Papers by Milica Vesković Anđelković
The impact of social mobility on the (re)construction of identity among international students – case study of Serbia
Sociološki pregled/Sociološki pregled, 2023
факултет, Одељење за социологију Београд (Србија) Нена А. Васојевић 2 Институт друштвених наука, ... more факултет, Одељење за социологију Београд (Србија) Нена А. Васојевић 2 Институт друштвених наука, Центар за социолошка и антрополошка истраживања Београд (Србија) (РЕ)КОНСТРУКЦИЈА ИДЕНТИТЕТА ВИСОКООБРАЗОВАНИХ ПОВРАТНИКА: СЛУЧАЈ СРБИЈА 3 Сажетак: Циљ рада је анализа емпиријских података прикупљених фокус-групним истраживањем којим је испитивано искуство и обликовање идентитета високообразованих повратника који су се неко време школовали у иностранству. Полазимо од теоријске претпоставке идентитета као друштвене категорије, што значи да је он резултат интеракције између људи, институција и праксе, те је стога променљив, у сталном процесу обликовања и никад завршен. Акценат ће бити на анализи изградње идентитета испитаника и њихових ставова према појединачним идентитетским компонентама. Из разговора се закључује да је миграционо искуство у великој мери утицало на изградњу и разумевање сопственог идентитета, да он остаје отворен за утицаје нових друштвених средина при чему се задржавају и обриси националне културе. Кључне речи: идентитети, (ре)конструкција идентитета, академске миграције, српски повратници УВОД Сврха овог рада је да на основу емпиријске грађе прикаже анализу искуства и (пре)обликовања идентитета међународних студената из Србије који су се неко време школовали у иностранству. Полази се од теоријске претпоставке променљивости личног идентитета који је у сталном процесу обликовања, зависно од друштвеног контекста у којем се појединац налази. С обзиром на промену социјалне средине миграционе популације, ова тема, у анализи искустава међународних студената, 1
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Od kraja prošlog veka do danas u Srbiji se povećava broj imigranata koji pristižu sa više strana.... more Od kraja prošlog veka do danas u Srbiji se povećava broj imigranata koji pristižu sa više strana. Prvenstveno, reč je o prisilno raseljenom stanovništvu sa teritorije bivše Jugoslavije, koji su se i više od dve decenije nakon završenih sukoba i relativne normalizacije odnosa, još uvek zadržali na srpskoj teritoriji. Dalje, izuzetno je povećan i broj tražilaca azila kao i drugih iregularnih migranata. S obzirom da demografske projekcije i iskustva bivših socijalističkih zemalja ukazuju da je u narednih nekoliko decenija realno očekivati migracionu tranziciju u smeru imigracije, a posebno sa formalnim članstvom u EU, čini se da je potrebna veća vizibilizacija ovog fenomena kako bi se išlo u susret ovim društvenim promenama. Cilj ovog rada jeste da uz osvrt na geopolitički položaj Srbije i dugoročne prognoze u pogledu imigracije, pruži pregled stavova građana Srbije prema doseljenicima, naročito u odnosu na njihov uticaj na lokalnu kulturu, običaje i svakodnevicu. Podaci koji su izneseni i analizirani prikupljeni su anketnim istraživanjem koje je Institut za sociološka istraživanja Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu, obavio tokom 2013. godine. U radu se pored stavova domicilnog stanovništva o uticaju doseljenika, analizira i njihovo mišljenje o uticaju stranaca na kulturu i svakodnevni život u njihovim lokalnim sredinama. KLJUČNE REČI: Srbija, migracija, doseljenici, kultura, tradicija UVOD Od kraja prošlog veka do danas u Srbiji se iz godine u godinu povećava broj imigranata koji pristižu sa više strana (Bobić, 2013b). Na prvom mestu, reč je o 617.728 izbeglih i drugih ratom ugroženih lica, koliko ih je
Skilled Youth Outmigration from Serbia in a Developmental Perspective
Southeastern Europe, Dec 10, 2019
This article conceptualizes contemporary mass emigration of skilled youth from post-transitional ... more This article conceptualizes contemporary mass emigration of skilled youth from post-transitional societies such as Serbia in the context of globalization and transnationalism. Today, developed and knowledge-based economies are searching for young, highly educated professionals (IT professionals, scientists, researchers, medical staff, etc). Massive mobility has been motivated by better work prospects and life choices, especially in nations undergoing large social changes, i.e. in the process of their insertion into the world’s capitalist system. However, new theoretical perspectives and corresponding policy responses might be helpful in addressing this phenomenon not only as a loss for sending countries but also as a potential gain. Skilled youth migration might be transformed into ‘brain gain’ and ‘brain circulation’ taking into account a wider migration–development nexus. This article discusses two possible options in the context of a network society: transnational entrepreneurship and diaspora. These might prove to be powerful incentives for modernizing local economies, alleviating poverty and reducing unemployment. Regrettably, policy makers in Serbia, as well others from the region, are neither fully aware, nor engaged in potential utilization of these resources.
Socioloski godisnjak, 2015
ПAРТНEРСТВO СA ДИЈАСПОРОМ КAO СТРAТEГИJA СМAЊEЊA СИРOМAШТВA НA ЛOКAЛНOМ НИВOУ [1] Сажетак: Вишеде... more ПAРТНEРСТВO СA ДИЈАСПОРОМ КAO СТРAТEГИJA СМAЊEЊA СИРOМAШТВA НA ЛOКAЛНOМ НИВOУ [1] Сажетак: Вишедеценијско урушавање српске привреде и дуготрајна економска и друштвена криза утицали су на пад стандарда и повећан број изразито сиромашног становништва. С друге стране, запажа се и велики пад броја радно активних грађана, који ће се, према прогнозама, у будућности још повећавати. Поред дуготрајног негативног природног прираштаја, томе доприноси и константна негативна нето мигарација на подручју Србије (без Косова и Метохије). Стога не чуди што се у Србији на миграције гледа као на негативну појаву. Међутим, треба имати на уму да мигранти својим одласком у развијене земље стичу материјалне ресурсе и усвајају нова знања, вештине и развијају значајне професионалне и личне контакте. Истовремено они остају повезани са Србијом кроз разне друштвене мреже, преко којих могу да пренесу стечени хумани и социјални капитал и тако допринесу њеном будућем развоју. Циљ нашег рада је да укажемо на дијаспору као ресурс локалног развоја Србије, при чему приликом одређења дијаспоре нагласак стављамо на повезаност миграната са Србијом, нарочито са локалном средином из које потичу, као и на њихову жељу да одрже ту везу и допринесу њеном напретку. Кључне речи: дијаспора, дознаке, социјални капитал, хумани капитал, емотивна везаност за матицу., УВOД Н изaк живoтни стaндaрд стaнoвништвa у српским зeмљaмa, пoслeдицa je дoгaђaja кojи су сe синхрoнизoвaнo oдвиjaли нa крajу прoшлoг вeкa и утицaли нa кoрeнитe друштвeнe прoмeнe, oднoснo суштинску прoмeну свих пoдсистeмa oвдaшњих друштaвa. Првo, 1989.
Iskustva i očekivanja povratnika iz inostranstva u Srbiju u doba pandemije COVID-19
Stanovništvo, 2021
Migracijske i etničke teme / Migration and Ethnic Themes, 2019
The paper examines the data collected through interviews with 50 highly educated returnees from S... more The paper examines the data collected through interviews with 50 highly educated returnees from Serbia, carried out in 2017. The main objective was to understand the personal and group identities of Serbian citizens with an experience of migration. The authors applied two conceptual paradigms: first, a primordial one, presupposing that migrants fully preserve their national identity despite being exposed to different cultures, customs, and values at the destination. The second is a social constructionist one, which is further delineated into two main lines of thought: the one assumes that migrants maintain national identity as a "hard core", yet in a continuous process of remaking/recreation as a result of embracing transnational ties. The other which presupposes that migrants build hybrid identities in a permanent flux because they are not firmly grounded in any specific culture. The interpretation of results indicated that a vast majority of returnees have devised hybrid identities. This means that destination society and culture have significantly effected their identity but national roots have still been preserved. The latter is mirrored in their strong sense of belonging to the nation. This may be interpreted as a consequence of two main circumstances. It is hard to expect that national identity can remain unmodified when migrants enrol in educational institutions and bond with scholars all over the world. Besides, the very fact of having maintained national identity made them willing to return and contribute to homeland development, despite Serbia's lagging behind the social and economic developments of countries they had been living in. The results also revealed that the interviewees did not perceive any major difference in national belonging between themselves and non-migrants in Serbia. On the contrary, they did perceive this difference when it came to the diaspora.
Images East : A Photographic Exhibition
The experiences and expectations of returnees to Serbia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Stanovnistvo, 2021
This article discusses the experiences of Serbian citizens who came back to their country of orig... more This article discusses the experiences of Serbian citizens who came back to their country of origin just before or at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of the state of emergency. We analysed their motives to return and their experiences during self-isolation. We also highlighted the problems they encountered at the beginning of the pandemic and the impact they had expected the pandemic would have on their social and economic status. The paper covers their plans for mobility after the end of pandemic, as well as potential motives for staying in Serbia. The aim is to show that even though a large number of citizens came back to Serbia when the crisis broke out and could not have predicted what would happen to their social and economic status in their destination countries, they still did not intend to stay in Serbia after the end of the pandemic. The whole social system in Serbia would need to be changed for them to decide to stay. Discussion of the results is ba...
Migracijske i etničke teme / Migration and Ethnic Themes, 2015
Od kraja prošlog veka do danas u Srbiji se povećava broj imigranata koji pristižu sa više strana.... more Od kraja prošlog veka do danas u Srbiji se povećava broj imigranata koji pristižu sa više strana. Prvenstveno, reč je o prisilno raseljenom stanovništvu sa teritorije bivše Jugoslavije, koji su se i više od dve decenije nakon završenih sukoba i relativne normalizacije odnosa, još uvek zadržali na srpskoj teritoriji. Dalje, izuzetno je povećan i broj tražilaca azila kao i drugih iregularnih migranata. S obzirom da demografske projekcije i iskustva bivših socijalističkih zemalja ukazuju da je u narednih nekoliko decenija realno očekivati migracionu tranziciju u smeru imigracije, a posebno sa formalnim članstvom u EU, čini se da je potrebna veća vizibilizacija ovog fenomena kako bi se išlo u susret ovim društvenim promenama. Cilj ovog rada jeste da uz osvrt na geopolitički položaj Srbije i dugoročne prognoze u pogledu imigracije, pruži pregled stavova građana Srbije prema doseljenicima, naročito u odnosu na njihov uticaj na lokalnu kulturu, običaje i svakodnevicu. Podaci koji su izneseni i analizirani prikupljeni su anketnim istraživanjem koje je Institut za sociološka istraživanja Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu, obavio tokom 2013. godine. U radu se pored stavova domicilnog stanovništva o uticaju doseljenika, analizira i njihovo mišljenje o uticaju stranaca na kulturu i svakodnevni život u njihovim lokalnim sredinama. KLJUČNE REČI: Srbija, migracija, doseljenici, kultura, tradicija Od kraja prošlog veka do danas u Srbiji se iz godine u godinu povećava broj imigranata koji pristižu sa više strana (Bobić, 2013b). Na prvom mestu, reč je o 617.728 izbeglih i drugih ratom ugroženih lica, koliko ih je
Skilled Youth Outmigration from Serbia in a Developmental Perspective
Southeastern Europe, 2019
This article conceptualizes contemporary mass emigration of skilled youth from post-transitional ... more This article conceptualizes contemporary mass emigration of skilled youth from post-transitional societies such as Serbia in the context of globalization and transnationalism. Today, developed and knowledge-based economies are searching for young, highly educated professionals (IT professionals, scientists, researchers, medical staff, etc). Massive mobility has been motivated by better work prospects and life choices, especially in nations undergoing large social changes, i.e. in the process of their insertion into the world’s capitalist system. However, new theoretical perspectives and corresponding policy responses might be helpful in addressing this phenomenon not only as a loss for sending countries but also as a potential gain. Skilled youth migration might be transformed into ‘brain gain’ and ‘brain circulation’ taking into account a wider migration–development nexus. This article discusses two possible options in the context of a network society: transnational entrepreneurshi...
Migracijske i etničke teme / Migration and Ethnic Themes, 2019
The paper examines the data collected through interviews with 50 highly educated returnees from S... more The paper examines the data collected through interviews with 50 highly educated returnees from Serbia, carried out in 2017. The main objective was to understand the personal and group identities of Serbian citizens with an experience of migration. The authors applied two conceptual paradigms: first, a primordial one, presupposing that migrants fully preserve their national identity despite being exposed to different cultures, customs, and values at the destination. The second is a social constructionist one, which is further delineated into two main lines of thought: the one assumes that migrants maintain national identity as a "hard core", yet in a continuous process of remaking/recreation as a result of embracing transnational ties. The other which presupposes that migrants build hybrid identities in a permanent flux because they are not firmly grounded in any specific culture. The interpretation of results indicated that a vast majority of returnees have devised hybrid identities. This means that destination society and culture have significantly effected their identity but national roots have still been preserved. The latter is mirrored in their strong sense of belonging to the nation. This may be interpreted as a consequence of two main circumstances. It is hard to expect that national identity can remain unmodified when migrants enrol in educational institutions and bond with scholars all over the world. Besides, the very fact of having maintained national identity made them willing to return and contribute to homeland development, despite Serbia's lagging behind the social and economic developments of countries they had been living in. The results also revealed that the interviewees did not perceive any major difference in national belonging between themselves and non-migrants in Serbia. On the contrary, they did perceive this difference when it came to the diaspora.
Skilled Youth Outmigration from Serbia in a Developmental Perspective
Southeastern Europe
This article conceptualizes contemporary mass emigration of skilled youth from post-transitional ... more This article conceptualizes contemporary mass emigration of skilled youth from post-transitional societies such as Serbia in the context of globalization and transnationalism. Today, developed and knowledge-based economies are searching for young, highly educated professionals (IT professionals, scientists, researchers, medical staff, etc). Massive mobility has been motivated by better work prospects and life choices, especially in nations undergoing large social changes, i.e. in the process of their insertion into the world’s capitalist system. However, new theoretical perspectives and corresponding policy responses might be helpful in addressing this phenomenon not only as a loss for sending countries but also as a potential gain. Skilled youth migration might be transformed into ‘brain gain’ and ‘brain circulation’ taking into account a wider migration–development nexus. This article discusses two possible options in the context of a network society: transnational entrepreneurshi...
Political Orientations of the Economic Elite in Serbia
Comparative Southeast European Studies, 2015
Western Balkans between political and economic integration and interior disintegration
The Western Balkans is burdened with a number of historically-based internal (national and religi... more The Western Balkans is burdened with a number of historically-based internal (national and religious) and external (geopolitical) contradictions. They are connected to the growing socio-economic tensions, generated by numerous systematic deviations. Due to everything that was said above, the Western Balkan still remains a European 'powder keg'. To prevent its, sooner or later, explosion and rise of a growing various social - erosive processes in the countries of the region - the further strengthening of organized crime and national tensions - we need thoughtful, comprehensive solutions in the field of regional policy cooperation and reconciliation. But they will be effective and permanent only if they are the product of true compromise, not imposed or conditioned from aside. We must be conscious of the fact that the key for good regional political relationships, which are conditions of economic progress, exist in countries of our area. Further, we mustn't forget historic...
Stanovništvo, 2021
This article discusses the experiences of Serbian citizens who came back to their country of orig... more This article discusses the experiences of Serbian citizens who came back to their country of origin just before or at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of the state of emergency. We analysed their motives to return and their experiences during self-isolation. We also highlighted the problems they encountered at the beginning of the pandemic and the impact they had expected the pandemic would have on their social and economic status. The paper covers their plans for mobility after the end of pandemic, as well as potential motives for staying in Serbia. The aim is to show that even though a large number of citizens came back to Serbia when the crisis broke out and could not have predicted what would happen to their social and economic status in their destination countries, they still did not intend to stay in Serbia after the end of the pandemic. The whole social system in Serbia would need to be changed for them to decide to stay. Discussion of the results is based on data collected at the beginning of pandemic by researchers from the Institute of Sociological Research, one of whom was the author of this paper. Due to the health risks related to the coronavirus, we used a quantitative method: a questionnaire distributed online via the Google platform. As such, the respondents were mostly young and educated people who took part in the research because they used the internet on a daily basis and were able to fill in the survey easily. For this reason, the results presented in this article cannot be generalised to represent the whole population, but only the respondents of this research. The findings are placed within a contextual framework in which the world's population is extremely mobile. We recognised a similarly high level of mobility among Serbian citizens, too. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many different aspects of life, and so a large share of respondents decided to come back to their home country. This was a normal coping strategy, especially for those migrants who did not have officially recognised status in their destination country. Returnees faced many problems when they returned to their home country; they had to self-isolate and did not know what would happen with their jobs once the pandemic was over. They also didn't know if they would receive an income or what would happen with the social system, either in their home country or in their country of emigration. Analysis of the data revealed that despite their expectations of an economic crisis following the drastic measures introduced to suppress the spread of the coronavirus, a large share of respondents believed that the crisis wouldn't have an impact on their material and social status in their destination country. Because of that, we noted that most respondents wished to go back to their destination country after the crisis was over. However, it's suggested that if we want them to stay in Serbia, then the state should introduce measures that include both economic and social reforms.
Sociologija, 2019
APSTRAKT: Fenomen dijaspore, njegove karakteristike i funkcije, značajno su promenjene poslednjih... more APSTRAKT: Fenomen dijaspore, njegove karakteristike i funkcije, značajno su promenjene poslednjih decenija sa zamahom globalizacije, što zahteva i nove istraživačke pristupe. Za razliku od ranijih perioda kada su pojedinci retko, ili čak nikada nisu posetili zavičaj, danas oni češće dolaze u zemlju porekla, a sa rodbinom i prijateljima održavaju kontakt gotovo na svakodnevnom nivou. Time se menjaju ranije ustaljeni odnosi i međusobni uticaji dijaspore i matice, kao i načini njihovog mogućeg partnerstva. Česta komunikacija migranata sa nemigracionim stanovništvom u zemlji porekla utiče na stvaranje transnacionalnih mreža koje imaju veliki potencijal za razvoj matične države, usled toga što omogućavaju ulaganja migranata nezavisno od povratka ("na daljinu"). Takođe, intenziviranje migracija u svim delovima sveta uticalo je i na širenje društvenih veza (veći socijalni kapital) pojedinaca i sticanje novih znanja (veći humani kapital) koje oni sa sobom donose i mogu državi da ponude, pa se težište interesovanja odgovornih aktera polako pomera sa privlačenja finansijskih resursa dijaspore (koji su ranije gotovo jedino bili važni) na socijalni i humani kapital. Primena novih znanja i tehnologija kao i konsultacije sa stručnjacima iz celog sveta koji su državi dostupni zahvaljujući socijalnom kapitalu dijaspore može biti važan resurs usmeren u ekonomski, kulturni i društveni napredak matične države. Međutim, važno je imati u vidu da interakcija sa narodima raznih kultura utiče i na izmenu i doživljaj identiteta migranata, što zahteva teorijsku modifikaciju ranijeg shvatanja identiteta članova dijaspore koji se prepoznavao u čvrstom nacionalnom identitetu, a danas dobija obrise savremenih hibridnih identitetskih formi. Na mezo nivou, odnosno iz perspektive matice, bi to dalje značilo i potrebu za preispitivanjem nacionalnog identiteta kao ključnog motiva za ulaganje dijaspore u maticu i stvaranje novih podsticajnih politika usmerenim na migracije. Dakle, cilj rada bi bio da se ukaže na promene samog fenomena dijaspore, uključujući i resurse koje poseduje, kao i izmenu posmatranja njenog uticaja na maticu-prvo, naglasak je na transnacionalnim mrežama koje menjaju način komunikacije i odnosa sa zemljom 1
Migracijske i etnicke teme , 2019
The paper examines the data collected through interviews with 50 highly educated returnees from S... more The paper examines the data collected through interviews with 50 highly educated returnees from Serbia, carried out in 2017. The main objective was to understand the personal and group identities of Serbian citizens with an experience of migration. The authors applied two conceptual paradigms: first, a primordial one, presupposing that migrants fully preserve their national identity despite being exposed to different cultures, customs, and values at the destination. The second is a social constructionist one, which is further delineated into two main lines of thought: the one assumes that migrants maintain national identity as a "hard core", yet in a continuous process of remaking/recreation as a result of embracing transnational ties. The other which presupposes that migrants build hybrid identities in a permanent flux because they are not firmly grounded in any specific culture. The interpretation of results indicated that a vast majority of returnees have devised hybrid identities. This means that destination society and culture have significantly effected their identity but national roots have still been preserved. The latter is mirrored in their strong sense of belonging to the nation. This may be interpreted as a consequence of two main circumstances. It is hard to expect that national identity can remain unmodified when migrants enrol in educational institutions and bond with scholars all over the world. Besides, the very fact of having maintained national identity made them willing to return and contribute to homeland development, despite Serbia's lagging behind the social and economic developments of countries they had been living in. The results also revealed that the interviewees did not perceive any major difference in national belonging between themselves and non-migrants in Serbia. On the contrary, they did perceive this difference when it came to the diaspora.
southeastern europe 43 (2019) 255-276, 2019
This article conceptualizes contemporary mass emigration of skilled youth from post-transitional ... more This article conceptualizes contemporary mass emigration of skilled youth from post-transitional societies such as Serbia in the context of globalization and transnation-alism. Today, developed and knowledge-based economies are searching for young, highly educated professionals (IT professionals, scientists, researchers, medical staff, etc). Massive mobility has been motivated by better work prospects and life choices, especially in nations undergoing large social changes, i.e. in the process of their insertion into the world's capitalist system. However, new theoretical perspectives and corresponding policy responses might be helpful in addressing this phenomenon not only as a loss for sending countries but also as a potential gain. Skilled youth migration might be transformed into 'brain gain' and 'brain circulation' taking into account a wider migration-development nexus. This article discusses two possible options in the context of a network society: transnational entrepreneurship and diaspora. These might prove to be powerful incentives for modernizing local economies, alleviating poverty and reducing unemployment. Regrettably, policy makers in Serbia, as well others from the region, are neither fully aware, nor engaged in potential utilization of these resources.
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Филозофског факултета и чланови Института за социолошка
истраживања, писала су на тему савремених миграција, пола-
зећи од наведеног ширег контекста природног и друштвеног
окружења и њихових промена, који обликују савремене миг-
рационе процесе, утичући на њихове узроке, последице, то-
кове и трансформације, као и рефлексије у науци, медијима,
политици и свакодневном животу. Прва два поглавља су ем-
пиријски заснована на подацима сопственог теренског истра-
живања, док је треће оријентисано на теоријску расправу која
се ослања и на секундарну анализу релевантних емпиријских
студија и анализа.