Mario Bara
Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Catholic University of Croatia in Zagreb. He obtained his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Zagreb, where he defended his dissertation in 2014 titled Retirement Migration on Croatian Islands: Integration of Migrants into Local Communities. Before joining the Catholic University of Croatia, he was employed at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies in Zagreb from 2008 to the end of 2014.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
His scholarly interests focus on the sociology of migration, the sociology of ethnic relations, and the historical and contemporary aspects of native (historical) communities of the Croatian national minority in European countries
COURSES:
Classical Sociological Theories
Croatian Emigration and Minorities
Introduction to Sociology
Sociology of Croatian Society
Introduction to Political Sociology
Public Policy I: Introduction
Sociology of Croatian Society II
Sociology of Migration
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
The Impact of Migration on the Regional Development of Croatia (2008–2013), (lead researcher: Ivan Lajić)
Second Homes and the Social Sustainability of Local Communities in Croatia (2014–2017), (lead researcher: Geran-Marko Miletić)
Modernization of Urban Life in Croatia through the Development of Communal Infrastructure in the 19th and 20th Centuries (2017–2021), (lead researcher: Marino Marin)
Young Return Migrants: Experiences and Motivations (2019), (lead researcher: Marica Marinović Golubić)
Faith and Freedom (2021–2022), Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA, (lead researcher: Clemens Sedmak)
Lessons from the Past: Conflicts, Recovery, and Resilience – A Case Study from Croatia (2023–2024), Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA, (lead researcher: Mario Bara)
Dynamics and Challenges of Migration, Remigration, and Immigration in the Republic of Croatia, funded by the European Union through the NextGenerationEU program (01/08-73/23-2519-18) (2024–), (lead researcher: Rebeka Mesarić Žabčić)
