Jelena Vranješević

Jelena Vranješević is full time professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, Department for Pedagogy and Andragpogy, where she teaches Developmental Psychology and Psychology of Education. She is an author of five monographies dealing with developmental problems of adolescence, children’s participation and participatory researches, as well as the image of children in media. She is also an author of numerous papers and articles published in relevant journals and scientific conference proceedings. She coauthored and coordinated national and international projects on early childhood development, social justice/education for diversity, non-violent communication  and alternative dispute resolution techniques (mediation and negotiation), intercultural education, children’s rights/participation and leadership in educaion.  Professor Vranješević participated in research projects dealing with different aspects of improving the quality of education: children’s and parents’ participation in education, inclusive education and teacher professional development. Her fields of expertise are child development, child rights (especially child participation), teacher professional development and promotion of human and children’s rights through education for social justice and intercultural education.

Her motivation for participation in the RELATE project is to “get out of the comfort zone” and the opportunity to look at the concepts she deals with as a psychologist from multiple perspectives, as well as to enrich and further develop the concepts of participation and participatory research in order to be in the best interest of children.