PhD Valida Repovac Nikšić
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Political Sociology, Political Theory

Valida Repovac Nikšić is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo. She has previously worked in the Directorate for European Integration at the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Valida holds a degree from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Sarajevo. She completed her Master's thesis in Political Philosophy as part of the European Regional Master's Program in Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe, offered by the University of Bologna and the University of Sarajevo. During the academic year of 2010-2011, she was a visiting Ph.D. Candidate within the Fulbright Program at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2014, Valida obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Sarajevo. Her research interests lie in Political Sociology, Political Theory, and Critical Social Theory. Her work focuses on various areas, including cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, populism, active citizenship, and democratic innovations. She has published a book titled "On Cosmopolitanism - Theoretical Debates". She is currently the academic coordinator of the ERASMUS Mundus IMCEERES program for the University of Sarajevo, in partnership with the University of Glasgow and the University of Tartu, Estonia. Valida is currently coordinating the ENCODE project for the Horizon Europe Program. She also holds the position of Vice-Dean for Science and Research. Latest: 2022. "The Social Movement for Truth and Justice - Pragmatic Alliance-building with Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Repovac Nikšić, Valida; Hasanović, Jasmin; Adilović, Emina; Kapidžić, Damir, Philosophy and Society 33(1), 143-161. https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2201143R