Marija Šakić Velić
Associate professor at the University Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of Croatia. She graduated in Psychology from the Faculty of Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb in 2002. She earned her Ph.D. in 2010 from the University of Zagreb. From 2004 to 2023, she worked at the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar in Zagreb, and since 2013, she has also been employed at the University Department of Psychology at the Catholic University of Croatia.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Developmental psychology and educational psychology, particularly adjustment and well-being of children and adolescents in the school context.
COURSES:
Childhood Psychology
Psychology of Adolescence
Educational Psychology
Child and Youth Development in School Context
Parenting and Child Development
PROJECTS:
She collaborated in the realization of more than 20 scientific and research projects. Some of the projects she is currently collaborating on or has collaborated on in the past 5 years are:
Application of Artificial Intelligence-Based Digital Technologies in Education – BrAIn (2023. – 2029.; funding: European Union, European Social Fund, Croatian State Budget; project leader: CARNET; research team leader at CUC (project partner): Assoc. prof. Marina Merkaš, PhD)
Highly Interactive Guidance Helpful For Leadership in Educationally Relevant Skills (HighFliers) (2020. – 2023.; funding: Erasmus+; project team leader at the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar (project partner): dr. sc. Josip Burušić)
Improving Skills in Vocational Education and Training (ImproVET) (2018. – 2021.; funding: Erasmus+; project team leader at the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar (project partner): dr. sc. Josip Burušić)
STEM career aspirations during primary schooling: A cohort-sequential longitudinal study of relations between achievement, self-competence beliefs and career interests (JOBSTEM) (2015. – 2019.; funding: Croatian Science Foundation; project leader: dr. sc. Josip Burušić)
