Zoran Curić
GEOGRAFIJA U SUSTAVU ZNANOSTI I IZBORI U ZVANJA U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2016.4.20
UDC: 001.2[910.1:37](487.5)
Abstract: The position of geography in the system of science has always provoked discussions and opposite attitudes. There is no unified and generally accepted opinion on that issue. The goal of the paper is the analysis of the position of geography in the system of science in the Republic of Croatia in the previous two decades (1996-2016) and the reflection of that position on the appointments into scientific research and scientific research – teaching grades. Despite being one of the oldest scientific disciplines, the analysis of acts and subordinate regulations (ordinances) in that period determined unfavourable, inconsistent and generally not scientifically grounded position of geography in the system of science. That positionreflected in uneven criteria for appointments into the scientific research grades, and, consequently, into the scientific research – teaching grades and on work posts in the higher education. The criteria for appointments into the scientific research grades have been equalized by including geography into the interdisciplinary areas of science but it resulted in new issues of inconsistency to other regulations, unrecognizability of the interdisciplinary area on the labour market, difficulties in financing research projects in geography and reduced financing of the study programmes in geography.
Key words: geography, scientific field, scientific research grades, scientific research – teaching grades