From 5 to 9 October 2026, Dr. Angelika Zanki visited the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb (Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu) as part of the Erasmus+ programme.
The training mobility continued the existing academic and institutional cooperation between the two institutions and provided an opportunity to further develop this partnership. The host institution was the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology (Odsjek za etnologiju i kulturnu antropologiju). The department’s research profile includes migration, cultural identity, minority communities, and processes taking place within diasporic communities. This provides a valuable academic context for Dr. Zanki’s research on Croatian emigration to South America and return migrants.
An important part of the mobility involved academic consultations and opportunity to discuss current activities undertaken by both departments, ongoing research projects, and plans for future academic initiatives.
The mobility also included an exchange of experience in research project management, including projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC). Dr. Zanki shared insights gained through her role as manager and facilitator of an ERC Starting Grant Spectral Recycling. Another important topic was the dissemination and promotion of research findings. The meetings provided an opportunity to present experience and good practices developed at Dr. Zanki’s home institution, as well as to exchange perspectives on the organisation of academic work, doctoral training, and communicating research achievements to different audiences.
The knowledge gained and materials collected during the mobility will support further research and teaching activities, particularly in courses devoted to science communication, research promotion, and presenting research findings to diverse audiences.
