From European research networks to the field
Leadership roles in EU-funded research actions, combined with hands-on programme design, implementation and evaluation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region.
European research projects & networks
CHILD VOICES — COST Action (2026–2030)
Researcher and Management Committee Member representing Norway in an interdisciplinary European research project. Funded by: European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Erasmus+ Global Mobility: Social Work Education, Norway–Bosnia and Herzegovina (2025–2028)
Project Manager. Building institutional cooperation and student/staff mobility between UiS and partner universities in BiH.
Veikart — co-created, coordinated service pathways in Sola municipality, Norway (2024–2026)
Research team member. Evaluation of the implementation of a co-creation roadmap for coordinated services for children and families, with the University of Stavanger and Sola municipality, Norway.
ORBIT — Religious Identity, Bullying and Wellbeing at School — COST Action (2024–2027)
Science Communication Officer in a transnational European research collaboration. Funded by: European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
TraFaDy — Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe — COST Action (2022–2025)
Leader of the subgroup on psychosocial services for children in transnational migration processes. Funded by: European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
TRIBES — Bullying, Migration and Integration at School Level — COST Action (2018–2023)
Comparative research on legal frameworks and school-based preventive programmes targeting migrant children in Europe. Funded by: European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Ethmigsurveydata — International Ethnic and Immigrant Minorities' Survey Data Network — COST Action (2016–2021)
Contributor to the pan-European EMM Survey Registry covering quantitative surveys in 34 countries. Funded by: European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Remigrations and Transformations in the Post-Socialist European Region
Collaborative research on return migration and brain gain, with universities and research centres in Austria, Croatia and Germany.
Generations in Dialogue — Research Fellowship, ERSTE Foundation, Austria
Research fellow responsible for a research project on return migration in the Western Balkans — Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Applied projects — Bosnia and Herzegovina & the Western Balkans
Family Group Conference — national child protection innovation programme
Introduced, developed and evaluated an internationally recognized innovative model of support for children, youth and families at risk (IN Foundation) — including the five-year programme evaluation and the manual for applying FGC in schools as an early preventive intervention.
Peer and School Violence Prevention
Program Officer. National school-based violence prevention programme — IN Foundation, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kinderpostzegels, the Netherlands.
Prevention of gender-based violence in schools
Co-authored the national manual for teaching and professional staff in primary and secondary schools, supporting school-based preventive practice.
"Index for Inclusion" in elementary schools — external evaluation
Mixed-methods evaluation (70 interviews and focus groups with teachers, principals, parents and pupils) of inclusion methodology and the "Education for Social Justice" approach in Republika Srpska.
Stigma and discrimination toward mental health service users — national study
Quantitative study with 560 respondents assessing stigma, discrimination and self-esteem among mental health service users in a challenging socio-political context.
Programme design, M&E and training with international agencies
A decade of designing, managing, training, monitoring and evaluating programmes on children and youth at risk, peer and gender-based violence prevention, adult mental health and transitional justice for youth — with UNDP, UNICEF, Save the Children, local NGOs and public authorities.