Ivana Stepanović is a permanent research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg, Hungary. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia, MA in Human Rights South-East Europe from University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and University of Bologna, Italy and BA in Philosophy from Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Previously, she held a position of the permanent research fellow at the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research in Belgrade, Serbia. She was also a lecturer at the University of Pannonia, Kőszeg Campus in Hungary. Her research activities focus on peace and reconciliation in former Yugoslavia, digital ethnography of AI and social media, online activism, and the impact of artificial intelligence on societies. Her book, Influencers, Online Alliances, and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe: #Balkans, was published by Routledge, and explores the role of social media and artificial intelligence in fostering peacebuilding in post-conflict societies.
Most recent and/or most impactful research outputs:
Stepanović I. (2025) From Patriotism to Transnationalism: Exploring Hashtag Narratives on Lithium Mining Protests in Serbia. Nationalities Papers 53(4):755-776. doi:10.1017/nps.2024.48
Stepanovic, I. (2024). Influencers, online alliances and reconciliation in Southeast Europe:# Balkans. Taylor & Francis.
Stepanovic, I. (2024) „Whose education? The future of learning, labour, and living in the age of AI“, UNESCO: Whose education? The future of learning, labour, and living in the age of AI | UNESCO
2024 Stepanović, I. Commodification of prison life and #PrisonTikTok: Self-exposure and digital labour on social media. In M. Milićević, I. Stevanović, & L. Ilijić (Eds.), Proceedings – International Scientific Conference “LIFE IN PRISON: Criminological, Penological, Psychological, Sociological, Legal, Security, and Medical Issues” (pp. XX-XX). Belgrade. https://doi.org/10.47152/PrisonLIFE2024.35
Stepanović, I. (2024) Towards a human-centered education in the age of algorithmic governance. Prospects 54, 459–466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-023-09675-4
Stepanović, I. (2022) The True Cost of Technology: Double Extractivism and Green Criminology in Serbia. Revija za kriminologiju i krivično pravo 60(1) 25-37, doi: 10.47152/rkkp.60.1.2