Fields of research
political participation and representation of women; women’s leadership strategies; socialization and political culture; new social movements
Current research projects
socially responsible governance; public perception of energy transition; research and innovation policy; gender and politics
Biography
Year of highest professional degree: PhD, 2004.
Lilijana Čičkarić is a Principle research fellow at the Institute for Social Sciences. She teaches on the Master’s Program in Gender Studies at the University of Novi Sad, in the Centre for Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies (UCIMSI). She is the recipient of the Andjelka Milić Award for the best academic study published in 2016. She is a co-founder of the research network for the study of gender and politics in Southeast Europe (GenPolSEE), which brings together over 100 eminent researchers from almost all Balkan countries. She is a member of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). She has been a visiting researcher at the universities of Oslo and Amsterdam, Queen’s University Belfast, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. As a Fulbright scholar, she was at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has published extensively research papers, monographs and articles in leading national and international publications.
She has managed a large number of international projects and sub-projects in the fields of leadership and women’s political representation, social inclusion, sustainable development, participatory governance and gender equality.
Currently she is the leader of the Societal Readiness Pilot within HORIZON EUROPE Research and Innovation SE-HYDRO Project (Grant Agreement No. 101269565), which has received funding from the European Commission (2026-2029).
Membership of professional organisations
- – European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) – Gender and Politics
- – The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation (AtGender)
- – European Sociological Association (ESA)
- – Association of Fulbright Scholars of Serbia
- – Sociological Scientific Society of Serbia (SNDS)
- – Serbian Sociological Society (SSD) – SEFEM
Scholarships, fellowships, grants
2003 – Fellowship from Research Council of Norway.Postdoc Reasearcher in Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. University of Oslo.
2007 – Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massechusetts, Boston and Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge.
2010 – Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship. University of Amsterdam.
2011 – Researh Fellow at the Center for Gender in Politics, Queen’s University, Belfast.
2015 – Research Fellow at the Center for Women, Peace and Security, London Sschool of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Work in education
- Taught undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (course: Sociology of Youth)
- Teaches at the postgraduate studies of the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade (course: Gender Studies)
- Teaches at postgraduate studies at the University of Novi Sad (course:Gender and Politics)
Selected publications
- Čičkarić Lilijana, Dauti Marsela & Milica Antić Gaber (eds) (2026) Women’s Representation in Southeast European Politics. Edward Elgar Publishing. Cheltenham, UK. Northampton, MA, USA https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/women-s-representation-in-southeast-european-politics-9781035350544.html
- Čičkarić, Lilijana (2023) Legislative Quotas and Political Representation in Serbia. In Sabine Lang, Petra Meier and Birgit Sauer (eds.) Party Politics and the Implementation of Gender Quotas: Resisting Institutions. Palgrave. MacMillan. Springer Nature. 303-320. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-08931-2
- Čičkarić, Lilijana (2020) Representation of Women in National Assembly of Serbia. In Parliament in Serbia from the Perspective of Women. OSCE Mission to Serbia. Belgrade. 11-30. http://iriss.idn.org.rs/1764/1/2%20Cickaric%202020.pdf
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