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ACT-2: For an active civil society together

IFDT coordinator, National, RealizedBy Uroš Gavrilović Tuesday, 3. February 2026.

The ACT-2 project strengthens the capacities of civil society organizations in Serbia by improving their sustainability, expanding their support base, and promoting greater citizen engagement in public dialogue and decision-making. The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, contributes to Outcome 3 by providing expert and analytical support to partner local organizations. IFDT engagement focuses on strengthening advocacy initiatives through methodologically rigorous approaches, the use of empirical data, and the development of evidence-based recommendations.

Improving participation in spatial planning of mining areas

Active, IFDT partner, National, ProjectsBy Uroš Gavrilović Tuesday, 7. October 2025.

More informaiton about the project results is available at: https://minipart.rs/

Fiction as Memory Work: Youth Engagement with Yugoslav Wars Through Literary Fiction

IFDT coordinator, IFDT coordinator, National, National, Projects, Projects, RealizedBy EditorIFDT Friday, 12. September 2025.

This project investigates the role of literary fiction in shaping collective memories of the 1990s among young readers in Serbia, focusing on youth born after 2000 who lack personal memories of the breakup of Yugoslavia and the wars in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo.

Promoting gender equality through research on access to reproductive care and education on gender stereotypes

IFDT coordinator, National, Projects, RealizedBy Uroš Gavrilović Monday, 25. August 2025.

We explore how women—especially Roma women—access reproductive healthcare in medically underserved, predominantly rural areas (“medical deserts,” where services are scarce or hard to reach).

Imagining a Nation: The Contesting Serbian National Narratives (XX – XXI centuries)

Active, IFDT coordinator, Multilateral, National, ProjectsBy Leka Crystaldelic Monday, 12. February 2024.

Within our research, we will utilize Gramsci’s “cultural hegemony” theory, which examines how the dominant class establishes social consensus and imposes its ideological “common sense.”

University Partnership Program in Holocaust Studies

IFDT coordinator, Independent, National, Projects, RealizedBy Leka Crystaldelic Wednesday, 13. December 2023.

The course helps participants acquire new knowledge about the history and memory of the Holocaust and other genocides, and develop skills related to a scientific approach to these topics.

Intersubjectivity of Affects and Social Change

IFDT coordinator, Independent, National, Projects, RealizedBy Leka Crystaldelic Sunday, 10. December 2023.

The main goal of the project is to gain theoretical insights into the processes through which political affects can become intersubjective and create the potential for social change, particularly within the context of significant social crises such as the 2008 financial crash or the COVID-19 pandemic.

Assessing Neoplatonism in the 14th and 15th century Balkans

IFDT coordinator, Multilateral, National, Projects, RealizedBy Leka Crystaldelic Friday, 22. September 2023.

The project explores how Neoplatonic metaphysics shaped the Christian and Islamic traditions, focusing particularly on its influence on theological and philosophical doctrines, religious practices, artistic and architectural expressions, and medical procedures.

Distributed Archiving at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (IFDT)

Aktivnosti, IFDT coordinator, Independent, National, Projects, RealizedBy Leka Crystaldelic Friday, 3. March 2023.

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.

Using Your Rights: Improving Serbian Minorities’ Position by Empowering Their National Councils

IFDT coordinator, Multilateral, National, Projects, RealizedBy Leka Crystaldelic Monday, 24. October 2022.

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.

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