Ana MALNAR, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Academic education:

Ph.D. from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb (2001)
M.S. from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Zagreb (1995)
B.S. from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb (1991)

Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb (2011 - )
Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb (1992 - 2010)
Teaching the "Anthropological demography" course within the graduate program of Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb (2011)
Seminar the „Introduction of Biological Anthropology" at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Zagreb (2007 -2010)
Seminar the „Introduction of Anthropology" at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb (2007 - 2010)
Member - Croatian Anthropological Society
Member - European Anthropological Association
Member – Organizing Committee – International scientific workshop: "School of Biological Anthropology", Zagreb, Croatia
Member – Organizing Committee – International scientific workshop: "Anthropology and Health", Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik – Hvar, Croatia (Secretary of the course 1992)
Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal: "Collegium Antropologicum"

anthropological demography, migration, population structure of isolated population, demographic processes and security
investigations of cultural and social changes and modernity competences among youth, stress

National scientific projects

Anthropological investigations of the population structure of Croatia" (Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Croatia RH 3-01-133, 1992–1996)
The Population Structure of Croatia – Sociocultural Approach" within the programme: "Anthropological Research of the Population Structure in Croatia" (019601), Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia (01960102) 1996–2002..
The Population Structure of Croatia – Sociocultural Approach ( Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, Republic of Croatia; 01960102, 2002-2006)
Population structure of Croatia – antropogenetic approach ( Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, 196-1962766-2751, 2007–2011)
The Influence of Migration on Regional Development in Croatia (IMIN, 2007-2014)
Modernity Stress, Youth and Migration (The Croatian Scientific Foundation (09.01./408, 2014-2017)

International scientific projects

Biological and Cultural Microdifferentiation Among Rural Populations (Middle Dalmatia – Croatia), (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA; JFP-259, 1992–1997)
Etude pluridisciplinaire des Dogons de Sangha, République de Mali ( Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France, member of the Croatian research team, 1993–1996)
Genetics of Metabolic Syndrome in an Island Population (NIH-R01-DK069845, National Institutes of Health, SAD, 2007–2011)

Book and book chapters

Malnar, A.: Anthropological researches as a support to the planning of public health in Africa. In: Anthropology and public health, Ed..: M. Vidovič, Ljubljana, National Institute of Public Health, 65 – 81, 2016.
Malnar, A.: Hrvatska i Turska-stoljetni odnosi koji imaju budućnost in Hrvatska i Turska Povijesno-kulturni pregled, Srednja Europa and Institute Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, 127-135, 2016.

Articles in journals

Peternel, Lana; Malnar, Ana; Martinović Klarić Irena. The analysis of cultural consensus model of two good life sub-domains - health & well-being and migration & socio-economic milieu - in three population groups from Croatia. Journal of Biosocial Science. 7 (2014) 3; 1-24.
Peternel, Lana; Malnar, Ana; Martinović Klarić, Irena. Cultural Importance of Two Lifestyle Sub-Domains (Education & Professional Life and Intimate & Family Relationships) in Croatian Youth: Significance for Holistic Anthropological Research. Journal of Anthropological Research. 70 (2014): 411-437. doi:10.399/jar.0521004.0070.304
Peternel, Lana; Malnar, Ana; Martinović Klarić, Irena. The analysis of cultural consensus model of two good life sub-domains - health & well-being and migration & socio-economic milieu - in three population groups from Croatia. Journal of biosocial science. 47 (2015), 4; 469-492. doi:10.1017/S0021932014000194
Malnar, D. i Malnar, A.: Demographic Security Trends in Southeastern Europe, Croatian International Relations Review, 21 (2015), 73 57-87., Institut za razvoj i međunarodne odnose, Zagreb.
Peternel, L., Malnar, A., Martinović Klarić, I.: Content and Distribution of Cultural Knowledge about Leisure Time, Social Participation and Material Goods: Significance for Holistic Anthropological Research of Psychosocial Stress in Croatian Youth. Anthropos Journal, 112 (2017), 1; 243-255.

Sujoldžić, A., A. Marković, A. Chaventre. The population structure of the Island of Krk - geomorphology, demography and linguistics. Collegium Antropologicum 16: 413-425, 1992.
Sujoldžić, A., A. Marković, P. Šimunović, B. Finka. Govori otoka Krka – Uvod u antropološka istraživanja, HAZU, Filologija, Knjiga 20-21, Zagreb, 1992.-1993.
Marković, I., A. Sujoldžić, A. Malnar, A. Chavantre. Endemic goitre, Migration and nutrition of the Dogon population. Collegium Antropologicum 20: 263-275, 1996.
Malnar, A. Estimation of inbreeding, kinship and genetic distances from surnames – costal population of Middle Dalmatia, Croatia. Collegium Antropologicum 26: 411-421, 2002.
Malnar, A., N. Viličić, V. Jovanović. Demographic development of the Middle Dalmatian cost and simulation of trends in population density by the LOPI Model. Collegium Antropologicum 26: 25-37, 2002.
Malnar, A. Population structure in the island of Ugljan – Demographic processes and marital migration. Collegium Antropologicum 32: 1239-1250, 2008.
Prodipto, P., M. Mihanović, S. Molnar, X. Huifeng, S. Guangyun, G. Saurav, N. Jeran, A. Tomljenović, A. Malnar, S. Missoni, R. Deka, P. Rudan, Association of tagging SNPs on eight candidate genes in the dopaminergic pathway with schizophrenia in a Croatian Population. Croatian Medical Journal 50 (2009) 4: 361-369.