Project Associate)
- ARTS, SPACE AND THE PUBLIC(S) – WHAT ABOUT DEMOCRACY?! 2025, project associate: Barbara Balen
- BE WELL-POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY INTERVENTIONS TO STRENGTHEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ WELLBEING AND MENTAL HEALTH, 2022-1-SIO1-KA220-SCH-000086772, FFOS project leader: Silvija Ručević
- PROMOTING DIGITALISATION AMONG TEACHER EDUCATORS IN EUROPE – digiTED (2022-2025), project associate: Marija Sablić
- PARTNERSHIP FOR VIRTUAL LABORATORIES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING – PARFORCE, Erasmus+ KA226-409D7578 (2021-2023), Bauhaus-University Weimar, Ruhr University Bochum, University Aveiro, University Osijek, and Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, project associate: Ivana Martinović
HRZZ (FFOS Staff Member as Project Associate)
- THE NATURE AND DETERMINANTS OF SEXTING AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY, SextYouth, HRZZ UIP-2020-02-3553 (2021-2026), project associate: Irena Pavela Banai, lead institution: FFZD
- TESTING THE 5C MODEL OF POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL MOBILE MEASUREMENT P.R.O.T.E.C.T., HRZZ UIP-2020-02-2852 (2021-2026), project associate: Gabrijela Vrdoljak, lead institution: ERF, UNIZG
- CROATIAN VIOLENCE MONITOR , HRZZ UIP-2017-05-8876, project associate: Goran Livazović, lead institution: Faculty of Law in Zagreb
- CROATIAN VIOLENCE MONITOR, HRZZ DOK-2018-09-6175, project associate: Goran Livazović, lead institution: Faculty of Law in Zagreb
- SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF COMPLEMENTS AND ADJUNCTS IN THE CROATIAN LANGUAGE (SARGADA) HRZZ IP-2019-04-7896, project associates: Branimir Belaj and Ana Werkmann Horvat, lead institution: Institute of Croatian Language, Zagreb
- S(C)LAVNONI(J)A: NAME, EXTENT AND BORDER POSITION IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN PERIOD, SLAVNCOF, HRZZ IP-2020-02-3333, project associate: Anđelko Vlašić, lead institution: Institute of History
COST (FFOS Partner)
- EUROPEAN NETWORK ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MOBILITY: CONNECTING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE (2021-2025), project associate: Višnja Pavičić Takač
- BUILDING ON SCIENTIFIC LITERACY IN EVOLUTION TOWARDS SCIENTIFICALLY RESPONSIBLE EUROPEANS (2018-2022), project associate: Mirna Varga
ESF (FFOS Partner)
- VirtuOS (2020-2023), project associates: Vesna Bjedov, Ana Kurtović, Ana Babić Čikeš, Valerija Križanić, Gabrijela Vrdoljak, lead institution: Catering and Tourism School, Osijek
- CROQF – Challenges for the Social Sciences and Humanities: New Study Programmes and the Quality Assurance System of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, MZO, ESF, project associates: Ana Jakopec, Tanja Gradečak, Višnja Pavičić Takač, Jasna Poljak Rehlicki, lead institution: FFZG
- CROQF – Croatian Studies, Andragogy, Philosophy and Cultural Studies – Alignment with the CROQF – KAFKa, MZO, ESF, project associates: Ana Mikić Čolić, Boško Pešić, lead institution: FFZD
- CROQF – Competence Standards for Teachers, Pedagogues and Mentors, MZO, ESF, project associates: Renata Jukić, Senka Žižanović, Sanja Simel Pranjić, lead institution: FFZD
- Mimladi.hr – A New Face of the Homepage, ESF, project associate: Željko Pavić
- “Golden Years” Project, project associates: Tomislav Jakopec, Sanjica Faletar Tanacković, Kornelija Petr Balog
- “Active Retirement” Project, project associates: Drahomira Cupar, Josipa Selthofer, Tomislav Jakopec
OTHER (FFOS Staff Member as Project Associate)
- RESEARCH INTO STUDY PROGRAMMES TO DETERMINE THE REPRESENTATION OF STUDENTS’ DIGITAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT – TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE E-UNIVERSITIES PROJECT (2022-2025), project associates: Goran Livazović, Marija Sablić, Željko Pavić
- PILOT STUDY WITHIN THE E-UNIVERSITIES PROJECT, (2022-2025), project associate: Ivana Martinović, lead institution: CARNET
- DIGITAL MOTHERHOOD 2 – USING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF WORKING MOTHERS, 2025, project associate: Anita Dremel
- CROATIAN-HUNGARIAN WRITTEN HERITAGE, UNIRI Projects for Experienced Researchers 2023-2025, project associate: Jadranka Mlikota
- ANDRIĆ – IVO ANDRIĆ INITIATIVE IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT, project associate: Marica Liović
- DIONYSIAN THEATRE. AN EXPERIMENT IN DRAMATIC PHILOSOPHY, 1 March 2023-31 December 2023, project associate: Boško Pešić, partnership with the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek
- RESEARCHING CONCEPTUAL METONYMY IN SELECTED AREAS OF GRAMMAR, DISCOURSE AND SIGN LANGUAGE WITH THE AID OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA METONYMY DATABASE (METGRADISL&BASE), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI), and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) of the European Union projects PGC2018-101214-B-I00, project associate: Mario Brdar
- Cross-cultural Tool-kit, Interreg-HUHR 1901/3.1.2/0159 (2020-2022), EU, ERDF, project associate: Zoltán Medve
| RESEARCH PROJECTS 2010-2021 | ||
| PROJECT LEADER/COORDINATOR | PROJECT SCHEME/CODE | PROJECT |
| Silvija Ručević | HRZZ IP-2016-06-3917 | Behavioural Problems in School-Age Children: The Role of Executive Functions and Individual, Family and Genetic Factors |
| Katarina Bogatić | Erasmus+ project: 2017-1-UK01-KA201-036798
Erasmus+ 2018-1-HR01-KA201-047432)
Erasmus+ 2019-1-UK01-KA203-061665 |
ECEC-Qual+Div – Interpreting Child-Centredness to support Quality and Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Care (2017-2019)
Enhancing Transition Practices in Early Childhood Education
Child-Centred Competences for Early Childhood Education and Care |
| Gabrijela Vrdoljak | University of Bergen cross-national project | The Positive Youth Development cross-national project |
| Vesna Bagarić Medve | HRZZ IP-2016-06-5736 | Coherence of Written Text in a Foreign Language: Croatian, German, English, French and Hungarian in Comparison |
| Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić
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Erasmus+ project: 2016-1-HR01-KA203- 022180
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EINFOSE- European Information Science Education: Encouraging Mobility and Learning Outcomes Harmonization (2016-2018) |
| Marija Omazić
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CP-IP SSH.
2013.5.2-1.
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FP7 project MIME – Mobility and Inclusion in Multilingual Europe (2014-2018) |
| Zoran Velagić
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COST Action number: IS1404
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COST project – E-READ: Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitisation (2014-2018) |
| Vesna Bagarić Medve
Dubravka Kuna |
4.1.2.D-12/1/KONV-2012-0006 | Supporting the Development of Foreign Language Education at the University of West Hungary TÁMOP (2014)
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| PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS 2010-2011 | ||
| PROJECT LEADER/FFOS COORDINATOR | PROJECT SCHEME/CODE | PROJECT |
| Tomislav Jakopec | HR.3.1.20-0017 | ICT Research Laboratory (2015-2016) |
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Daniela Šincek
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CEF-TC-2014-1005 | Safer Internet Centre Croatia: Making internet a good and safe place (2015-2016) |
| Ana Mikić Čolić | 2013-1-HR1-ERA11-03055 | LLP project EILC Erasmus Intensive Language Course (Erasmus Intensive Programme – IP) (2013/2014) |
| Jasna Poljak Rehlicki | ERA-IPR-17/13 | Erasmus IP Summer School Cultural Landscapes: Negotiating Cultural Encounters with the English Speaking World (2013) |
| Jasna Poljak Rehlicki | ERA-IPR-04/11 | Erasmus IP Summer School Cultural Landscapes: Negotiating Cultural Encounters with the English Speaking World (2012) |
| Melita Aleksa Varga | Donauschwäbische Kulturstiftung des Landes Baden Württemberg | 1) Theaterpädagogisches Seminar 2) DaF Spielwerkstadt Dokkica 3) Kochbuch der deutschen Grammatik (2011) |
National Research and Professional Projects
In 2015 and 2016, ten national research projects were being implemented:
| PROJECT LEADER | PROJECT SCHEME/CODE | PROJECT TITLE |
| Željko Uvanović | UNIOS
INGI-2015-11 |
Transculturality/Transmediality: British/American, German and Croatian Film Adaptations of Literature in the Period 1990-2015 |
| Ivana Martinović | UNIOS
INGI-2015-15 |
Research into Young People’s Information Behaviour when Searching for Health Information via Mobile Devices |
| Gorka Vuletić | UNIOS
INGI-2015-39 |
The Role of Subjective Quality of Life in Young People’s Intention to Emigrate from the Region or Country |
| Milovan Tatarin | HRZZ | A Panorama of Croatian Literature in 17th Century Dubrovnik (2014-2018) |
| Dubravka Vidaković Erdeljić | UNIOS
IZIP-2014-75 |
Analysis of Interference in the Translation of Grammatical Structures from English into Croatian in the Media, Marketing and Literature (2015) |
| Silvija Ručević | UNIOS
IZIP-2014-81 |
The Role of Executive Functions in Prosocial and Socially Unacceptable Behaviour in Children (2015) |
| Leonard Pon | UNIOS
IZIP-2014-8 |
Aspects of the Grammatical Competence of Croatian Learners of German (2015) |
| Jadranka Mlikota | UNIOS
IZIP-2014-26 |
Croatian-Hungarian Linguistic Contacts in the Second Half of the 19th Century (2015) |
| Biljana Oklopčić | UNIOS
IZIP-2014-15 |
The European Context of Croatian Popular Literature (2015) |
| Boris Badurina | UNIOS
IZIP-2014-27 |
Virtual Environment and Perception of Reality: Research into the Influence of the Structure and Characteristics of Virtual Environments on Young People’s Behaviour (2015) |
At the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek, 29 national research projects were implemented between 2007 and 2015:
14 projects funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, 2 HRZZ projects, and 13 UNIOS projects for young researchers. List.
National professional projects in which the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was the lead institution or partner from 2013 to 2021:
| PROJECT LEADER/FFOS COORDINATOR | PROJECT SCHEME/CODE | PROJECT TITLE |
| Sanjica Faletar Tanacković | CA15201 | Archaeological practices and knowledge work in the digital environment |
| Leonard Pon | MZO, ESF | Development and Establishment of an Integrated Study Programme in Medicine in German (2018-2020) |
| Sanjica Faletar Tanacković | UNIOS ZUP 2018-76 | Information Needs of People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Family Members |
| Jasmina Tomašić Humer | MSPM, ESF | 65+ Prevalence of Violence in Older Age (2017-2018) |
| Silvija Ručević | Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, ESF | I Have an Attitude and Choose to Be Healthy (2016-2017) |
| Silvija Ručević | MSPM, ESF | Like Non-Violently (2016-2017) |
| Daniela Šincek | MSPM, ESF | Become My Buddy (2014-2015) |
| Daniela Šincek | MSPM, ESF | No to Cyberviolence (2014-2015) |
| Daniela Šincek | MSPM, ESF | Report and Stop (2014-2015) |
| Silvija Ručević | MSPM, ESF | Like Non-Violently (2013-2014) |
National professional projects in which the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was the lead institution or partner up to 2022:
- → Cognitive Resilience of Children at Risk of Poverty in Eastern Slavonia, Adris Foundation (Silvija Ručević)
- → Authorial Hedging, Stance and Reader Engagement in the Academic Writing of Novice Researchers Using English as a Foreign Language, MZO (Višnja Pavičić Takač)
Centre for Book and Reading
Head of the Centre: Prof. Zoran Velagić, PhD, zvelagic@ffos.hr
Deputy Head of the Centre: Prof. Jelena Lakuš, PhD, jlakus@ffos.hr
The Centre for Book and Reading was established in 2019 with the aim of encouraging and developing research into various aspects of books and reading and with the intention of intensifying research, teaching, professional and dissemination activities within the national and European research area. The Centre ceased its activities at the end of 2021.
The Centre’s activities included applications for research and professional projects, organisation of academic conferences, publication of scholarly, professional and popularisation papers, public lectures, workshops and round-table discussions, among other activities. The Centre supported the strengthening of research cooperation between and within the organisational units of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek, the involvement of students in research activities and improved cooperation with external stakeholders.