Knežević Aleksandra
Aleksandra Knežević is a Research Associate at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, and a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. She holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Belgrade and an MA in philosophy from Central European University. Her doctoral research, An Anthropological Analysis of Evolutionary Social Science Methods, empirically examines scientific practices in evolutionary psychology and the role of social responsibility in scientific research.
During her doctoral studies, she was a visiting student at the Department of Philosophy and the Social Mind Center at Central European University. In 2024, she was a Research Fellow at the Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, and at the University of Graz. During 2026, she was a DAAD Visiting Research Fellow at Humboldt University of Berlin and a recipient of the EPSA Fellowship at the University of Exeter. Her research interests include critical science studies, philosophy of science in practice, academic freedom, science and society, gender and knowledge, and the role of socially engaged science in democratic societies.
Latest publications
2026
- Knežević, A., Balunović, F., & Ševo, A. (Eds.). Voices of Change: The Student Movement and Societal Transformations in Serbia 2024–2025. Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory. [in Serbian]
- Knežević, A. Human Nature as a Channel of Communication: A Marxist and Scientific Perspective. Res Publica. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-026-09782-x (view-only version: https://rdcu.be/fsCrf)
2025
- Knežević, A. An Autoethnographic Account of the Anti-Corruption Student Protests in Serbia 2024/25. Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 12(1), 51–61. https://doi.org/10.25364/02.12:2025.1.5
- Knežević, A. Who Hides Behind the Idea of Value Neutrality of Science? On the Case of Gender in Biology Textbooks. In T. Matijević & M. Resanović (Eds.), All Are Afraid of Gender: Contemporary Contestations and Uses of the Term in Serbia (pp. 284–322). Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory. [in Serbian]