Sanja Ivić, PhD

Principal Research Fellow

0000-0003-1504-0059

Employment

2009 – present: Research Fellow, Institute of European Studies; Belgrade (Serbia)
2015- 2020: Associate Research Fellow (non-resident), Institute of International Relations; Prague
(Czech Republic)
2017-2018: Associate Research Fellow (non-resident), Institute of Applied Ethics; University of Hull
(United Kingdom)
2012: Mentor, Distance Learning Program, Pathways Online School of Philosophy; Sheffield (United
Kingdom)

Education

Postdoctoral Research in Philosophy, University of Paris 10; Paris (France)
PhD in European Studies, University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia)
MA in Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
BA in Comparative Literature, University of Belgrade (Faculty of Philology) Belgrade (Serbia)
BA in Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy; Belgrade (Serbia)

Foreign Research Fellowships and Internships

2021: Visiting Research Fellow (project: “The Crisis of Human Dignity in a Time of the COVID-19
Pandemic”; University of Crete (Greece)
2018: Visiting Research Fellow (project: “Dynamic Nature of Human Rights: Postmodern Analysis of the
Third and Fourth Generation of Human Rights”, International Society for Philosophers; Sheffield (United
Kingdom)
2014: Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research at the University of Paris 10, Ministry of Education, Science
and Development (Serbia)
2013: INGRID research fellowship for the project “Demographic Change in the European Union”;
Luxemburg Institute of Social Economic Research (Luxembourg)
2007: Research Project “Poststructuralist Philosophical Critique of European Anti-discrimination Law”,
Institute for Women’s History (IIAV); Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2006: Research Fellowship, Soroptimist; Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Projects

2020: Cooperation with the Ton Duc Thang (project: “Ethical Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic”)
Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
2011-today: Project: “The European Union as a Postmodern Political Community: Global Context,
Institutions and Identity”; Institute of European Studies; Belgrade (Serbia)
2009-2010: Project: “Contemporary Challenges to EU Citizenship”; Institute of European Studies;
Belgrade (Serbia)
2007-2008: Project “Poststructuralist Philosophical Critique of European Family Law”, Institute for
Women’s History (IIAV); Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Invited Lectures

2022: “The Concept of Global Citizenship”, University of Economic and Human Sciences; Warsaw,
Poland
2017: “Europe’s Borders: Security, Migration, Human Rights”. Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy, Athens, Greece.
2016: “Globalization, Fragmentation, Regionalization”. NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy.
2007: “Symbolic, Normative and Transformative Dimensions of Law”, Institute for Women’s Studies (IIAV), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Areas of Interest

Philosophy
European Studies
Political theory
Human Rights

Memberships

Member of the Board of the International Society for Philosophers, United Kingdom.
Member of Euroacademia
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution
Member of the Editorial Board of the International Law Research
Member of the Advisory Board of the American International Journal of Contemporary Research
Member of Athens Institute for Research and Education, Greece.
Member of the Global Team of the Center for Promoting Ideas, USA
Member of Network Migration in Europe, Germany

Other Professional Activities

2017: Organizing international conference “European Union and India Relations Reconsidered in the Frame of Cultural and Political Legacy and Contemporary Impacts of Gandhi’s Thought”, Institute for European Studies, Serbia, 27-28 September.
2016: Editor at International Society for Philosophers (ISFP) Publishing (reviewing books submitted for publication) (Sheffield, UK)
2012: Reviewing project proposals in the field of political philosophy, GAČR, Czech Science Foundation (Czech Republic)
2011-present: reviewing papers in the three international peer-reviewed journals: International Law Research (Canada), American International Journal of Contemporary Research (USA) and Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution (Africa)
2009-2011: Reviewing conference papers, Steering group “Pluralism, Inclusion and Citizenship” A Diversity and Recognition Project (London, UK).

Publications

Books:

(2024): Eastern and Western Conceptions of Human Rights: Reaching a Consensus on Human Rights. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Lexington Books (forthcoming).
(2023): The Concept of European Values: Creating a New Narrative for Europe. Lanham, MD:
Rowman & Littlefield; Lexington Books.
(2019): EU Citizenship. Vernon Press: Wilmington.
(2018): Paul Ricoeur’s Idea of Reference. Reference as Refiguration. Boston and Leiden: Brill.
(2016): The European Identity and Citizenship: Between Modernity and Postmodernity. London:
Palgrave Macmillan.
(2014): Pojam evropskog građanina. Novi Sad: Mediterran Publishing.
(2008): Pseudonim. Belgrade: Alma.

Book Chapters:

(2023): Creating Digital European Citizenship and the Digital European Public Sphere. In: Ramiro Troitino, David (ed.) Digital Development of the European Union. London: Springer (forthcoming).
(2023) The Relevance of Christian Ethics to the Ethics of Care. In: Dennis Hiebert (ed.) Routledge International Handbook of Sociology and Christianity. UK: Routledge (forthcoming).
(2022): Posthuman Ethics: Priority of Ethical over Ontological Status. In: Tumilty, Emma and Michele Battle-Fisher (eds.): Transhumanism-Entering an Era of Bodyhacking and Radical Human Modification, Springer: Dordrecht (forthcoming).
(2021): The Future of the European Union after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Creating a New Narrative for Europe. In: Nevena Prolovic (ed.) The Future of the European Union after the COVID-19 Pandemic. Belgrade: Institute of International Politics (forthcoming).
(2021): Posthuman Ethics: Priority of Ethical over Ontological Status. In: Tumilty, Emma and Michele Battle-Fisher (eds.): Transhumanism-Entering an Era of Bodyhacking and Radical Human Modification, Springer: Dordrecht (forthcoming).
(2021): International Organizations and COVID-19 Discourse. In: Faiz Ansari and Shruti Charturvedi, International Law and Contemporary Framework. Gujarat, India: Research Culture Society and Publication, pp. 80-90.
(2019): Brexit and the Emergence of Nationalist Narratives in Europe: Creating a New Narrative for the European Union. In: Sacco, Marcello (ed.): Brexit: A Way Forward, Wilmington: Vernon Press, pp. 1-23.
(2016): Europe’s Migration Crisis: A Challenge to Democracy. In: Djeric, Gordana (ed.): Spatial Demarcations: Between the Politics of Fear and Effects on the Purse. Belgrade: Institute of European Studies, pp. 83-95.
(2014): Contemporary Challenges to EU Citizenship (Savremeni izazovi građanstvu Evropske unije. In: Samardzic, Slobodan; Radic, Ivana (eds.): European Citizenship in the Time of Crisis. Belgrade: Cigoja Stampa, pp. 215-233.
(2011): The Postmodern Liberal Conception of Citizenship. In: Danisch, Robert (ed.): Citizens of the World: Pluralism, Migration and Practices of Citizenship. Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pp. 3-19.
(2010): The Postmodern Liberal Conception of Citizenship. In: Chapple, Julian (ed.): Boundaries: Dichotomies of Keeping In and Keeping Out. Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp. 13-25.

Journal Articles:

(2022): Using the Aeneid to Negotiate Difference: Identity, Difference and Narratives of Belonging. Ágora. Estudos Clássicos em Debate, No. 24 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus) (u pripremi)
(2021, co-author): Recognition of Older Adults as a Heterogeneous Social Group. Trans/Form/Aςão, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 357-374 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2021): Jacques Derrida’s Philosophy of Forgiveness. Filosofia Unisinos, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 1-9 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2020): The Significance of Paul Ricoeur’s Narrative Theory and Hermeneutics for Understanding Carl Jung’s Red Book, Critical Hermeneutics, No. 4, pp. 163-182.
(2020):The Hermeneutics of Gender Equality Law in Europe, Javnost-The Public, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 407-419 (indexed in: SSCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2020) Vietnam’s Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Asian Bioethics Review, Vol. 12, Issue 3, pp. 341-347 (indexed in: SCI-expanded, SCImago and Scopus).
(2020, co-author) The Rhetoric of Othering in a Time of Pandemic: Labeling COVID-19 as a ‘Foreign Virus’ in Public Discourse. Kultura polisa, Vol. 17, No. 43, pp. 421-433.
(2020): Paul Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics as a Bridge Between Aesthetics and Ontology. Rivista di Estetica, Vol. 1, pp. 87-112 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2019): The Concept of European Values. Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, Vol. 16, No.1,pp. 103-117 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2018): European Philosophical Identity Narratives. Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, Vol. 15, No.1,pp. 125-145 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2018): Globalization and the Postnational Model of Citizenship. Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, No. 1, pp. 1-18.
(2018): Globalization, Regionalization, Fragmentation: Postnational vs. National Political Paradigms. Kultura polisa, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 153-174 (indexed in: SCImago).
(2017): The Concept of European Public Sphere in the European Public Discourse. Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, No 11, Vol. 2, pp. 79-94 (indexed in: SSCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2016): Citizenship as Discursive Practice: The Postmodern Culture of Citizenship. Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Religion, Vol. 19, pp. 13-19.
(2016): EU Public Political Discourse after Terrorist Attacks in Paris and Brussels. International Politics, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 206-242.
(2014): Ethics of Care: Towards Postmodern Ethics?, Sveske, No. 112, pp. 94-102.
(2014): The Concept of European Values within European Public Political Discourse. Sveske, No. 111, pp. 115-122.
(2015): Demographic Change in the European Union: a Challenge to EU Citizenship. Review of International Affairs, Vol. XLVII, No. 58, pp. 122-140.
(2013): The Archetypal World of Nikola Tesla. Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 48-55 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2013): The Rights of Older Adults in the European Union. Dados – Revista de Ciencias Sociais , Vol. 1, Issue 56, pp. 185-205 (indexed in: SSCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2013): The Truth as a Non-Reference: Realist and Antirealist Conception of Reference. Acta Philosophica, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 99-117 (indexed in A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2012): The EU Citizenship as a Mental Construct: Reconstruction of Postnational Model of Citizenship. European Review, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2012, pp. 419-437 (indexed in: SSCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2011): Binary Oppositions in Philosophy of Science. Phlogiston: Journal of History of Science, No. 18/19, pp. 127-149.
(2011): European Identity: Between Modernity and Postmodernity (co-author Dragan Lakićević). Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research. Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 395-407 (indexed in: SSCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2011): European Commission’s Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate: A Path Towards Deliberation? Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution, Vol. 3, No. 2 February, pp. 14-19.
(2011): Péče cestou deliberace: k ideji kontextuální morálky (Political Science and Contextual Idea of Morality). Filosofický časopis, No. 4, pp. 96-115 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2010): Dynamic Nature of Human Rights: Rawls’s Critique of Moral Universalism. Trans/Form/Aςão, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 223-240 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2010): Care Through Deliberation: A New Role of the Ethics of Care. Revista de Cercetare si Interventia Sociale, Vol. 31, pp. 80-94 (indexed in: SSCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2010): European Human Rights Binaries. Cultura, International Journal of Culture and Axiology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 208-217 (indexed in: A&HCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2010): The Assembly of European Regions’ Udine Declaration: Contradictory Approaches to European and Regional Identities. European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 443-446 (indexed in: SSCI, SCImago and Scopus).
(2009): Rethinking EU Citizenship: Towards the Postmodern Ethics of Citizenship. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 40-61 (indexed in: SCI expanded).
(2009): The EU Visa Liberalisation Process for Western Balkan Countries as a Reflection of the Politics of Modernity. The Romanian Journal of European Studies (Special Issue on Migration and Mobility), No. 7-8, pp. 121-128 (indexed in Scopus).
(2009): Hermeneutical Aspect of Reference. Praxis Filosófica, No. 29, pp.127-142.
(2009): The Four Values of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Daena : International Journal of Good Conscience, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 278-295
(2009): Ricoeur’s Narrative Theory Applied to Science“, Philosophical Papers and Reviews, Vol. 1 (3), September, 2009, pp. 44-51.
(2009): European Udine Declaration: Poststructuralist Reading. Review of European Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 110-116.
(2009): Southeastern European Feminism and Narrative. Konvergencias, Vol. 24, pp. 88-103.
(2008): Explanation and Understanding in the History of Philosophy and Ricoeur’s Theory. Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 26-34.
(2007): Spinoza and Kant on Suicide. Res Cogitans: Journal of Philosophy, No. 4, Vol. 1, pp. 132-144.
(2007): Rawls’s Law of Moral Peoples. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 1-10.

Conference Papers

(2020): “The Relevance of the Postmodern Idea of Subjectivity for Development of the Concept of Posthuman Agency”, 4th Annual Posthuman Symposium, New York University, New York
(odloženo za 2022. godinu).
(2019): “Globalization and Regionalization: National vs. Postnational Values”, Symposium: Intercultural Challenges in the Era of Globalization, University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iasi,
Romania.
(2018): “European Philosophical Identity Narratives.” Symposium: Interpretation of Values, University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iasi, Romania.
(2018): “European Identity in Light of Brexit”. Conference: Europe as a Global Actor, ISCTE-IUL, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
(2015): Contemporary Challenges to EU Citizenship. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences; Belgrade, Serbia.
(2013): Paul Ricoeur’s Idea of Metamorphoses of Narrative Paradigms. Paul Ricoeur and the Future of Humanities. University of Groningen, Faculty of Philosophy; Groningen, The Netherlands.
(2012): Citizenship and Identity as Narrative Constructs. Political and Constitutional Accommodation of Ethno-Linguistic Conflicts in Southern Europe. 13th Mediterranean Research Meeting, European University Institute; Florence, Italy.
(2011): Shared Challenges in the European Union and the United States: Emerging from the Crisis. European University Institute and the European Commission; Brussels, Belgium.
(2010): The European Union and Politics of Affinity. 8th European Urban an Regional Studies Conference: Repositioning of Europe in Era of Global Transformation; Vienna, Austria.
(2009): Postmodern Conception of Citizenship. 5th Global Conference: Pluralism, Inclusion and Citizenship; Salzburg, Austria.
(2008): Cultural Differences and Cultural History. Intercultural Dialogue MALRO. Ministry of Culture, Republic of Serbia, and French Cultural Center; Belgrade (Serbia).
(2007): Human Rights Sixty Years after the Establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Harper Academic Research Competition: Factors for Prosperity, Progress and Human Flourishing, SocialChange; USA.