Twelve like-minded European and global organisations committed to advancing democratic innovation and participation are coming together in the new Horizon project Nets4Dem. This is an unprecedented initiative, building the infrastructure needed to strengthen democracy across Europe based on local, national and European-wide networks. Nets4Dem will establish a European network of academics, practitioners and civil society,…
Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, invites submissions for the Fourth International Why Still Education? Conference, under the title “Experience of Education”. Belgrade, 9-11 October 2024 Relying on the traditions of theories of Bildung, phenomenology and critical pedagogy, this conference aims to approach the fundamental questions of nature and role of education by…
On Monday, November 20th, in the evening hours from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, The Center for Critical Democracy Studies at The American University of Paris (AUP) hosted an event featuring Gazela Pudar Draško, director of The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade (IFDT). Also participating in the event were university professors…
This scientific collaboration project brings together a group of young researchers based in Austria and Serbia who collaborate in their respective fields and disciplines to map the most recent overview of scientific literature related to the modern social and political history of Vojvodina, from its inclusion in the Habsburg Monarchy to the dissolution of the federative Yugoslav state.
The main goal of the UNIGEM project network is to design gender-responsive and gender-sensitive policies in higher education, establish gender equality bodies in academic institutions, integrate gender equality themes in university curricula, and sensitize faculty, students, and administrative staff to gender equality and fight against gender-based violence.
Out of a large number of Sylff Research Grant (SRG) applications, one proposal from Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory researchers was supported this year: Sara Nikolić Interiors of Inequality: Ethnographic Exploration of Social Housing in Serbia A grant of up to $5,000 was open to eligible fellows (i.e., those currently enrolled in a doctoral…
Since 2021, the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade has established the “Zagorka Golubović” Award which is intended for young researchers for engaged research work. The award is presented for the best work published in a scientific journal or in an edited volume which approaches regional (Southeastern Europe) or broader social problems…
The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory is pleased to announce the presentation of Khōrein: Journal for Architecture and Philosophy at Harvard Graduate School of Design on November 3 at 4:00 PM ET. The inaugural double issue will be presented by Petar Bojanić and Snežana Vesnić, editors-in-chief, and Paul Guyer, Jonathan Nelson Professor Emeritus of…
We are pleased to announce that the new issue of Philosophy and Society (34/3) journal has been published. This issue of Philosophy and Society features several original scientific papers from various fields in philosophy as well as from social theory. Moreover, this issue also contains a review article on the crisis of liberalism as well as a review of Siniša Malešević’s book on the social dynamics of violence.
