Radovanović Bojana
Bojana Radovanović is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. She served as coordinator of SolidCare Lab from 2020 to 2024. Her research focuses on philanthropy, civil society, civic engagement, and applied ethics in Southeast Europe, with particular attention to philanthropic practices, solidaristic engagement, and the changing relationships between citizens, civil society, and the state in Serbia. Her work addresses ethical questions surrounding philanthropy and care, including the moral status of philanthropic giving where social rights remain unmet, and examines the concepts of the common good, public interest, and the commons in relation to contemporary social dilemmas. More recently, she has researched medical crowdfunding as an indicator of welfare restructuring and the redistribution of care responsibilities. She has examined informal, local civic initiatives and new forms of civic mobilization in Serbia, including direct citizen support for the student movement. She authored the monograph What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Philanthropy? (Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, 2021). Her paper “Conceptualising and Measuring Philanthropy: Evidence from Serbia” received the best paper award at the 2019 ERNOP conference. She holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge.
Latest publications
- Vasiljević Jelena, Radovanović Bojana, and Nikolić Sara (2025). “Challenges in Building Constituency among Civil Society Organizations in Serbia: Findings from Qualitative Research,” Sociologija Vol. LXVII, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2502213V
- Radovanović Bojana, Kupsjak Jelena, and Pantović Ljiljana (2024). „Crowdfunding for Health Care Expenses: Concerns and Implications”, Sociologija 66(2), str. 268-284. doi: doi.org/10.2298/SOC2402268R
- Pantović Ljiljana, Radovanović Bojana, Zaharijević Adriana (2024). „Caregiving for Older Adults in Times of the Covid 19 Pandemic in Serbia: A Gendered Perspective” u Anca Dohotariu, Ana Paula Gil and Lubica Voanská (eds) The politicisation and gendering of care for older people, Manchester University Press, ISBN: 978-1-5261-7599-1, str. 160-176.