Lana Batinić
Assistant Professor at the University Department of Psychology of the Catholic University of Croatia, where she has been employed since the establishment of psychology studies in 2012. She graduated from the Faculty of Croatian Studies in 2010, and received her PhD from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb in 2019. She was a lecturer at three international summer schools Practicing Resilience. Preparing for Recovery organized in collaboration with the Nanovic Institute (University of Notre Dame, USA) and the Ukrainian Catholic University. She is a co-founder of the Center for the Family of the Catholic University of Croatia, which has been established in 2023, and is currently in her 3rd year of education in family systemic psychotherapy. She is the recipient of the 2023 University Award for Promoting Catholic Identity.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
social psychology, especially close relations and partner dynamics
COURSES:
Social Psychology
Psychology of Social Relations
Social Cognition
Social Influence
Psychology of Close Relations
Applied Social Psychology
Social Psychology of Dress
PROJECTS:
Support for the application of digital technologies in education – BrAIn (research team principal leader: assoc. prof. Marina Merkaš), 2023. – 2029.
Social psychological determinants of climate change risk perception and the possibilities for its amplification (principal investigator: assoc. prof. Ivana Vrselja), 2023. – 2024.
Physical activity and psychological well-being: from habit to identity (principal investigator: assis. prof. Dragan Glavaš), 2022. - 2023.
Family dynamics, health and well-being of Croatian families in the light of war and post-war experiences (principal investigator: assis. prof. Martina Knežević), 2019 - 2021.
Parents' work, family economic hardship, and well-being of parents and children (principal investigator: assoc. prof. Marina Merkaš), 2016. - 2018.
Quality of life and work on Sundays (principal investigator: assoc. prof. Gordan Črpić), 2012. - 2013.
