Zoran Turza, PhD, is an Associate Professor and researcher at the Catholic University of Croatia, where he serves as Head of the Laudato si’ University Centre for Christian Responsibility and Care for Creation and Coordinator of the University Chair of Theology. His research and teaching take an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together theology, philosophy of religion, ecotheology, integral ecology, environmental ethics, social issues, and law, with a particular focus on the relationship between religion and the ecological crisis, climate and social justice, and the contribution of Christian theology to contemporary societal challenges. He earned his doctorate in theology in 2015 at the Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb. He has worked at the Catholic University of Croatia since 2016 and has held the rank of Associate Professor since 2021. He developed the interdisciplinary course “Integral Ecology” and the lifelong learning programme “Laudato si’! Dialogue Towards Integral Ecology”. He also contributed to the drafting of the document “Responsibility for Our Common Home – Christians’ Relationship with All Creation”, issued by the Council for the Doctrine of the Faith of the Croatian Bishops’ Conference.

In 2003, he undertook an independent research stay at the New York Public Library. In 2024, he spent six months as a visiting research professor at the Research Center for Climate Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Graz. He led the university project “CRO Laudato si’ – On Care for Our Common Home” and participated in the international research project “European Laudato Si’ Alliance Baseline Survey” (2021–2024), which analysed projects and activities undertaken by Catholic organisations across Europe inspired by Pope Francis’s encyclical “Laudato si’”. Since 2025, he has led the project to establish the Laudato si’ University Centre for Christian Responsibility and Care for Creation, with support from Renovabis, a foundation of the German Bishops’ Conference.

He is a member of the international COST Action “Social Sciences and Humanities for Transformation and Climate Resilience – SHiFT” (2022–2026), within which he co-leads a working group and contributes to research on critical practice and social transformation in the context of climate resilience. He actively participates in national and international research and educational projects and collaborates with European universities and research institutions on integral ecology, climate justice, religion, and sustainability. He is the author and co-author of books, scholarly articles, and book chapters in theology, philosophy of religion, ecotheology, and interdisciplinary research. His publications include the monograph “Conversations on Job: Philosophical, Economic, Anthropological and Theological Approaches”, works exploring the encyclical “Laudato si’”, reconciliation and dialogue, and more recent research on mimetic theory and its application to social and theological issues.