Research interests
sociology of education, curriculum studies, gender studies, medical sociology
Biography
Isidora Jarić is a Full Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Her professional interests include issues of education, gender, and health, with a particular focus on minority, marginalized, and vulnerable social groups. Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous international and national research and capacity-building projects as a researcher, consultant, and team leader.
She is the author of several scholarly books, including Overt and Hidden Curricula (2014), Parenthood under Risk: A Sociocultural Analysis of the Stigma Attached to Rare Disease Patients (2017), and Education for Compassion (2022). Together with Zagorka Golubović, she co-authored the book Culture and the Transformation of Serbia: Value Orientations of Serbian Citizens in the Changes after 2000 (2010).
She has edited three collections of papers: The Bologna Reform of Higher Education in Serbia (2010), Politics of Parenthood (2015), and Contemporary Populism and Its Political Consequences: Discourses and Practices in Central and South-Eastern Europe (2022).
In her teaching and research, she combines sociological, anthropological, and interdisciplinary approaches, and the results of her projects contribute to a better understanding of educational policies, social inequalities, gender roles, and public health policies. At the Faculty of Philosophy, she actively contributes to curriculum development, mentoring, and the advancement of international academic cooperation.
Selected publications
Jarić, I. & Dekić, S. (2025). (Mis)Use of human trafficking victims’ experiences in advocacy processes. Belgrade: ASTRA – Anti trafficking Action (ISBN: 978-86-84889-82-1)
Jarić, I. (2022). Obrazovanje za saosećanje. Beograd: Naučno društvo za istoriju zdravstvene kulture i Centar za saradnju sa EU Filozofski fakultet Univerzitet u Beogradu.
Jarić, I. (2021). “Lessons from the Margins: Roma Hidden Identity Politics and Social Distance Management”, In: Magical Cultures and Prosaic Anthropologies, REF – REVISTA DE ETNOGRAFIE ŞI FOLCLOR/ JOURNAL OF ETHNOGRAPHY AND FOLKLORE 2021 (1–2), pp. 38–52.
Jarić, I. (2019). “University and its Role in the Process of European Integrations: the Dystopian Fairy Tale of Serbian University”, Politeja, Vol. 16 No. 6(63) pp. 81–93.
Jarić, I. & Đerić, M. (2019). “Kurikulum i tržište rada: Uporedna analiza kurikularnih ishoda studijskog programa sociologije na Filozofskom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu i traženih kompetencija na tržištu rada”, Sociologija, 61(5): 718–741.
Jarić, I. (2017). Roditeljstvo pod rizikom: Sociokulturna analiza stigmatizacije
obolelih od retkih bolesti. Beograd: Filozofski fakultet.
Jarić, I. (2014). Javni i skriveni kurikulumi srednjoškolske nastave sociologije: Obrazovne reforme u Srbiji (1960–2006). Beograd: Univerzitet u Beogradu, Filozofski fakultet.
