Lecturers
Dr. Jelena Lončar
Dr. Jelena Lončar is an associate professor at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Science, where she teaches political sociology courses. She also works as a lecturer at the School for International Training Graduate Institute. She holds a PhD in politics from the University of York, UK. She received her MRes from the University of York and her MA from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Science. Her research interests include political representation, gender and politics, ethnic politics, and civil society. In recent years, her research has focused on the performance of political representation and the performativity of the representative claims. She writes extensively about representation of women and ethnic minorities and autocratization trends in Southeast Europe.
Dr. Rodoljub Jovanović
Dr. Rodoljub Jovanović holds a PhD in Human Rights: Ethical, Social and Political Challenges (Conflict and Cultures of Peace) from the University of Deusto, Spain. He is currently involved in an outreach program of the United Nation International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (UN IRMCT). His research takes an interdisciplinary perspective combining insights from social psychology, political science, and education to explore issues such as history education, inter-group processes and youth in post conflict-societies. His recent publications include: Reaching Peace by Teaching the War: How History Teachers in Kosovo Teach About the Kosovo War? (2022); The Next Generation: Nationalism and Violence in the Narratives of Serbian Students on the Break-up of Yugoslavia (Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 2022); Controversy in The Classroom: How History Teachers in The Western Balkans Approach Difficult Topics? (Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2020).