Ćeriman Jelena
Jelena Ćeriman, PhD, is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade.
Ćeriman combines theoretical approaches from political and cultural sociology and critical gender studies with both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Jelena conducted her postdoctoral research in Budapest (Institute for Minority Studies – Center for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2022) and in Ljubljana (ZRC SAZU in 2023). She was also awarded a fellowship for engaged research (2022/23), supported by the Talloires Network of Engaged Universities and the Open Society University Network (OSUN). Within this program, she investigated the realization of collective rights of national minorities in Serbia.
In addition to her extensive research experience, she possesses strong coordination and management skills, developed through her involvement in both international and national research and development projects, as well as in leading research teams. She has served as a coordinator of the Serbian team within the Disobedient Democracy (DisDem) project and currently leads an international task group responsible for specific activities within a work package of the CircleU European University Alliance. She also participated as a team member in the Horizon 2020 EnTrust project. Her research findings have been recognized as relevant to public policy development, with some incorporated into national strategies in Serbia. She has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes and is actively engaged as a mentor and reviewer in both national and international academic contexts.
Latest publications
- Đorđević, Ana, Fikrlová, Jana, Ćeriman, Jelena, Padoan, Enrico, & Štěpánková, Lenka. (2025). Affective and Cognitive Dimensions of Building Interpersonal and Political Trust in Adolescence: A Qualitative Study. Youth and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X2513239
- Ćeriman, Jelena (2025). Women, Ethnicity and Peacebuilding: A Case Study of the Councils of National Minorities in Serbia. Nationalities Papers, forthcoming.
- Ćeriman, Jelena & Vučković Juroš, Tanja (2024). From Gender Re-Traditionalizations to Anti-Gender Mobilizations: Care for Family in Serbia and Croatia. East European Politics and Societies, 38(2), 662-681. https://doi.org/10.1177/08883254231161553