Leali Osmančević
Dr. Leali Osmančević is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Researcher at the Department of Communication Sciences at the Catholic University of Croatia. She earned her degree in Communication Sciences and completed her PhD at the University of Zagreb with a dissertation on “Children and Media-Constructed Reality.” She has completed specialized national and international training in nonviolent communication and regularly leads workshops on nonviolent communication, emotional literacy, and media education. She is one of the co-organizers of the first international Summer School on Nonviolence and Nonviolent Communication, held within the Erasmus+ BIP program. Her academic and professional interests include media ethics, communication skills, media literacy, and the relationship between identity and digital technologies. She actively contributes to research projects focused on children, parenting, disinformation, and the digital society. She collaborates with international scholars and promotes public understanding of science through contributions to radio and television programs on youth, family, and media.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Children and media, media and digital literacy, nonviolent communication, media audiences and generations, visual communication, media ethics, communication skills
COURSES:
Media Education
Global Media Education
Media Ethics
Non-Violent Communication
Analysis of Media Texts
PROJECTS:
Active Parenting: Support and Counseling (2023–2024, HRD Bios; project lead: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Josip Bošnjaković)
KAT – Critical Analysis of Disinformation on Religious Topics (2023–2025, Catholic University of Croatia; project lead: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lana Ciboci Perša)
Identity and Technology – Processes of Identification and Interaction with New Technologies (2025, Catholic University of Croatia; project lead: Assist. Prof. Dr. Lucija Mihaljević)