PristupačnostErik Brezovec
About employee
doc. dr. sc. Erik Brezovec
Wednesday: 11 - 12, room 018.
Teaching
undergraduate
- Fundamentals of Market Research (64552) - Lecturer in charge
- Microsociological Theories (269846) - Lecturer in charge
- Sociology of Religion (253975) - Lecturer in charge
graduate
- Contemporary social theory (211167) - Lecturer in charge
- Contemporary Sociological Theories (53911) - Lecturer in charge
- Phenomenological Sociology (269958) - Lecturer in charge
- Social Cognition and Perception (218470) - Lecturer in charge
- Sociology of Social Changes (211170) - Lecturer in charge
Biography
Erik Brezovec was born on August, 25th 1992 in Varaždin. He graduated sociology at the Faculty of Croatian Studies University of Zagreb. He got his PhD at the Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences in 2021. The topic of his PhD has been Social Inclusion and Exclusion of Alcohol Consumption in Krapinsko-zagorska County.
In his work, he examines the relationship between society and technology and the sociology of knowledge, with a narrower focus on Luhmann’s theory of social systems and on how programmes, mechanisms, and forms of knowledge are stabilised through communication. He is the co-founder of the Cambridge Global Knowledge Nexus, an initiative focused on the social implications of generative artificial intelligence and on transferring theoretical insights into practice (education, public policy, organisations). Also, he serves as a guest editor of a special issue of the journal AI & Society (Springer) devoted to generative AI and society. He is a co-organiser of the annual Cambridge Generative AI in Education conference at the University of Cambridge.
Erik is the author of dozens of scholarly and professional publications and one monograph. He is a member of the Croatian Sociological Association, where he serves as Secretary of the Section for Theoretical Sociology.
Scientific publications (CroRIS)
Hypochondria as a feature of modernity
Structural-interactional Determinants of Patriotism in Croatian Society: The Connection Between Positive and/or Negative Images of Patriotism and Trust in Institutions
Perception of social control and marijuana use among Zagreb students
Society and Alcohol Consumption: Example of Krapinsko-zagorska County
Sustavna dijalektika ocjenjivanja u osnovnim školama – primjer Grada Zagreba
Sustavna dijalektika ocjenjivanja u osnovnim školama – primjer Grada Zagreba
The Risk (COVID–19) Society — Between Instrumental and Axiological Rationality
Socio-economic determinants of professional identity for students of three-year vocational schools:we leave or stay (where we are valued more)
The Possibilities of Applying GPS Technology in Sociological Research
Political socialization of students at the University of Zagreb: the releationship between students and parental political orientations
Sociological aspects of changing street and square names in the city of Zagreb since the independence of Croatia
PHENOMENOLOGY AS THE ANALITICAL AND EMPIRICAL TOOL IN SOCIAL AND HUMANISTIC SCIENCES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RELIGION FOR THE COLLECTIVE IDENTITY OF JANJEVO COMMUNITY IN REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Lokalna politika u Republici Hrvatskoj i doba refleksivne modernosti: primjer lokalnih izbora 2017. godine u gradu Zaprešiću
Fenomenologija odnosa nacionalnoga i kulturnoga identiteta u hrvatskom društvu
Prevention and threatment of addiction behaviour: Gambling, Internet and other Informational Technologies
The epistemological potential of phenomenology in discovering the ideological aspects of social life
The skill guiding the Initial Conversation with Gambler
Fear of addictologists against the fears of addicts
Potentials for the return of Croatian emigrants and their descendants to study or work in the Republic of Croatia
Iskustvo i značenje rizika suvremenog društva. Studija slučaja: Refleksija rizika suvremenog društva prema religijskoj zajednici islama u Republici Hrvatskoj
Social Significance of Addiction
Correlation of National and Confesional Identity of Croatian emmigrants in Australia
List of select publications
1. Brezovec, E., Ježovita, J., & Watson, S. (2025). Theory and methodology in sociology–Guiding distinction. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 0(early view), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3136
2. Watson, S., Brezovec, E. & Romic, J. The role of generative AI in academic and scientific authorship: an autopoietic perspective. AI & Soc (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-02174-w
3. Brezovec, E., & Schweiger, S. (2024). What is a green capitalism? Insights from the social system theory. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3047
4. Miškić, F., Brezovec, E. i Dubreta, N. (2023). Perception of Social Control of Marijuana among Zagreb Students – Findings on Gender Dimension. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 21 (6), 594-606. https://doi.org/10.7906/indecs.21.6.5
5. Dubreta, N., Brezovec, E. & Miškić, F. (2023). The perception of Social Control and Marijuana Use Among Zagreb Students. Jahr, 14 (2), 265-289. https://doi.org/10.21860/j.14.2.2