Dr. Marija Grujić

• Feminist research on protracted territorial conflicts and internally displaced persons (IDPs)
• Gendered nationalism and politics of belonging among co-ethnics and co-nationals
• Gender, policies and variations in affiliation
• Gender, sexuality and asylum infrastructures nexus
• Critical migration research on the use of digital tools in asylum processes
• Complexities of migration decisions, transit and onward migration scenarios (Western Balkans, EU-UK movements)
• Intersectional biographical research and qualitative research methods for the study of femininities and masculinities
• Research ethics and data protection

Scientific career

Since 2024
German Research Foundation (DFG) Walter Benjamin Fellow
Project title: Gendering Asylum Infrastructures - Mobilizing Sensitivity to Gender, Sexual Orientation and Violence in Europe after 2014

2023 – 2024
Non-resident Postdoc Research Fellow
Habilitation project at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Germany

2021
PhD Sociology
Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Dissertation title: Belonging in Unhomely Homelands – Intersections Between Internal Displacement and Gendered Nationalism among Kosovo Serbs

2011-2014
International Postgraduate Program (IPP) Transnational, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany

2010
MSc Religious Studies
Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dissertation title: Gender Equality and Social Justice in the Serbian Orthodox Church: Critical-Discourse Analysis of the Magazine “Pravoslavlje”

2006
Diploma in Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Dissertation title: The Problem of Death in Martin Heidegger‘s Work

2004
University Certificate in Women and Gender Studies
Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Dissertation title: Emma Goldman’s Anarchism

Academic activities

since 2024
Postdoctoral research associate
German Research Foundation (DFG) Walter Benjamin Fellow
Chair of Comparative Cultural and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

2024
Academic Mentor at the Displaced Scholars Mentoring Program, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney

2023-2024
Non-resident Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Chair of Comparative Cultural and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt Oder, Germany

2022-2023
Visiting Researcher at the Field of Excellence, Dimensions of Europeanization, University of Graz

2021-2023
Researcher
International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna, Austria

2013-2019
Research associate
Chair of Women's and Gender Studies
Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

2011-2014
PhD student
International Postgraduate Program (IPP) Transnational, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

2011-2013
Research associate at the Chair of Women's and Gender Studies
Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

2009-2011
Research associate
Center for Gender Studies, International Forum Bosnia, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2009-2011
Academic Advisor for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Independent Study Project (ISP) for the Balkans

2008-2010
Research associate
Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2008-2011
Research associate
Transcultural Psychosocial Foundation, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina