The doctoral program offers a wide range of opportunities to meet the need for professional development that can meet the demands of the job market. Above all, there are opportunities to acquire high-level skills for work in the academic and scientific community. This is evident in the representation of doctoral candidates, who have been employed in universities or research institutions during or after completing their doctoral studies. Additionally, there are visible opportunities for individuals from diverse professions to improve their skills thanks to the flexibility of the program in relation to interdisciplinarity. This has already resulted in the acquisition of knowledge and skills that have been applied in various practices and by individuals of different professional orientations (such as in psychotherapy and law).
Connection with the local community, which involves the economy, entrepreneurship, civil society, and professional organizations, is carried out through the organization of popular lectures and forums for the interested public, as well as the promotion of books. The emphasized specificity of the study program is its connection with scientific projects. Namely, a relatively significant number of teachers in the doctoral program are engaged in scientific projects. This allows doctoral candidates to work in specific research groups and to connect and collaborate with other researchers with similar interests. In theoretical terms, the study is primarily analytically oriented. Since analytic philosophy in the worlds is rapidly developing and expanding the range of its topics, there is a need for a narrower focus of students in the field of analytical philosophy in order to follow and participate in contemporary global trends within the philosophical science.
Another characteristic of analytical philosophy is its openness to interdisciplinarity. Its areas of work extend beyond the traditional domains of philosophy and touch on the fields of certain sciences (philosophy of science), artistic activity (philosophy of art), psychology and cognitive sciences (philosophy of cognition and philosophy of mind), politics and law (political and moral philosophy), psychotherapy and psychiatry (philosophy of psychiatry), and rational action in general.
Basic information
- name of study program: Doctoral Studies in Philosophy and Modernity
- program host: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- program executor: Department of Philosophy
- duration / ECTS credits: Doctoral Studies in Philosophy and Modernity lasts 6 semesters full time or 10 semesters part time / 180 ECTS credits
- enrollment quota: 10
Admission requirements
- a completed university graduate or integrated undergraduate program diploma, or master’s degree diploma.
- proficiency in one foreign language (English, German, Italian)
- applicants who completed their studies abroad, in addition to their foreign diploma, must also have a decision on academic recognition
Enrollment dynamics/dates
Enrollment dates are determined each year. Typically, a 30-day application call is announced shortly before or shortly after the start of the calendar year.
Tuition fee and payment method
1.100 EUR per semester
More information
Program coordinator:
prof. Elvio Baccarini, Ph.D.
elvio.baccarini@ffri.uniri.hr
tel. 265-641
Program secretary:
Gordana Dželalija
tel. 265-638
gordana.dzelalija@ffri.uniri.hr
Student office:
Nara Jurčić
Tel. 265 – 882
nara@ffri.uniri.hr
Program website:
https://ffri.hr/filozofija/
http://phdphil.ffri.hr/
Partners – institutions with which the study has an Erasmus contract
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Hacettepe University
- Ankara
- Kirklareli Üniversitesi
- Kocaeli Üniversitesi
- Technische Universität Dortmund
- Università degli Studi di Pavia
- Università del Piemonte Orientale Vercelli
- University ofAntwerp
- University of Latvia, Riga
- Universität Potsdam
- Univerzitet u Beogradu
- Univerza v Ljubljani
- Univerza v Mariboru
- Università Vita-Salute San Ra%aele
- Uniwersitet Wroclawski
Our doctoral students
| Year of obtaining a Ph.D. degree | Name and surname of the student/employer | Ph.D. thesis topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2021. | Ivan Cerovac / University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | John Stuart Mill and Epistemic Democracy |
| 2021. | Milica Czerny Urban / University of Rijeka, Academy of Applied Arts | The value of art and the issue of immoral works of art |
| 2016. | Marko Jurjako / University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Reasons. A Naturalistic Explanation |
| 2016. | Inka Miškulin / Psychotherapist, private practice | Virtue epistemology in psychotherapy |
| 2022. | Ana Smokrović / Agricultural gastronomy, entrepreneur | Ecological Epistemology and Epistemic Justice. The Example of Food |
Research questions/hypotheses addressed in defended doctoral theses
| Research questions/hypotheses | Name and surname of the doctoral student |
|---|---|
| How to ensure necessary competences in the democratic process of making public decisions and prevent harmful consequences of the lack of expertise and susceptibility to fake news among a part of the members of public? | Ivan Cerovac |
| Do immoral artworks have artistic value and how should they be treated in the artistic and broader community? | Milica Czerny Urban |
| How to enable appropriate respect for the patient/client’s perspective in psychotherapy? | Inka Miškulin |
| How does a naturalistic explanation of normative reasons affect our understanding of morality and ethics? | Marko Jurjako |
| Logic and human reasoning | Ines Skelac |