Hi! I’m Jovana Zafirović, a sociologist with a strong passion for labor markets and computational social science. Currently, I work as a Research Associate at the Institute of Social Sciences in Belgrade.
I have recently obtained my PhD in Sociology from the University of Belgrade, supervised by Dr. Jelena Pešić. Before joining the ISS, I was a Research Intern at Tilburg University, where I worked under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Ruud Muffels. I hold a Master’s degree in Comparative Social Research from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, which I completed in 2019.
My main research interests span the sociology of work, social stratification, and political sociology, and I mostly explore these areas through computational social science methods, including multilevel models, structural equation models, and latent growth models.
I am also deeply invested in survey research and methodology, with a particular focus on the development of longitudinal panel studies. Currently, I am co-leading a pioneering longitudinal study in Serbia alongside Dr. Bojan Todosijevic. You can find more about the project here.
On this website, you’ll find a brief list of my publications and works in progress. Additionally, you can explore detailed information on my research projects, learn about my professional and teaching activities in my up-to-date CV (September 2024), and visit my Google Scholar profile.
Please feel free to contact me at: jzafirovic@idn.org.rs