Research interests
housing and urban policy, territorial identity, socio-spatial exclusion, consumption, socio-spatial distinction
Biography
Mina Petrović earned her BA, MA and PhD degrees in sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy, in Belgrade. Betweem 1988 and 1997 she worked at the Center for Demographic Research of the Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, studying fertility and nuptiality. Since 1997 she has been part of the Faculty of Philosophy, working on subjects from the areas of urban sociology and rural and sustainable development. These are the topics of both her teaching in various courses at the Department of Sociology, and her research within projects of the Institute for Sociological Research as well as academic and policy-related projects sponsored by the EU and other international organizations. Between 2003 and 2006 she held a postdoc grant at the London School of Economics. She is a member of the European Sociological Association, European Housing Studies Network, Sociological Association of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbian Sociological Society.
Selected publications
Petrović, M. (2026). Prostorna sociologija: Sociologija grada. Beograd: Univerzitet u Beogradu – Filozofski fakultet, Institut za sociološka istraživanja. ISBN 978-86-6427-400-5.
Petrović, M. (2025). Pravo na grad: od koncepta ka praksi. Sociologija 67(2): 195–212. https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2502195P
Petrović, M. (2024). Prostorna sociologija – ruralna perspektiva. Beograd: Univerzitet u Beogradu – Filozofski fakultet, Institut za sociološka istraživanja. ISBN-978-86-6427-293-3.
Petrović, M. & Pešić, J. (2023). Potentials and Obstacles for the Transnationalisation of Recent Environmental Struggles in Serbia. Sociologija i prostor 61(2)(227):397–422. https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.61.2.7
Petrović, M. & Vukelić, J. (2023). Iskustvo gradova tokom pandemije kovida 19: I šta ćemo sada? Sociologija 65(2):173–196. https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC220930014P
Petrović, M., Backović, V. & Toković, M. (2022). Rebuilding post-communist city identity: The case of Novi Pazar, Serbia. Urbani izziv 33(2): 91–102. https://doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2022-33-02-03
Petrović, M. (2020). Whether Transnational Middle-Class Migrants Perceive Belgrade as an Attractive and Comfortable City. Sociologija 62(4): 549–568. https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2004549P
Selected presentations
Petrović, M. (2024) Održivi urbani razvoj između koncepta i prakse – sociološka perspektiva. Simpozijum: Održivi razvoj vektor Srbije ka budućnosti. Akademija inžinjerskih nauka Srbije, Geografski fakultet – Univerzitet u Beogradu, Institut za Arhitekturu i urbanizam Srbije, 20. septembar 2024.
Petrović, M. (2023) Globalno grabljenje zemljišta i novi ekstraktivizam: Postsocijalistička perspektiva. Međunarodni naučni skup Sociological Perspectives on Contemporary Post-Yugoslav Societies, Sociološko naučno društvo Srbije, Beograd, 26–27 maj 2023. godine.
Petrović, M. (2022) Socijalno stanovanje u neoliberalnom i postkomunističkom kontekstu? Međunarodna konferencija – Društvena pravda u postkomunističkim zemljama. Udruženje za političke nauke Srbije, Univerzitet u Beogradu – Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd, 24–25 septembra 2022.
Petrović, M., Backović, V., Petrović, J. & Toković, M. (2021) Modifications of life style options caused by the pandemic COVID-19: the case of Belgrade. 15th Conference of European Sociological Association, Barcelona, Spain, 31 August – 2 September, 2021.
Petrović, M. (2019) Smart City and its Social Implications. Međunarodna konferencija The e-Future of Cities. Belgrade: University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography and Academy of Engineering Sciences in Serba, 24–25 oktobar 2019.
