Research interests

urban sociology, civic activism, sociology of the environment, digital sociology


Biography

Jelisaveta Petrović (born in Belgrade in 1984) completed her undergraduate and PhD studies at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy Belgrade, where she has been an assistant professor since 2015. Her courses include Urban Sociology, Sociology of Rural Development, Sociology of the Environment, Introduction to Sustainable Development and others. She has published numerous papers in national and international publications. She has been involved in three international research projects:  European Social Survey (as deputy national coordinator), Environmental Citizenship (COST) and Advanced Data Analytics in Business (Erasmus).

Ongoing projects
Transnational Political Contention in Europe – TraPoCo
Erasmus +, Jean Monnet, project No. 620881-EPP-1-2020-1-IT-EPPJMO-NETWORK

1. Marginal Environmentalism: Examining Local Environmental Activism in Serbia

2. State of Environmentalism in Contemporary Serbia and the Role of the EU

3. Brief Overview of Socio-Historic Development of the Environmental Movement in Serbia – from State Socialism to Capitalist Periphery


Selected publications

Petrović, J. 2018. Veliki podaci – veliki izazov za sociologiju? Sociologija 60(3): 557-582.

Petrović, J. 2018. Protestna politika u digitalno doba – slučaj Protesta protiv diktature, u: Pešić, J, Backović, V, Mirkov, A. (ur.) Srbija u uslovima globalne krize neoliberalnog oblika kapitalističke regulacije, str. 127-146, Beograd: Univerzitet u Beogradu, ISI FF.

Stanojević D, Petrović J. 2018. Socijalne biografije mladih aktivista političkih partija u Srbiji, u: Pešić, J, Backović, V, Mirkov A. (ur.) Srbija u uslovima globalne krize neoliberalnog oblika kapitalističke regulacije, str. 147-170, Beograd: Univerzitet u Beogradu, ISI FF.

Petrović, J, Petrović, D. 2017. Konektivna akcija kao novi obrazac protestnog aktivizma, Sociologija 59 (4): 405-426.

Petrović, J, Pešić, J. 2017. Između integracije, bezbednosti i humanitarnosti: stavovi građana Srbije o migrantima, Stanovništvo 55(2).

Petrović, J. Vukelić. 2013. The Transformation of the Governance Regime in Serbia: Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making, in: Gordon, C, Kmezic, M, Opardija, J. (eds.) Stagnation and Drift in the Western Balkans – The Challenges of Political, Economic and Social Change, Bern: Peter Lang (pp. 93-117). ISSN 1661-1349

Vukelić, D. Stanojević. 2012. Environmental Activism as a New Form of Political Participation of the Youth in Serbia, Sociologija 54(2): 387-399.


Selected presentations

Petrović, J. 2018. Digitalizing Urban Movements – The Case of the „We won’t let Belgrade d(r)own“ Initiative, International scientific conference „Engagement for Social Change: Moving beyond Resistance“, 6th International Conference of the Group for Social Engagement Studies, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Belgrade 19-21.4. 2018.

Petrović, J. & Stanojević, D. 2018. Civic Activism of Young People in Serbia – motivation and strategies, ESA RN 30 „Youth and Generation“ Midterm Conference 2018, (Being) Young in context. Concepts, contexts and comparisons in youth studies, 13-16.9. 2018. Silver lake, Serbia, pp. 81.

Petrović, J & Stanojević, D. 2018. Politička participacija mladih u Srbiji u komparativnoj perspektivi, Konferencija Društveni odnosi u Srbiji: kontinuitet i promene, 21.12.2018. Beograd, pp. 13.