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Ana Cikač, Assistant, Young Researcher

Institute for Kinesiology Research, IKARUS

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Fields of Research Interest:

  • Sociology
  • Sociology of Sport
  • Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • Studies of Everyday Life

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree: Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, 2019

Master’s Degree: Cultural Studies and Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, 2023

PhD candidate, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana

Employment:
Young Researcher, Institute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre Koper, 2023–

Achievements and Awards:
Certificate of Presentation Young Researcher Award for oral presentation on International Scientific Conference Exercise and Quality of Life, Novi Sad, 2024

Graduate Paper Award, the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA), Jyväskylä, Finland, 2026

Selected Publications:
Cikač, A., & Pišot, S. (2025). Interpersonal relationships as coping mechanisms during bed rest: A thematic synthesis literature review. Frontiers in Psyhology, 15, 1–11.

Cikač, A., Teraž, K., & Pišot, S. (2024). Subjective assessment of sedentary behavior between theory and practice: Pilot study using the “Sedentary meter”. Exercise and Quality of Life, 16(2).

PIŠOT, Saša, CIKAČ, Ana. Understanding sports injuries: examining coping mechanisms for injury and pain, in female team athletes. V: Sport, democracy, inequality and beyond: book of abstracts: 20th European conference for the sociology of sport: 4th-7th June – Madrid, Spain. [S. l.: s. n.], 2024. Str. 112.

SICRIS: List of Publications and Projects