Bruno Škrinjarić, PhD

Education

• 2012 - 2020 Doctoral studies in Economics, Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany and the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 2010 - 2011 Master's degree in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2006 - 2011 Bachelor's degree in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb

Employment and work experience

• 2020 - today: The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, research associate at the Department for Innovation, Business Economics and Business Sectors
• 2011 - 2020: The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, research assistant at the Department for Innovation, Business Economics and Business Sectors

Non-formal education

• 2024 Web scraping and management for data scientists in R, Global School in Empirical Research Methods (GSERM), St. Gallen, Switzerland
  2021 Introduction into SEM, Global School in Empirical Research methods (GSERM), St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2017 Data analysis in R, Amsterdam Summer School, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2016 Lectures on Economics of Education, Barcelona GSE, Barcelona, Spain
• 2016 Regression 2 - Linear models and Advanced time series analysis, Global School in Empirical Research Methods (GSERM), St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2016 Web surveys - visual design and delivery, Social Research Association (SRA), Cardiff, United Kingdom
• 2015 Questionnaire design, NatCen Social Research, London, United Kingdom

Teaching

• 02/2015 - today: teaching associate in courses Principles of Economics, Microeconomics; Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 10/2016: student workshop „Development and implementation of an online survey and analysis of key competences in Economics and business field“, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 02/2016: Workshop in key software - LaTeX, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 09/2015: Workshop in key software - Stata, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 10/2013: Workshop in key software - EndNote, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb

Research grants and research projects

• 2025 - 2028: Adoption of artificial intelligence in public administration to combat corruption (AI-PACOR), Croatian Science Foundation, investigator
• 2020 - 2024: Consumer resilience to online privacy violation (REPRICON), Croatian Science Foundation, investigator
• 2021 - 2022: Corruption as an obstacle to efficiently fighting the Covid-19 pandemic (PANCORR), TvojGrant@EIZ, project leader
• 2015 - 2018: Investigating the impact of the innovation union (I3U), EU Horizon 2020, investigator
• 2014 - 2017: Extended model of online privacy concern (PRICON), Croatian Science Foundation, investigator
• 2016 - 2018: Strengthening scientific and research capacity of the Institute of Economics Zagreb as a cornerstone for Croatian socioeconomic growth through the implementation of Smart Specialization Strategy (SmartEIZ), EU Horizon 2020, investigator

Fields of interest

• Economics of education
• Applied econometrics
• Labor economics

Selected Bibliography

1. Škrinjarić, B., Budak, J., Slijepčević, S., & Rajh, E. (2025). Online behavior changes: Resilience to online privacy violation. Acta Oeconomica, 75(2), 268-298. https://doi.org/10.1556/032.2025.00008
2. Aralica, Z., Anić, I.-D., Škrinjarić, B., Harmina, A., & Vlačić, E. (2025). Critical factors driving innovations and patenting in academia in S3 area “Energy and Sustainable Environment”. Technology in Society, 82, 102908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102908.
3. Kukoč, M., Škrinjarić, B., & Juračak, J. (2025). The role of public grants in shaping business performance: evidence from Croatia’s rural development program. Post-Communist Economies, 37(7), 736-750. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2025.2470003.
4. Kasović, M., Škrinjarić, B., Vespalec, T., Mojžíš, M., & Knjaz, D. (2025). From habits to harm: the effects of lifestyle, sleep, and fitness on injury risk in students using a structural equation modeling approach. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1664822. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1664822.
5. Škrinjarić, B. (2023). Competence proximity to employers’ requirements and labour market success of economics and business graduates. South East European Journal of Economics and Business, 18(2), 140-161. doi: 10.2478/jeb-2023-0024.
6. Srhoj, S., Škrinjarić, B., Radas, S., & Walde, J. (2022). Small Matching Grants for Women Entrepreneurs: Lessons from the Past Recession. Small Business Economics, 59, 117-142. doi: 10.1007/s11187-021-00524-2.