Ružica ČIČAK-CHAND, Ph.D.

• Ph.D. in Indology (1974), Indologisches Seminar der Philosophischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn (DAAD scholarship - Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst); Comparative Study of Religions (Seminar für Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft), Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
• M.A. Indology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb (1969).
• B.A. English language and literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb (1967)

• 1976-2010 - Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb
• 1974-1976 - Assistant at the Department of Indology and Oriental Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

Research specialization/lectures/ abroad:

• 2004 -  Department of Sociology, University of Pune, Pune, India (1 month).
• 2002 - Institute of History and Philosophy, Stavanger University, Stavanger, Norway; The Research Council of Norway Grant (2 weeks).
• 1991 -– Institute of Social Sciences Department, Mumbai, Bombay, India (2 months)
• 1988 - Centre for Southasian Studies, University of Madras, Madras, India; International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka (10 months)
• 1987 - Institute for South Asian Studies, University of Heidelberg (DAAD fellowship) (3 months)
• 1982 - Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal. Nehru University, New Delhi (University Grants Commission - UGC fellowship) (10  months)
• 1978 -  Forschungsinstitut der Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, Bonn (2 months)

• etnicity and ethnic relations, ethnicity and religion, ethnic conflicts, ethnic minorities, migration, multiculturalism, diaspora, cultural policies

Head of the national research 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  (2002-2004); 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 EU Comenius network projects

• LearningMigration: Equality in Education (2005-2008), Socrates Programme, Comenius 3 network; main project coordination: Stavanger University, Stavanger, Norway
• Migration and Intercultural Relations – Challenge for European Schools Today (2002-2005), Comenius 3 network; project coordination: Stavanger University, Stavanger, Norway
   

Research associate at the projects

• Intercultural Approach to Ethnic Diversity and Identity: Croatia - Europe - India (2007-2014)
• Croats in Overseas Countries /Canada/ (1991-1995)
• Migration and Social Development (1987-1990)

Book

• R. Čičak-Chand and J. Kumpes (eds.). Etničnost, nacija, identitet. Zagreb: Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Naklada Jesenski i Turk and Hrvatsko sociološko društvo, 1998.

Book chapters

• Oblici etničnosti u Europi i osnovne značajke odnosa zemalja imigracije prema novim etničkim manjinama, in:  R. Čičak-Chand and J. Kumpes (eds.). Etničnost, nacija, identitet. Zagreb: Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Naklada Jesenski i Turk andi Hrvatsko sociološko društvo, 1998, pp. 57-69.
• Uloga religije u oblikovanju etničkog identiteta: islam i muslimani na Indijskom potkontinentu, in: Čaušević, Matišić, Merin, Ždralović (eds.). Trava od srca - Hrvatske Indije II.Zagreb: Sekcija za orijentalistiku and Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2000, pp. 435-469.
• Religija kao izraz etničkog i kulturnog identiteta: islam i muslimani u zapadnoj Europi, in: J. Čačić-Kumpes(ed.). Kultura, etničnost, identitet. Zagreb: Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Naklada Jesenski i Turk and Hrvatsko sociološko društvo, 1999, pp. 261-273.
• Religion, Ethnic Identity and Political Conflict in Sri Lanka,in: K. J. Koppedrayer (ed.). Contacts between Cultures – South Asia, vol. 2. Queenston (Canada): Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, pp. 380-386.
• Politics of Religion and Ethnicity in Punjab, in: H. Eimer (ed.). Frank-Richard Hamm Memorial Volume (Indica et Tibetica, Bd. 21). Bonn: Indica and Tibetica Verlag, 1990, pp. 47-57.

Articles in journals

• Indijski muslimani: manjina između marginalnosti i participacije, Časopis za kulturu i društvena istraživanja Behar/Journal for cultural and social research Behar, 2009, no. 87/88, pp. 82-88.
• Manjine u Indiji: demokracija i modernizacija tradicije, Migracijske i etničke teme, Zagreb, 2008, no. 3, pp. 165-188.
• 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, 2004, vol. 2, 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/International Studies, Zagreb, 2001, vol. 1, pp. 120-138.
• Nove etničke manjine u Europi, Politička misao, Zagreb, 2000, no. 2, pp. 99-108.
• Religija – etničnost – politika, Revija za sociologiju, Zagreb, 1998, no. 3-4, pp. 179-193.
• Migracije i etničnost: osnovne značajke južnoazijske dijaspore u Velikoj Britaniji, Migracijske teme, Zagreb, 1996, no. 4, pp. 288-309.
• Hrvatske etničke župe u Kanadi: značaj i djelovanje, Migracijske teme, Zagreb, 1993, no. 2, pp. 117-139.