Imin - Former and External Associates

- Ph.D. from the Department of Indology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Bonn University in 1974
- B.A. in Indology (1969); B.A. in English Language and Literature (1967) from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb

Employment and Professional Experience:

- Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb (1976- )
- Assistant at the Department of Indology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb (1974-1976)

- chairperson of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies in Zagreb (2000-2002; 2006-2008)
- member of the Editorial Board of Migracijske i etničke teme (1985-1988; 1997- )

Research Interests:

ethnicity and religion, ethnicity and politics, ethnic conflicts, ethnic minorities, migration, diaspora, cultural policies

Projects:

Head of national projects:
- Croatian Ethnic Development and Plurality: A Comparative View, 2002-2006
- Croatian Ethnic Development in a Comparative Perspective, 1996-2002

Research associate at the international project:
- Portugese, Norwegians and Croats in Canada: A Comparative Analysis, since 2002; included: Centre for Study of Migrations and Intercultural relations (CEMRI), Universidade Aberta, Lisboa and the Department of Humanistic Studies, Stavanger University College, Stavanger

Coordination of the Croatian section of the international project:
- Learning Migration – Learning about Migration and Intercultural Relations in School and Teacher Training, 2005-2008, Socrates Programme – Comenius 3 Network (Brussels); project coordination: Stavanger University College, Norway
- Migration and Intercultural Relations – Challenge for European Schools Today, 2002-2005, Socrates Programme – Comenius 3 Network (Brussels); project coordination: Stavanger University College, Norway

Research associate at the project:
- Intercultural Approach to Ethnic Diversity and Identity: Croatia – Europe, 2007-
- Croatian social gathering in overseas countries, 1991-1995

Selected Bibliography:

a) Books

- (ed.) Etničnost, nacija, identitet: Hrvatska i Europa. Zagreb: Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Naklada Jesenski i Turk, HSD, 1998 (coeditor Josip Kumpes).

b) Articles in journals and book chapters

- "Multikulturne politike i međuetnički odnosi: Kanada", Migracijske i etničke teme, Zagreb, 2005, no. 1-2, pp. 55-68.

- "Ethnic and Cultural Identity of Muslim Immigrants in Western Europe", AEMI Journal, Stavanger, vol. 2, 2004, pp. 106-118.

- "Etničnost i modernizacija: Indijski potkontinent", Migracijske i etničke teme, Zagreb, 2003, no. 2-3, pp. 269-289.

- "Muslimanske (manjinske) zajednice u jugoistočnoj Europi”, Međunarodne studije – časopis za međunarodne odnose, vanjsku politiku i diplomaciju, Zagreb, 2001, no. 1, pp. 120-138.

- "Uloga religije u oblikovanju etničkog identiteta: islam i muslimani na Indijskom potkontinentu", in: Trava od srca – Hrvatske Indije II (eds E. Čaušević, Z. Matišić, B. Merlin, M. Ždralović). Zagreb: Sekcija za orijentalistiku HFD-a, FF Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2000, pp. 435-469.

- "Nove etničke manjine u Europi", Politička misao, Zagreb, 2000, no. 2, pp. 99-108.

- "Religija kao izraz etničkog i kulturnog identiteta: islam i muslimani u zapadnoj Europi", in: Jadranka Čačić-Kumpes (ed.). Kultura, etničnost, identitet. Zagreb: Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Naklada Jesenski i Turk, HSD, 1999, pp. 261-273.

- "Oblici etničnosti u Europi i osnovne značajke odnosa zemalja imigracije prema novim etničkim manjinama", in: R. Čičak-Chand, J. Kumpes (eds). Etničnost, nacija, identitet: Hrvatska i Europa. Zagreb: Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Naklada Jesenski i Turk, HSD, 1998, pp. 56-73.

- "Religija - etničnost - politika", Revija za sociologiju, Zagreb, 1998, no. 3-4, pp. 179-193.

- "Muslim Minority (Immigrant) Communities in Europe: A Socio-Cultural Perspective", Political Thought, Kiev, 1998, no. 1, pp. 91-108.

- "Migracije i etničnost: osnovne značajke južnoazijske dijaspore u Velikoj Britaniji", Migracijske teme, Zagreb, 1996, no. 4, pp. 289-309.

- "Hrvatske etničke župe u Kanadi: značaj i djelovanje", Migracijske teme, Zagreb, 1993, no. 2, pp. 117-139.

- "Religion, Ethnic Identity and Political Conflict in Sri Lanka", in: Contacts between Cultures - South Asia, vol. 2 (ed. K. J. Koppedrayer). Queenston (Canada): Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, pp. 380-387.

- "Naznake o nekim etničkim manjinama u Kanadi", Migracijske teme, Zagreb, 1991, no. 1, pp. 1-12.

- "Politics of Religion and Ethnicity in the Punjab", in: Indica et Tibetica 21 - Frank-Richard Hamm Memorial Volume (ed. H. Eimer). Bonn: Indica et Tibetica Verlag, 1990, pp. 47-57.