IFDT is implementing the project “Distributed Archiving at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (IFDT)” Funded by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, the project aims to collect, digitize, preserve, interpret, and distribute information related to cultural heritage that various political and cultural authorities have treated as “undesirable” or “unworthy” of support.
The goal of this project is to research and compare the effectiveness of two national councils of national minorities (Hungarian and Albanian) in protecting their minority rights in Serbia by analyzing relevant legal framework and conducting online and/or face-to-face interviews with Albanian and Hungarian NC representatives.
The project will focus on the multiethnic, multilingual and multiconfessional character of the region, with special attention to the role of diversity in Novi Sad.
Our project endeavors to understand what happens when physical closeness becomes an impediment to care and detect “alternatives” – unseen paths of care for the elderly in two municipalities in Serbia.
The project aims to examine the topic of gender inequality in academia from a comparative perspective.
This project aims at establishing the national dialogue mechanism in order to create coalition between academic workers, as well as between academia and decision makers, women’s organizations, CSOs, gender experts and media in Serbia.
The main objective of the project “Learning Democratic Participation” was to promote democratic innovations as efficient path towards increased participation of informed citizens in the democratic process.
Within the Mapping PhDs in the Diaspora project, organized by the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade and supported by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, we are conducting a survey for all our most educated experts from the diaspora who have obtained or are in the process of obtaining a doctoral degree abroad. This research is highly important once we look at the statistics about the “brain drain” that has been going on in Serbia for decades.
The terms chosen in this glossary are solidarity, freedom, civil disobedience, social engagement, social justice, inclusivity, xenophobia, violence, feminism, and the public good.
The project Take the City into Your Own Hands: the Outlines of Citizen Participation is designed to promote the principles of democracy, especially focusing on models of civic participation at the level of local communities.
