Luka Šikić
Asst. Prof. Dr. Luka Šikić is a faculty member at the Catholic University of Croatia. He earned his PhD in Economics from the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb. Parts of his doctoral training were completed at the University of Vienna (Vienna Graduate School of Economics) and the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in International Economics from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Kiel Advanced Studies Program). Prior to joining his current department, he worked at the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences in Zagreb and at the Faculty of Croatian Studies.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Macroeconomics and financial markets
Machine learning and data science
Econometrics and quantitative modelling
Natural-language processing (NLP, LLMs)
COURSES:
Fundamentals of Statistics
Data Processing
Data Science for Social Scientists
Multivariate Statistical Methods
Introduction to Statistics
Applied Statistics
Quantitative & Qualitative Research Methods
Legal Sources and Methodology of Legal Research
Digital Communication Channels in Journalism
New Media and Web Technologies
PROJECTS :
Representation and Analysis of Catholic-themed Content in the Croatian Digital Media Space – DigiKat project (PI: Luka Šikić)
Critical Analysis of Disinformation on Religious Topics – DIGITHEAL/KAT project (PI: Lana Ciboci Perša)
