Pantović Ljiljana

Ljiljana Pantović is a medical anthropologist and Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. Her work focuses on medical anthropology, gender, care, and the political economy of health, with particular attention to maternal and reproductive health, access to healthcare, and the experiences of marginalized groups in Serbia and the wider region. She combines qualitative research, ethnography, and policy analysis.

Latest publications

  • Kupsjak, Jelena; Pantović, Ljiljana. (2026). Between Bureaucracy and Community: Thinking With Public Health Collaboration in Serbia and Croatia. Svetovi: revija za etnologijo, antropologijo in folkloristiko, 4(1), 28-44.
  • Ćeriman, Jelena; Pantović, Ljiljana; Radovanović, Marija. (2025). Barriers to Work-Family Balance in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Gender Implications. Stanovništvo, 63(2), 273-294.
  • Pantović, Ljiljana; Radovanović, Bojana; Sekulović, Milica. (2025). Elder Care in Serbia During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Happens When Closeness Becomes an Impediment to Care? Revija za socijalnu politiku, 32(2), 149-165.
  • Grossmann, Igor et al. (2025). Decision-making preferences for intuition, deliberation, friends or crowds in independent and interdependent societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292(2052), 20251355.
  • Porter, Brian et al. (2025). A puzzle about knowledge ascriptions. Noûs, 59(2), 392-408.
  • Zarić, Zona; Pantović, Ljiljana. (2025). Šta medicina čini ženskom telu? Antropološko i filozofsko istraživanje koncepta akušerskog nasilja. In Svi se plaše roda: aktuelna osporavanja i upotrebe pojma u Srbiji (pp. 322-355). Beograd: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju.
  • Babović, Marija; Pantović, Ljiljana; Živojinović, Anđelka; Stević, Milica; Vuković, Olivera. (2025). Mapiranje dostupnosti usluga podrške žrtvama seksualnog nasilja i iskustvo žena u korišćenju usluga u Republici Srbiji: studija. Kikinda: Centar za podršku ženama.
  • Pantović, Ljiljana; Đorđević, Ivan. (2024). Barriers and trust: Perceptions of the healthcare system among Roma mothers in Serbia. Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU, 72(3), 11-29.
  • Radovanović, Bojana; Kupsjak, Jelena; Pantović, Ljiljana. (2024). Crowdfunding for health care expenses: Concerns and implications. Sociologija, 66(2), 268-284.
  • Rudnev, Maksim et al. (2024). Dimensions of wisdom perception across twelve countries on five continents. Nature Communications, 15(1), 6375.
  • Pantović, Ljiljana; Radovanović, Bojana; Zaharijević, Adriana. (2024). Caregiving for older adults in times of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia: A gendered perspective. In Politicising and gendering care for older people: Multidisciplinary perspectives from Europe. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Pantović, Ljiljana. (2024). Informality: Beyond Blurring the Lines between Favors and Clientelism in Eastern Europe. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Pantović, Ljiljana; Ćeriman, Jelena. (2024). The Business of Umbilical Cord Biobanking in Serbia: Biocapital(ism) and Symbolic Geographies of Health. In Navigating the Digital Age: An In-Depth Exploration into the Intersection of Modern Technologies and Societal Transformation (pp. 267-301). Belgrade: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory.
  • Pantović, Ljiljana; Stanković, Biljana; Ćeriman, Jelena. (2024). Iskustva žena u porodilištima u Srbiji tokom i nakon pandemije kovida-19. UNFPA.