Danijel Labaš
Full Professor with permanent appointment (tenure) and Head of the University Department of Communication Sciences. He studied philosophy and theology in Zagreb and Rome, and received his master's and doctorate degrees in communication sciences in 1996 at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome.
He is an associate member of the Scientific Council for Education and Schooling of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Accreditation Council of the Agency for Science and Education, president of Committee for the field of social sciences - fields of information and communication sciences, president of the Program Council of Croatian Radio and Television, member of the Media Department of Matica Hrvatska and the Croatian Society of Catholic Journalists. He is the president of the Association of Communication and Media Culture.
SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Topics in the field of communication studies, media ethics, film and religion, media pedagogy, media education and media literacy.
COURSES:
Introduction to Communication Sciences
Semiotics in Media
History and Theory of Theatre
Performance Techniques of Public Performances
Film and Religion
PROJECTS:
"Critical Analysis of Disinformation on Religious Topics" by the Croatian Catholic University and its partners, the Croatian Catholic Radio and the Croatian Society of Catholic Journalists (led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Lana Ciboci) (member)
"BrAIn: Support for the Application of Digital Technologies in Education" by the Croatian Academic and Research Network - CARNET, in which the Croatian Catholic University is a partner (coordinator on behalf of the HKS: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Marina Merkaš) (member)
"TeaMLit - Teacher education in digital and media literacy: providing guidance, resources and support", project leader: Media & Learning Association and VZW (MLA) - Belgium (member)
ASAP - A Systemic APproach to social media and pre-adolescents through thinking skills education, project leader: Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Italy (member)
Algowatch in which partners are: S*D (France), DKMK (Croatia), NUIM (Ireland) and ISCTE (Portugal) (member)
Project leader "Children of Media" of the Association for Communication and Media Culture since 2011
