Conference: Conversations on China, Europe and the Future of Socialism IFDT (#CriticLab/#YugoLab) hosts a 4-day comparative study of socialist theory, focusing on the Chinese Marxist path. Opens Mon, Sept 29, 1 PM with Tong Shijun (NYU Shanghai). Open to public: ifdt.bg.ac.rs/events/confe...

⏳ Don’t miss your chance! RECAS Fellowship 2025 → Work with youth across WB, €1,500/month stipend + Surgery Week on Cres + Hackathon & seminars. Deadline: 3 Oct. 👉 Apply: recas.info/news/fellows... #RECAS_SEE #Fellowship #AcademicSky @ifdtbeograd.bsky.social @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social

The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade proudly announces that Prof. Joseph Stiglitz is this year’s recipient of the prestigious “Miladin Životić” Award, honoring intellectual courage & public engagement. Read more: ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/09/nobe... #AcademicSky

Students from Keio University (Japan) visited IFDT as part of their study trip on post-war memory transmission. They discussed the project “Fiction as Memory Work” with IFDT researchers. 🔗 ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/09/visi...

📢 Call for Applications: RECAS Fellowship 2025 Application deadline: 3 October 2025 Theme: Youth Agency & New Political Imaginaries in the Western Balkans ✅ 4–6 months (start Dec 2025) ✅ €1,500/month stipend ✅ Research + youth workshops + Surgery Week on Cres + Hackathon

Call for Applications: Free @weareceu.bsky.social/IFDT Online Course Protests, Social Change & the EU: Rethinking the Balkans with Ukraine Online | 4 ECTS | Starts Oct 3, 2025 Apply by Sept 20 🔗https://ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/09/call-for-the-free-ceu-ifdt-online-course-on-the-balkans/?lang=en

Where East and West Collide Politically: Serbia Between Resistance and Authoritarianism Filip Balunović, a research fellow at the IFDT at the University of Belgrade, interprets the recent protests in Serbia for the American public radio station @wnyc.org. www.wnyc.org/story/serbia...

🦾 Here we are again — learning new skills to navigate career & motherhood. Day 2 of training in the CAM2025 project brought together young women eager to shape a more just and supportive work environment.

“Ako muškarci mogu da napuste posao da se pomole, onda majke koje doje treba da imaju isto pravo – to je potreba, ne luksuz.” Iz iskustva učesnice fokus grupe u okviru projekta #KarijeraIMama ( #CAM2025 ) #SEEBluesky #PodrškaŽenama #RavnaPrava #WorkLifeBalance #EUProjects #ZaposleneŽene

📢 Call for Papers: EDC 2026 University of Belgrade | March 26–27, 2026 Theme: Elections – Democracy – Crisis Deadline: Sept 30, 2025 Submit to: [email protected] More info: ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/06/call... #EDC2026 #CfP #AcademicSky #SEEBluesky #CallForPapers

„Građanski nemiri ne znače građanski rat.“ @vujoilic.bsky.social (IFDT) U tekstu "Strašilo građanskog rata" za @pescanik.bsky.social razlaže razliku između protesta i rata. 🔗 pescanik.net/strasilo-gra... #građanskinemiri #građanskirat #politika #kritičkomišljenje #analiza #društvenateorija

Irena Fiket (IFDT) za @Radar: Studentska pobuna pokrenula širi građanski pokret koji pokazuje da naše građanstvo može da prevaziđe podele i prihvati različitost stavova. Intervju: radar.nova.rs/drustvo/iren...

Demokratski potencijal građanskih nereda Mogu li neredi doprineti demokratiji kada institucije zakažu? @lukaglusac.bsky.social (IFDT) na @pescanik.bsky.social analizira savremene teorije protesta, oslanjajući se na rad A. Bibo-Ganjona. 🔗 pescanik.net/demokratski-...

U Medija centru Beograd održana je javna konferencija o Nacrtu novog Zakona o dobrobiti životinja. Na konferenciji su učestvovale Tamara Džamonja Ignjatović i Milja Krivokuća (IFDT) iz grupe SENTIENCE. Saopštenje: ifdt.bg.ac.rs/sentience/ #dobrobitživotinja #javnapolitika #zakon #pravaživotinja

U knjizi "O čemu govorimo kad govorimo o filantropiji", autorka Bojana Radovanović istražuje: kako razumemo i definišemo filantropiju danas, gde se susreću dobrota, kritika i moć i zašto filantropija nije samo davanje, već i pitanje pravde i odgovornosti. 🔗 m.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/handle/12345...

Uloga digitalnih medija u oblikovanju identiteta mladih u Srbiji: prostor izražavanja, ali i izazova poput poređenja i zavisnosti. Ana Đorđević i Rodoljub Jovanović (2025) u Zborniku „Razvoj etničkog identiteta mladih u interkulturalnom društvu”, Str. 87–104 🔗 m.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/handle/12345...

Can deliberation change public opinion? A case study, "The Effects of Deliberation on Citizen Knowledge, Attitudes and Preferences: A Case Study of a Belgrade Deliberative Mini Public", shows it can boost knowledge, shift attitudes and enhance civic engagement.

New RECAS Policy Brief Can central banks in the Western Balkans catch up with the AI revolution? RECAS fellow Milo Ivančević says yes - if they act now. Here are 6 steps they must take: 🔹 Make AI part of the strategy 🔹 Build expert teams 🔹 Upgrade data systems

The latest issues of Bulletin for Philosophy and Society are out! 🔹 FiD 36/1, 2025 journal.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/fid/bulletin... 🔹 FiD 36/2, 2025 journal.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/fid/bulletin... #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #FiD #PhilosophyandSociety

Irena Fiket, viša naučna saradnica IFDT gostovala je u emisiji Insajder TV 3D - Nova dimenzija dana youtu.be/fGPJnROgeGA?...

Tara Tepavac, istraživačica saradnica IFDT, gostovala je na Insajder TV. 📺 Pogledajte gostovanje: youtu.be/6S_X8rifO5o?...

Can citizens' assemblies be the key to involving people in decision-making? @lukaglusac.bsky.social explores early steps toward deliberative democracy at the EU level and proposes: let's talk EU enlargement with all citizens, from member states and candidates alike. 📄 cadmus.eui.eu/entities/pub...

🌍 Covers #SDG11, #SDG16, #Chapter23, #Chapter27 👉 recas.info/books/how-a-... @ifdtbeograd.bsky.social @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social @erstestiftung.org

Proud to share that my @ifdtbeograd.bsky.social colleagues Tijana Matijević, Milica Resanović and me received one of the Flexible Grants for Small Groups from @isrfoundation.bsky.social You can read more about the project here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Can deliberation open democratic space within authoritarian systems? Fiket & Đorđević analyze Serbia’s first two citizens’ assemblies and their potential in hybrid regimes — exploring design, implementation & democratic impact. 📄 Read: journal.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/index.php/fi... #AccademicSky

Celebrating achievements and looking ahead At the final event of the 2025 #RECAS_SEE Fellowship, alumni & fellows reflected on bridging research with policy in Southeast Europe. They spoke about care in fieldwork, civic engagement, and making academic work matter beyond the university.

New issue of Philosophy and Society (36/2) is out! Thematic section: Elections, Democracy, Crisis Plus original articles on heritage & public history, military education, and spiritual care in Swedish prisons. Includes a review of Søren Mau’s Mute Compulsion. 🔗 journal.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/index.php/fi...

come together to reflect on a year of impactful research and policy engagement. See agenda here: recas.info/recas-fellow... 📍 Join us on Zoom: zoom.us/j/96240947609 📌 Meeting ID: 962 4094 7609 #AcademicSky #RECAS_SEE @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social @erstestiftung.org @ifdtbeograd.bsky.social

Why Do We Need Participatory Democratic Innovations in Southeast Europe? The intro chapter explores: 🔸 crisis of representative democracy 🔸 rising autocratization 🔸 civic engagement Students lead the call for inclusive change.

U knjizi „Javni um i deliberativna demokratija“ Ivan Mladenović polazi od ideje javnog uma i nastoji da odgovori oko čega ljudi mogu da se politički slože, a da pluralizam njihovih interesa i svetonazora ostane očuvan. Link: ifdt.bg.ac.rs/knjiga/javni... #SEEBluesky

📢 Public event coming this July! Join RECAS fellows, civic voices and policy professionals as we explore how to connect academic research with real decisions in Southeast Europe. 🗓️ Details coming soon. #AcademicSky #RECAS_SEE @ifdtbeograd.bsky.social @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social

What’s pushing young people out of politics — and out of the region? RECAS alumni, Ana Đorđević, explores youth engagement in SEE and finds it shaped by frustration, distrust, and lack of access — not apathy. Full paper in our Research Repository: recas.info/books/politi... #AcademicSky

Studija „Demokratizacija odozdo: formiranje i delovanje novih društvenih pokreta u Srbiji i Makedoniji“ pruža sistematski pregled društvenih pokreta u ove dve zemlje, njihovih strategija, metoda delovanja, uzajamnih sličnosti i razlika, u periodu neposredno pre pandemije Covid-19.

Our policy-relevant Research Repository is live! Research papers and public seminars — organised for policy relevance. Browse by EU negotiation chapter, SDG, author or topic. Start here → recas.info/repository/ #MakingResearchMatter #AcademicPolicyLab #RECAS_SEE #AcademicSky

The Academic Policy Lab is a regional platform for bringing research into policy conversations that matter — in governance, sustainability, EU integration, and more. Built by and for Southeast Europe.

Novi broj časopisa Kritika 6(1) je objavljen! Temat: Doživljaj obrazovanja, uz priloge iz filozofije, kritičke psihologije i sociologije umetnosti. 🔗 kritika.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/index.php/kc

Official statement by the Expanded Rector’s Collegium of the University of Belgrade concerning the physical assault on a faculty member and a security officer at the Faculty of Law ifdt.bg.ac.rs/gvkz #AcademicSky

Join us June 5, 12:00 PM (CET) for the CAS SEE Seminar: “Precarious Circuits: Labor, Status, and Digital Extraction” Margareta Gregurović, Matea Grgurinović & Emina Bužinkić 🔗 cas.uniri.hr/cas-see-semi...

The Academic Policy Lab is a regional platform for bringing research into policy conversations that matter — in governance, sustainability, EU integration, and more. Built by and for Southeast Europe. Explore it now → recas.info/academic-pol...

RECAS Fellow Spotlight: Emina Bužinkić Emina’s project, "Migrant Work(ers) COUNTER Economies in Croatia," explores how migrant workers resist precarity & racial capitalism in the EU’s peripheries through collective action. 🔗 Learn more: recas.info/fellows

CAS SEE Seminar: AI, Financial Innovations & Challenges for Central Banks with Milena Vučinić & RECAS Fellow Milo Ivančević 📅 May 29 | 🕛 12:00 PM CET | 📍 Zoom 🔗 cas.uniri.hr/cas-see-semi...

LSE IDEAS Online Debate Student and Civic Protest in Serbia (2024/2025): Messages & Impact 🗓️ 22 May | 11:00 (London) 🌐 Free & online 🔗 Register: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #AcademicSky #SEEBluesky

RECAS Fellow Milo Ivančević studies how AI adoption by central banks in the Western Balkans can boost financial stability, digital resilience & trust. Insights drawn from global benchmarks. 🔗 recas.info/fellows/

Why build a broader social front in Serbia today? Join the round-table "The Protests in Serbia: Building Social Front in Times of Crisis" 🗓️ 22 May | 14:00–16:00 (RO) 📍 Online & Free 🔗 capitalist-transformations.com/registration/ #AcademicSky #SEEBluesky

Something extraordinary is unfolding in Serbia. Filip Balunović (IFDT) shares powerful insights on student protests and the political climate in his piece for ‪@nytimes.com‬. Read the full article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...

CAS SEE Seminar: Mitja Durnik & RECAS Fellow Haisheng Hu 📅 May 22 | 🕛 12 PM CET | Zoom Topic: China vs. World Bank in Africa – Informal attitudes or strict legalism? Key projects & paradigms explored. 🔗 cas.uniri.hr/cas-see-semi...

Can BRI support democratic resilience in a fragile region? RECAS Fellow Haisheng Hu examines how China’s Belt and Road Initiative affects the Western Balkans’ economic, digital & green transitions. 🔗 Learn more: recas.info/fellows

On May 15, 2025, at 5 PM CET, CEU Vienna hosts the panel "Revolutionary Potential of the Serbian Student Movement: Education, Democracy, and Social Justice" with student activists and IFDT researchers Filip Balunović, Ana Vilenica & Andrej Ševo. events.ceu.edu/2025-05-15/r... #AcademicSky

Only a few more days to submit! Abstracts due by May 15, 2025. #AcademicSky #SEEBluesky