Research interests
sociological theory, German sociological thought, sociology of religion
Biography
Nataša Jovanović Ajzenhamer (1989) graduated (2013), master’s (2014) and doctorate (2019) at the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. Since 2016, she has been working at the Department of Sociology, first as an assistant, and then as an assistant professor. She was engaged in several subjects in the field of history of sociological theories and sociology of religion at all three levels of study. In the period 2021–2024, she held the position of vice-dean for teaching at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. She is a member of several faculty and university commissions (for enrollment and evaluation of foreign study programs and recognition of foreign higher education documents). She was involved in several domestic and international research projects (Populist rebellion against modernity in 21st-century Eastern Europe: neo-traditionalism and neo-feudalism (POPREBEL), European Social Survey, Jean Monnet EUBAL project, ANETREC (Academic network supporting EU policies towards Western Balkans with emphasis on regional cooperation based on reconciliation) study program European Integration of Western Balkans Based on Reconciliation and Cooperation, Support to education Policy EU project…) and she participated in a large number of scientific conferences in thecountry and abroad.
Selected publications
Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. & Spasić, I. (eds.). (2025). Vek Zygumnta Baumana. Sociologija. 67(3).
Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. & Marković, A. (2025). Prekarijat kao Baumanovipotrošači sa greškom. Sociologija 67(3): 378–398. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2503378J
Blagojević, M. & Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. (2021). Religiosity in Serbia and Other Religiously Homogeneous European Societies: A Comparative Perspective. Sociologija 63(2): 314–335. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2102314B
Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. (2020). Islam ante portas: Primena Baumanove teorije o strancu na analizu socijalne distance prema muslimanskim migrantima u Srbiji. Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU 68(3): 751–773. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI2003749J
Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. (2020). Engelsova misao o (ranom) hrišćanstvu kao preludijum o sociologiji religije. U: M. Višić & Artić, M. (ur.). 200 godina Fridriha Engelsa. Zagreb: Durieux: 257–286.
Selected presentations
Jovanović, Ajzenhamer, N. (2025). The Birth of Microsociology in Kant’s Cradle: Simmel’s Answer to the Question How is Society Possible? In: “Three Centuries Of Kant: Knowledge, Science, and Values” Book of Proceedings International Scientific Conference Belgrade, December 10–11, 2025.
Vesković Anđelković, M. & Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. (2025). International Education in Serbia – Chances and Challenges. In: V. Backović & A. Marković (eds.). “New Divisions, Struggles and Solidarities in South East Europe” Book of Proceedings International Scientific Conference Belgrade, June 13–14, 2025.
Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. (2023). Istorijsko-teorijski sociološki pogled na meritokratiju u obrazovanju – Veberova kritika plutokratije u nemačkom obrazovnom sistemu na početku 20. veka. U: Z. Šaljić, S. Dubljanin & Pejatović, A. (ur.). „U potrazi za kvalitetnim obrazovanjem i vaspitanjem: izazovi i moguća rešenja“ Beograd: Univerzitet u Beogradu – Filozofski fakultet, Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju, Pedagoško društvo Srbije (nacionalni naučni skup 22.5.2023.)
Dajč, H. & Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. (2022). The Populist Left and the Populist Right in the Contemporary Post-Yugoslav space: Socio-economic Programmes of Mainstream Parties in Serbia and Croatia. In: H. Dajč, I. Jarić & Dobrovšak Lj. (eds.) Contemporary Populism and Its Political Consequences. Zagreb: Institute for Social Sciences Ivo Pilar.
Mentus, V. & Jovanović Ajzenhamer, N. (2020). Religiosity and Altruistic Orientation in Economically Developed European Societies. In: (eds.). Todorović, D. Blagojević, M. & Đorđević, D. Contemporary Religious Changes: From Desecularization to Postsecularization. Niš and Belgrade: Yugoslav Society for the Scientific Study of religion, Faculty of mechanical engineering at the University of Niš; Institute of Social Science.
