Dr. Zdenko Braičić, Associate Professor
Associate professor at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb.
Keynote Speech Title:Mutual Relations of Geographical Distribution of Population and Economic Activities: Examples from Croatia
6th Edition Keynote Speaker
Zdenko Braičić is associate professor at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb. He received his doctoral degree from the same University in 2011. He teaches Geography and Didactics of Science and Society. His research interests include economic and industrial geography as well as geography of education.
ICRSH Past Speakers
Mihaela Aghenitei is a PhD Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences at the University of the “Lower Danube” and participates in a grant funded from the funds of the research project carried out by the University “Lower Danube” from Galati. She is an associate researcher at the Institute of Legal Research – Romanian Academy and a member of ELI and ESIL. She has published 81 articles indexed in national and international databases and 5 specialized books in criminal law.
Dr. Irina Mukhina, Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department, has been teaching Russian, Central European and World history at Assumption College, Worcester, MA, since 2007. She is also the author of dozens of scholarly publications, including books (Women and the Birth of Russian Capitalism: The History of the Shuttle Trade, 1987-1998, and The Germans of the Soviet Union), book chapters, articles, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, and review essays. Dr. Mukhina is currently working on a manuscript-length project titled GULAG Spaces in Public Memory and Daily Life.
Ms. Diana Nurmukan
Ms. Diana Nurmukan is a bachelor at the K.Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University. She is member of the Eurasian Union of Designers. Studies engineering graphics and the art of design. She is a participant of international conferences. Awarded the title of “Best Student of 2019” at the national level. Participated in various art competitions and exhibitions (Czech Republic, Turkey).
Dr. Seppo Poutanen
Dr. Seppo Poutanen is Senior Research Fellow and Docent of sociology at School of Economics of University of Turku, Finland. His areas of expertise extend from sociology of science & technology and gender studies to work life studies. Dr. Poutanen’s latest publications include two books: Gender and Innovation in the New Economy, with Anne Kovalainen (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and Digital Work and the Platform Economy, edited with Anne Kovalainen and Petri Rouvinen (London & New York: Routledge, 2020).
Dr. Allassad Alhuzail, senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, Sapir Academic College, Israel. Her research deals with the implications of social change for the lives of three generations of Bedouin women; Poverty; youth at risk; Indigenous social work and social work in conflict areas; women in traditional, and religious societies.
Zdenko Braičić graduated in geography from University of Zagreb. He received his doctoral degree from the same University in 2011 (topic of doctoral thesis: Socio-geographical transformation of Sisak and Petrinja under the influence of industry). Currently, Zdenko Braičić works at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb. His research interests include economic and industrial geography as well as regional geography of Croatia.
Lu Ying has received her Master Degree in Thai Studies from Chulalongkorn University. Her areas of Interest are Thai Studies; Gender studies; Overseas Chinese studies. She has been awarded: University-level Academic Scholarship from 2014 to 2017, The Third Prize in the 5th National Students Writing Competition, and The Third Prize of Excellent Science Fiction in the 23rd Kunming China Adolescents Science & Technology Innovation Contest.
Tipu Sultan is a Doctoral Student in Sociology (Oct. 2020-to date), at Bielefeld Graduate School of History and sociology, Germany. His Research Interests are Gender and Household. Life course research, Work-Life Balance, Family Studies, Gender and Social Inequality. He has got Master’s degree in European Political Sociology (2010) from Dalarna University, Falun Sweden, and Master in Sociology (2007) at Punjab University, Pakistan .