Ivan Perkov

undergraduate

• Pos-Industrial Society (285534) - Lecturer in charge
• Society and Sustainability (130891) - Lecturer in charge
• Sociological Topics and Perspectives 1 (269820) - Lecturer in charge
• Sociological Topics and Perspectives 2 (269828) - Lecturer in charge
• Sociology of Space (200700) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Student's Internship (269863) - Lecturer in charge
• The Holocaust (285544) - Lecturer in charge

Ivan Perkov was born in 1989 in Split. He completed his undergraduate studies in sociology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split in 2010, with a final thesis entitled “Political Engagement of Youth in Split”. He obtained his Master’s degree in sociology in 2013 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, defending a thesis entitled “Europeanisation of the Croatian Security Discourse” (supervisor: Mirko Bilandžić). From 2017 to 2021, he attended the postgraduate doctoral programme in sociology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, and in 2021 defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Social Aspects of the Waste Management System in Zagreb” (supervisors: Anka Mišetić and Ognjen Čaldarović). He is a recipient of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Excellence Scholarship for doctoral studies.

From 2014 to 2017, he was employed at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb. Since 2017, he has been employed at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Croatian Studies, initially as a research assistant and, since 2022, as an assistant professor in the field of social sciences, discipline of sociology, sub-discipline of special sociologies. His main areas of scientific and professional interest include urban sociology, sociology of risk, political sociology, and social ecology. He is the course leader of several courses at the Department of Sociology, among which the courses “Risk Society”, launched in collaboration with the renowned Dutch professor Joost van Loon, and “Holocaust”, developed in collaboration with Professor Renato Matić, stand out. Since 2026, he has also been the course leader of “Culture Wars: Challenges for Contemporary Sociology”, taught within the module Advanced Sociological Theories (Fortgeschrittene Soziologische Theorien) at the prestigious German university Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

For more than a decade, he worked as an editor in academic journalism at the Croatian University Newspaper Universitas, where he published numerous thematic features, analyses, and interviews with prominent members of the academic community. He participated in the establishment of the first Croatian student portal, studentski.hr. He regularly publishes popular-scientific and analytical articles in daily and weekly newspapers and appears in radio and television programmes. In 2023, he received the Award for Young Scientists and Artists granted by the Society of University Teachers and Other Scientists in Zagreb.

From 2022 to 2024, he served as Vice-Dean for Business Affairs at the Faculty of Croatian Studies. He is active in professional associations and is a member of the Croatian Bioethics Society, the Croatian Philosophical Society, the American Sociological Association, and the European Sociological Association. He is also an active member of Matica hrvatska, a central Croatian cultural institution, and serves as Secretary of its Department of Sociology.

He has published numerous articles in scientific journals and edited volumes of international conferences and has participated as a presenter at more than 25 international scientific conferences. He is the author of the book “Društvo otpada” (Waste Society, 2022).

He is married and the father of three children.

Perkov, Ivan; Jurić Vukelić, Dunja Mentalno zdravlje studenata doktorskih studija u Hrvatskoj – psihološki i sociološki aspekti // Život i škola = Life and school, LXXI (2025), 2; 21-44. 

Perkov, Ivan Cultural Entropy and the Global Society: A Theoretical Assessment of Global Diversity Mechanics // The international journal of community diversity, 25 (2025), 2; 1-15.

Marinović Golubić, Marica; Perkov, Ivan Island Fishermen and Farmers - Forgotten Characters of One-Dimensional Island Modernisation // Mediterranean: Past, Present, Future / Jurčević, Katica ; Kaliterna Lipovčan, Ljiljana ; Medić, Rino et al. (ur.). Zagreb: Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar; VERN’ University, 2025. str. 161-168

Perkov, Ivan; Bogović, Bruno; Krovinović, Stjepan; Šarić, Petar Zagrebački spomenici kao odraz hrvatskoga društva u prostoru i vremenu // Kroatologija, XV (2024), 1; 159-180.

Perkov, Ivan Doktorske stranputice i (post)doktorski sindrom: Prilog raspravi o mentalnom zdravlju doktoranada i mladih doktora znanosti // Filozofija, bioetika i mentalno zdravlje. Zagreb: Centar za bioetiku Fakulteta filozofije i religijskih znanosti, 2024. str. 15-27

Brezovec, Erik; Ježovita, Josip; Perkov, Ivan Strukturalno-interakcijske odrednice domoljublja u hrvatskom društvu: povezanost pozitivne i/ ili negativne slike domoljublja i povjerenja u institucije // Nova prisutnost : časopis za intelektualna i duhovna pitanja, XXI (2023), 3; 585-606.

Perkov, Ivan Društvo otpada. Zagreb: Pergamena, Znanstveni centar izvrsnosti za integrativnu bioetiku, 2022 (monografija)

Perkov, Ivan Kritička analiza normativnog okvira o gospodarenju otpadom u Zagrebu i Hrvatskoj // Socijalna ekologija 2021.

Perkov, Ivan; Šarić, Petar  Samopredstavljanje na društvenim mrežama // Filozofska istraživanja 41 (3). 2021. str. 627-638

Brezovec, Erik; Ježovita, Josip; Perkov, Ivan Social Cohesion in the Croatian Adriatic: A Comparative Analysis of the Dimensions of Social Cohesion in Istria and Dalmatia // Mediterranean Issues, Book 3:Mediterranean — Impressions, Concepts, Stories. 2021. str. 95-109

Perkov, Ivan; Brezovec, Erik; Ježovita Josip Sociološki aspekti promjena naziva ulica i trgova u gradu Zagrebu od osamostaljenja Hrvatske do danas // Zbornik radova međunarodne znanstveno-stručne konferencije Migracije i identitet: kultura, ekonomija, država / Perić Kaselj, Marina (ur.). Zagreb: Institut za migracije i narodnosti, 2020. str. 135-146

Perkov, Ivan Inicijativa „Čuvamo naš park“ - analiza sadržaja medija na temu intervencije u javni prostor // Kroatologija : časopis za hrvatsku kulturu, 10 (2) 2019, str. 65-83

Perkov, Ivan; Brezovec, Erik Epistemološki potencijal fenomenologije u otkrivanju ideoloških aspekata društvenoga života // Kroatologija : časopis za hrvatsku kulturu, 9 2018, 1-2; 125-138

Perkov, Ivan Coping with Ecological Problems in Cities on the Croatian Coast: Sociological Aspects of the Karepovac Waste Disposal Recovery Process in the City Of Split // Reflections on the Mediterranean / Jurčević, Katica ; Kaliterna Lipovčan, Ljiljana ; Ramljak, Ozana (ur.). Vis: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar; VERN; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, 2019. str. 253-264

Tipurić, Darko; Perkov, Ivan Postgraduate Specialist Study Programmes: A Case of MBA Programme at Faculty Of Economics and Business, Universty of Zagreb // ICERI2017 Proceedings / Gómez Chova, L.; López Martínez, A.; Candel Torres, I. (ur.). Sevilla, Španjolska: IATED Academy, 2017. str. 989-995

Tipurić, Darko; Perkov, Ivan Introducing new study programmes at Croatian Public Universities: a critical review of the institutional framework and decision making processes // 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2016): Proceedings Sevilla, Španjolska: IATED, 2016. str. 5742-5751

Scholarship of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for Excellence in Doctoral Studies

Annual Award for Young Scientists for 2023 from the "Society of University Professors and Other Scientists in Zagreb"

Matrix Croatica

American Sociological Association - International Associate Member

European Sociological Society

Croatian Bioethical Society

Croatian Philosophical Society

Promoting Holocaust Awareness among FHS Students - Project Leader

Contemporary Labour Migration - New Residents of the City of Zagreb / Research Associate

Post-Transitional Processes in Croatian Society: Migration, Education, Identity and Sustainable Urban Development / Research Associate

Working Conditions, Safety, and Trust in Institutions among Asian and Croatian Workers in Croatia - A Comparative Perspective, Faculty of Croatian Studies  / Research Associate