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Ivana Maurović serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioural Disorders at the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb. Her academic profile centers on social pedagogy with specialized expertise in child and youth welfare systems, particularly within Croatia's residential care context. She actively teaches undergraduate courses including Life Story Work with Youth in Out-of-Home Care and Theoretical Basis of Sociopedagogic Interventions, alongside graduate-level instruction in Social Pedagogical Work with the Family and Violence in Youth Relationships.
Her research program critically examines family resilience dynamics among populations with complex needs, emphasizing the interplay between adverse childhood experiences and protective factors. She investigates trauma-informed interventions for youth exhibiting behavioral problems, the prevention of runaways from residential care, and professional identity development in social pedagogy. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications in institutional and family settings, consistently addressing systemic challenges in Croatian child protection services.
Analysis of her 2018-2024 publications reveals three dominant research trajectories: validation of behavioral assessment tools for Croatian youth populations, comprehensive studies on family resilience operationalization, and critical evaluations of residential care transition programs. Her methodological approach frequently combines quantitative validation studies with qualitative exploration of lived experiences, demonstrating particular rigor in cross-cultural adaptation of psychometric instruments and mixed-methods implementation research within Eastern European contexts.
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Dr. Maurović's academic leadership manifests through course development and supervision of graduate theses focused on sociopedagogical interventions. Her project portfolio includes federally funded evaluations of Croatia's youth care transition programs and institutional needs assessments for facilities like Osijek's Child and Youth Care Home. She actively contributes to knowledge translation through conference presentations at international resilience forums including the World Congress on Resilience in Paris and Pathways to Resilience in Halifax.
As a core faculty member, she operates within the Department of Behavioural Disorders' research ecosystem which includes specialized laboratories such as the Laboratory for Prevention Research and Laboratory for Psycholinguistic Research. These facilities support her investigations into behavioral assessment tools and intervention efficacy, while the faculty's Teaching and Clinical Centre provides direct practice contexts for her trauma-informed pedagogical approaches.
