Dino Abazović (born 1972) is a sociologist and Full Professor at the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

Biography

He studied sociology at the

Faculty of Political Science in Sarajevo The Faculty of Political Sciences in Sarajevo () or FPN is one of the 24 Faculty (division), faculties of the University of Sarajevo. The faculty was formed in 1961 as the former "High School (i.e. Tertiary education, tertiary institution) of Poli ...

where he graduated in 1999. He earned his post-graduate degree from the same institution in 2005 with a thesis on the sociological determination of religious nationalism. In 2009 he earned his PhD with a thesis on the subject of

Bosnian Muslims The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who share a common ancestry, culture, history and the ...

between secularization and

desecularization In sociology, desecularization (also spelled desecularisation) is a resurgence or growth of religion after a period of secularization. The theory of desecularization is a reaction to the theory known as the '' secularization thesis,'' which posits ...

. In 2012 he was named Centennial Professor and head of the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies at the

, lecturing on the subjects of World Religions, Religion and Conflict, Religion and Politics and the Sociology of Moralism. In 2015 he was named Co-Supervisor of the PhD Program at the Oxford Center for Mission Studies in partnership with Middlesex University London, as well as an External Examiner for the PhD program at the

University of Salzburg The University of Salzburg (, ), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university in Salzburg, Salzburg municipality, Salzburg (federal state), Salzburg State, ...

's Faculty of Political Science. He is a board member of the

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-based Contemporary Southeastern Europe Foundation and a Member of the editorial board of the Odjek arts and humanities journal. He is one of the founders of the Open University of Sarajevo. In 2017, he signed the

Declaration on the Common Language The Declaration on the Common Language ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku, Декларација о заједничком језику, separator=" / ") was issued in 2017 by a group of intellectuals and NGOs from Bosnia and He ...

of the

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

and

Montenegrins Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...

Selected bibliography

* Za naciju i boga – Sociološko određenje religijskog nacionalizma, UNSA, Sarajevo 2006. * Religije sveta (co-authored by Jelena Radojković and Milan Vukmanović, Beogradski centar za ljudska prava, Belgrade 2007. * Religija u tranziciji: Eseji o religijskom i političkom, Rabic, Sarajevo 2010. * Bosanskohercegovački muslimani između sekularizacije i desekularizacije, Synopsis, Zagreb-Sarajevo 2012. * Kratki uvod u problem političke volje: Studija slučaja Bosne i Hercegovine, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Sarajevo 2015.

References

External links

Official Website
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