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Bibliographic research performance and CRIS
Research Interests
- Migration
- Childhood studies
- Child-centred approaches
- Qualitative research
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 2004
Master of Science in Sociology, University of Turku, Finland, and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 2009
PhD in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 2024
Employment
Research Associate, ZRS Koper, 2006–
Assistant and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Tourism Studies, University of Primorska, 2009–2021
Positions and Memberships
Member of the Presidency of the Slovenian Sociological Association
Member of the European Sociological Association
Head of the Centre for Public Opinion Research, Institute for Social Studies, ZRS Koper, 2013–2021
Achievements and Awards
Research Fellowship, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary, 2020
Special Award of the Slovenian Sociological Association as a member of the research team of the Institute for Social Studies, ZRS Koper, 2020
Glasnik znanosti Award as a member of the research team of the Institute for Social Studies, ZRS Koper, 2019
Research Fellowship, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2013
Projects
EXPECT_Art – Exploring and Educating Cultural Literacy Through Art, funded under the Horizon programme – HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01, 101132662, 2024–2026, Researcher
GUIDEPREP – Growing Up in Digital Europe PREparation Phase, preparatory phase of the longitudinal GUIDE project, HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-02 – 101078945 GUIDE (Growing Up In Digital Europe: EuroCohort), 2022–2026, Researcher
N.E.A.R. to Guardians – Networking and Exchange Activities to Reinforce Guardianship on Housing, Labour and Education, AMIF-2023-AMIF, 101140815, 2024–2026, Researcher
MiCreate – Migrant Children in a Transforming Europe, Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Action, 2019–2022, Quantitative Research Coordinator
Community Linkage – Improving Gender-Based Violence Service Provision through the Empowerment of Migrant Women as Community-Based Mentors, Trainers, and Agents of Change, CERV Daphne programme, 2022–2024, Researcher
PITCH – Model for Gender-Sensitive Integration Strategies Based on Personalised, Participatory, Local, and Multi-Stakeholder Approaches, AMIF programme, 2022–2024
Member of Research Programme Group P6-0279: Border Areas – Areas of Cultural and Social Coexistence in the Age of Risk and Vulnerability, Researcher
Selected Publications
Gornik, Barbara, Medarić, Zorana, and Sedmak, Mateja (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Child-Centered Approaches. Oxford University Press, 2025.
Medarić, Zorana, Gornik, Barbara, Sedmak, Mateja. What About the Family?: The Role and Meaning of Family in the Integration of Migrant Children: Evidence from Slovenian Schools. Frontiers in Education, 2022, 7, 1–12.
Medarić, Zorana. Migrant Children and Child-Centredness: Experiences from Slovenian Schools. Annales: Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije. Series Historia et Sociologia, 30(4), 2020, 543–558.grants from the University of Canterbury, National Centre for Research on Europe, Christchurch, New Zealand (2013), NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway (2015) and Pannonia University, Hungary (2020).
