Naila Ceribašić is a Research Advisor in tenure appointment at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, to which she has been affiliated since 1990.

She finished her Bachelor’s degree in musicology and Master’s degree in ethnomusicology at the Department of Musicology (1990, 1993); doctoral degree in the humanities, the field of ethnology and cultural anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb (1998).

Her academic positions in the humanities, particularly the field of ethnology and anthropology include: assistant (1995), senior assistant (1998), research associate (1999), senior research associate (2004), research advisor (2008), research advisor in tenure appointment (2013) and her academic positions in the humanities, particularly the field of science on arts include: titular assistant professor (2001), titular associate professor (2008), research advisor (2014), titular full professor (2015).
Her scholarly research encompasses (in chronological order): traditional music in eastern Croatia, ethnomusicological analysis, folklore festivals and festivalization, music in the context of war and political changes on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, gender aspects of music-making, musical expressions of ethnic minorities in Croatia, theories and methods in ethnomusicology, intangible cultural heritage in Southeastern Europe and worldwide.