Marija Šarić, PhD
Senior Teaching and Research Assistant

BA in Sociology and English Studies, 2009, University of Zadar
MA in Sociology and English Language Education, 2011, University of Zadar
PhD in Sociology, 2021, University of Zadar and University of Teramo, Italy

Contact
Department of Sociology
University of Zadar
Šime Vitasovića 1 
23000 Zadar

msaric1@unizd.hr    

Marija Šarić is a senior teaching and research assistant at the Department of sociology of the University of Zadar. In 2021 she completed her higher education with the doctoral thesis defence at the International Joint Degree doctoral programme in the Sociology of regional and local development of the University of Zadar and University of Teramo, Italy. Through the topic of her dissertation, International circular labour migrations: experiences of women from Slavonija, she deepened her scientific interests in qualitative methodology, and sociology of work, gender, and migration. She teaches qualitative methods courses and a course on theory building in sociology, where she is dedicated to cultivating sociological imagination, and creating a space for critical thinking and open discussions. 

Projects
2024. Researcher on the project “Reconciling Private and Professional Life”, implemented within the framework of the Thematic Systemic Support by the National Foundation for Civil Society Development. The project is led by the organization B.a.B.e. – Be Active. Be Emancipated. The principal researcher for the scientific component of the project is Valerija Barada, PhD.

Additional functions 
ECTS Coordinator at the Department of sociology
Member of the Ethics Committee of the Department of Sociology
Manager of Zadar branch of the Croatian Sociological Association (HSD-Zd); Co-manager of the Section for Qualitative Research Methods (SKMI)

Published works and conference papers