Lara Rašić, univ. mag. act. soc., rođena je 1999. godine u Osijeku. Diplomirala je na Pravnom fakultetu Osijek 2023. godine kao najbolja studentica generacije s ukupnim prosjekom ocjena 5,0. Akademske 2023./2024. godine upisala je doktorski studij Socijalni rad i socijalna politika na Pravnom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, a na radnom mjestu asistentice na Katedri radnopravnih i socijalnih znanosti i socijalnog rada Pravnog fakulteta Osijek zapošljava se 2025. godine. Njezino primarno istraživačko područje čine socijalni rad s djecom i mladima, elektroničko vršnjačko nasilje, problematično korištenje interneta i psihosocijalna dobrobit. Aktivno je sudjelovala s izlaganjem na većem broju domaćih i međunarodnih znanstvenih konferencija te je koautorica dva znanstvena rada.

Tijekom studiranja na Pravnom fakultetu Osijek, bila je dobitnica tri Dekanove nagrade za izvrsne rezultate, Dekanove nagrade za najbolji znanstveno-istraživački i stručni studentski rad i tri stipendije za darovitost i izvrsnost u studiranju. Također, djelovala je kao demonstratorica na Katedri radnopravnih i socijalnih znanosti i socijalnog rada te predstavnica studenata u Fakultetskom vijeću, Studentskom zboru i Etičkom povjerenstvu Pravnog fakulteta Osijek.

Prije zapošljavanja na trenutnom radnom mjestu asistentice, praktično iskustvo stekla je radeći kao stručna radnica u Hrvatskom zavodu za socijalni rad, Područnom uredu Osijek i vanjska suradnica na stručnim projektima. Pored toga, ima dugogodišnje iskustvo volonterskoga rada s djecom, mladima i osobama s intelektualnim teškoćama. Stručni ispit u djelatnosti socijalne skrbi položila je 2024. godine. Članica je Hrvatske udruge socijalnih radnika i Europskog udruženja za istraživanje socijalnog rada (ESWRA).

Lara Rašić, Master of Social Work, was born in 1999 in Osijek. She graduated from the Faculty of Law in Osijek in 2023 as the best student of her generation, with a perfect GPA of 5.0. In the 2023/2024 academic year, she enrolled in the doctoral program in Social Work and Social Policy at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. In 2025, she will be employed as an assistant at the Chair of Labour and Social Security Law Sciences and Social Work at the Faculty of Law in Osijek. Her primary research interests include social work with children and youth, cyberbullying, problematic internet use, and psychosocial well-being. She has actively participated in numerous national and international scientific conferences as a presenter and is a co-author of two scientific papers.

During her studies at the Faculty of Law in Osijek, she received three Dean’s Awards for outstanding academic achievements, the Dean’s Award for the best scientific research and expert student paper, and three scholarships for gifted and excellent students. She also worked as a student assistant at the Chair of Labour and Social Security Law Sciences and Social Work and served as a student representative in the Faculty Council, Student Union, and the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Law in Osijek.

Before her current position as an assistant, she gained practical experience working as a professional associate at the Croatian Institute for Social Work, Osijek Regional Office, and as an external associate on expert projects. Additionally, she has many years of volunteer experience working with children, youth, and individuals with intellectual disabilities. She passed the professional exam in the field of social welfare in 2024. She is a member of the Croatian Association of Social Workers and the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA).