Ivana Rašić, PhD

Education

• 2010 - PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2005 - MSc at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2000 - university degree at the Graduate School of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 1999 - one semester at Fachochschule für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, Eisenstadt, Austria

Employment and work experience

• 2024 - acting director at The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2021-2024 - head of the Department for Regional Development at The Institute of Economics, Zagreb 
• 2022-2024 - senior research fellow at The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2017-2022 - senior research associate at the Department for Regional Development, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2016 - head of the Department for Regional Development at The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2010-2011 - senior research assistant, junior researcher at the Department for Regional Economy, Sustainability, and Development Management, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2002-2010 - research assistant, junior researcher at the Department for Spatial Economy, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 2001-3 October 2002 - junior research assistant, junior researcher at the Department for Spatial, Regional, and Urban Economy and Protection and Economy, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb 
• 2001 - Creditreform d.o.o. Zagreb, creditworthiness clerk 
• 2000-2001 - KPMG Croatia, assistant on the project of establishing the Central State Treasury and introducing the SAP program at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia

Selected training

• 2024 - „Panel Data Econometrics and Causal Analysis“, organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2017 - „Social Media Research - Big data“, organized by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
• 2011 - „Rescaling Government: Reforming public administration and local government“ Summer School, organized by the International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS) and the European Urban Research Association (EURA)

Research grants

• 1 January 2024-currently: „Izazovi lokalnog i regionalnog razvoja u Hrvatskoj (RELI2)“, financed through the funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026 - NextGenerationEU. The project is part of the four-year Program Agreement, which the Institute of Economics, Zagreb signed with the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth of the Republic of Croatia. Project manager.
• October 2019-January 2024: „Uloga regionalnih i lokalnih jedinica u ostvarivanju ciljeva održivog razvoja - RELI2030“, scientific project by The Institute of Economics, Zagreb. Project collaborator.
• January 2022-June 2023: „Utjecaj pandemije bolesti COVID-19 na subjekte u kreativnim i kulturnim industrijama - primjer dvije županije u Republici Hrvatskoj“ scientific project. Commisioned by: The Institute of Economics, Zagreb. Project manager.
• 2017-2019: „Vinogradarstvo i klimatske promjene na području Hrvatske“ scientific project, financed by the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund and the Croatian Science Foundation. Project collaborator.
• 2016-2018: H2020-Twinning: „Strengthening scientific and research capacity of the Institute of Economics, Zagreb as a cornerstone for Croatian socioeconomic growth through the implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategy - SmartEIZ“ (H2020-TWINN-2015 within the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation programme). Project collaborator.
• 2014-2018: „Razvoj konkurentnosti hrvatskog prerađivačkog sektora“, scientific project financed by the Croatian Science Foundation (owner: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, manager: Jasna Prester, PhD). Project collaborator.
• 2015-2016: donation by CERGE-EI and Global Development Network (GDN) for the conduct of research on the topic of „Links between city specialisation and Urban labour productivity in Southeast Europe“. Prinicpal researcher.
• 2008- 2013: „Održivi razvoj, inovacije i regionalna politika Republike Hrvatske“ scientific project. Commisioned by: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. Project collaborator.
• 2007- 2008: „Ekonomski razvoj RH i približavanje EU: makro, mikroekonomija i prostor“ scientific project. Commisioned by: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. Project collaborator.
• 2001- 2002: „Osnove politike gospodarskog razvoja Republike Hrvatske“ scientific project. Commisioned by: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. Project collaborator.

Fields of interest

• multivariate analysis 
• operational research 
• econometrics 
• regional and urban economics

Selected bibliography

• Slijepčević, Sunčana, Broz, Tanja, and Ivana Rašić (2024). „The Capacities and Sustainability of Croatian Cities in Performing Municipal Services“. Sustainability, 16 (2024), pp. 1-17;  doi: 10.3390/su16177277
•  Đokić, Irena, Rašić, Ivana, and Sunčana Slijepčević. (2023). „Inovacije u javnom sektoru: jačanje otpornosti lokalnih i regionalnih jedinica u Hrvatskoj na krizu“. Ekonomska misao i praksa: časopis Sveučilišta u Dubrovniku, XXXII (2023), 1; pp. 113-132. doi:10.17818/EMIP/2023/1.6
•  Anić, Ivan Damir, Rašić, Ivana, and Zoran Aralica (2022). „What do members expect from cluster membership? The case of the Croatian wood cluster“. E&M Economics and Management, 25(2), pp. 59-74. https://doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2022-2-004
•  Rašić, Ivana; Kordej-De Villa, Željka; Vehovec, Maja. „Osiguranje vinograda kao jedan od načina upravljanja rizikom - istraživanje percepcija istarskih vinogradara“. Ekonomski pregled: mjesečnik Hrvatskog društva ekonomista Zagreb, 73 (2022), 2; 240-276. doi:10.32910/ep.73.2.4
•  Kordej-De Villa, Željka and Ivana Rašić (2021). „Integrating Coastal Zone Management into National Development Policies - the Case of Croatia“ in: Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella, and Alys Solly, eds., Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans - Challenges and Prospects of Regional Cooperation, pp. 221-238, Cham: Springer.
•  Đokić, Irena; Rašić, Ivana, and Marijana Sumpor (2021). „Urban Agglomeration Zagreb—Scenarios for the Future“ in: Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella, and Alys Solly, eds., Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans - Challenges and Prospects of Regional Cooperation, pp. 239-262 Cham: Springer, 2021. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-72124-4_12
•  Rašić, Ivana (2020). „Suradnja i umrežavanje kao odrednice uspješnosti Hrvatskog drvnog klastera“. Ekonomski pregled: mjesečnik Hrvatskog društva ekonomista Zagreb, 27 (2021), 01; 113-154. doi:10.32910/ep.72.1.5
•  Rašić Bakarić, Ivana; Bačić, Katarina, and Sunčana Slijepčević. (2019). „City specialisation and diversification in South East Europe Countries (SEE)“. E & M Ekonomie a Management, 2(2019), XXII; 4-21. doi:10.15240/tul/001/2019-2-001
•  Švaljek, Sandra; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana, and Marijana Sumpor (2019). Citizens and the city: the case for participatory budgeting in the City of Zagreb. Public sector economics, 43 (2019), 1; 22-48. doi:10.3326/pse.43.1.4
•  Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana, and Sunčana Slijepčević (2019). „Impact assessment of entrepreneurial zones on local economic outcomes“. Ekonomska istraživanja, 32 (2019), 1; 3112-3127. doi:10.1080/1331677X.2019.1661004
•  Bačić, Katarina; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana, and Sunčana Slijepčević (2018). Sources of productivity differentials in manufacturing in post-transition urban South-East Europe post-communist economies. Post-communist economies, 30 (2018), 4;  pp. 526-548. doi:10.1080/14631377.2018.1443249
•  Prester, Jasna and Ivana Rašić Bakarić (2017). „Analiza strukturnih obilježja prerađivačke industrije Republike Hrvatske“. Ekonomski pregled: mjesečnik Hrvatskog društva ekonomista Zagreb, 68 (2017), 4; 341-383.
• Đokić, Irena; Fröhlich, Zlatan, and Ivana Rašić Bakarić (2016). „The impact of the economic crisis on regional disparities in Croatia“. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 9 (1); pp. 179-197, doi: 10.1093/cjres/rsv030
•  Mikulić, Davor; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana, and Sunčana Slijepčević (2016). „The economic impact of energy saving retrofits of residential and public buildings in Croatia“. Energy policy. 96 (2016), pp. 630-644. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.06.040
•  Rašić Bakarić, Ivana; Tkalec, Marina; Vizek, Maruška (2016). „Constructing a composite coincident indicator for a post-transition country“. Ekonomska istraživanja. 29 (1), pp.; 434-445. doi: 10.1080/1331677X.2016.1174388
•  Kordej-De Villa, Željka; Rašić Bakarić, Ivana, and Nenad Starc (2014). „Upravljanje razvojem u obalnom području Hrvatske“. Društvena istraživanja. 23 (3); pp. 449-468.
•  Rašić Bakarić, Ivana (2014). „Osnovne značajke poreza na nekretnine te njegova primjena u Hrvatskoj i ostalim zemljama članicama Europske unije“. Ekonomski pregled: mjesečnik Hrvatskog društva ekonomista Zagreb. 65 (5), pp. 385-415.
•  Rašić Bakarić, Ivana (2012). „A Proposal for a New Administrative Territorial Division of the Republic of Croatia“. Ekonomska Istrazivanja-Economic Research. 25 (2), pp. 397-412.
•  Rašić Bakarić, Ivana (2006). „Primjena faktorske i klaster analize u otkrivanju regionalnih nejednakosti“. Privredna kretanja i ekonomska politika. 15 (105); pp. 53-76.