Lovro Knežević
Lovro Knežević was born in Zagreb in 1998 and works as an assistant at the Department of Sociology, Catholic University of Croatia. He graduated in sociology from the same university in 2023 with a thesis titled "How Do Zagreb Students Perceive Science?", for which he received the Department Award for the best master's thesis. He is currently a PhD student in sociology at the Catholic University of Croatia and a collaborator on the project "BrAIn - Application of Digital Technologies Based on Artificial Intelligence in Education". He has also worked on international projects "Creation and Care" and "Lessons from the Past", where he analyzed new lifestyles of young people and vulnerable groups. His research interests focus on the sociology of science, knowledge, and education. He extends his interests to philosophy and the social doctrine of the Church, where he strives to interdisciplinarily connect sociology and Thomism. This is evident in his award-winning essay "Can Digital Computers Evangelise? – 'Decoding' ChatGPT with the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church" and his participation in a conference with the paper "Sociales actus humani: a Dialogue Between Thomism and Hedström's Analytical Sociology".
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Sociology of science, knowledge, and education
Impact of new technologies on society
Sociology of religion
Social doctrine of the Church
Philosophy of science and epistemology
Thomistic philosophy
PROJECTS:
BrAIn - Application of Artificial Intelligence-Based Digital Technologies in Education (Research Associate, 2024 – 2029) - Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNET and Catholic University of Croatia
Lessons from the Past, Conflicts, Recovery, and Resilience: A Case Study from Croatia (External Research Associate, 2024) - Nanovic Institute for European Studies and Catholic University of Croatia
Creation and Care: Application of New Lifestyles and Interaction of Young People With Vulnerable Social Groups/Groups of People in Need (Research Associate, 2022 - 2023) - International Postdoctoral Research Project of Assistant Professor Miriam Mary Brgles, PhD