The latest thematic issue of the CSE journal is dedicated to the significance and meaning of the student protests in Serbia in a regional context, and it was edited by IFDT researchers Aleksandar Pavlović and Gazela Pudar Draško.
Through an editorial and seven contributions, these works trace perceptions, implications and broader significance of 2024- student protests, either in the region or by Serbian minorities. Several articles offer comparative and/or discourse analysis of its media portrayal in relation to the previous student protests in Serbia or civil protests in North Macedonia and Montenegro, and its depiction in media outlets in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and North Macedonia, while others focus on the cross-border cooperation and the transformative potential of the protests in and beyond Serbia. Taken altogether, these contributions testify to the wider regional importance and resonance of the Serbian student-led protests, and their regional and transformative potential.
Danica Trifunjagić and Daniela Simon analyse headline framing across three decades; Jovan Bliznakovski and Astrea Nikolovska compare Serbian and Macedonian protests; Ljubica Djordjević, Katinka Beretka and Jelena Mihajlov examine minority responses; Ivan Ejub Kostić studies Bosniak students in Novi Pazar; Lončar and Lozo assess Serb political actors regionally; Davor Pauković and Marko Roško compare Croatian and Serbian online media; and Ivan Stefanovski explores regional anti-corruption networks.