Research Associate
Maja Korolija
PhD in History and Philosophy of Natural Sciences and Technology
Research area
History, Sociology and Philosophy of Science and Technology
- Sociology of Knowledge
- Sociology of Politics
Skills
- Employment of different methods in Social Sciences and Humanities,
- Statistical analysis (SPSS)
Work experience:
- 2025 – present: Research Associate, Institute for Multidisciplinary
- Research, University of Belgrade.
- 2021-2025: Research Assistant, Institute for Multidisciplinary
Research, University of Belgrade. - 2018-2021: Research Trainee, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade.
- 2017/2018 – part of the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit (SIPRU) of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, as a scientific researcher in the analyses of primary school textbooks of Serbian language. The research was conducted in the framework of the project Support to Improve Social Inclusion in Serbia of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, with the goal of identifying stereotypical and discriminatory representations of gender roles in primary school textbooks.
- 2016 – An associate in empirical research within the project Gender that Matters: Poverty and Social Inclusion―Social Protection Status in Rural Kosovo and Serbia by the Center for Ethics, Law and Applied Philosophy, a part of a regional support program for the research in the field of social sciences in the Western Balkans (RRPP Western Balkans).
Education:
- 2024 – defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic: “Dynamics of the relationship between science and ideology and the origins of the nuclear program in the context of the socioeconomic transformation of the FPRY” and thus obtained the academic title: Doctor of History and Philosophy of Natural Science and Technology.
- 2020 – Become PhD candidate with thesis on “Dynamics of the relationship between science and ideology and the origins of the nuclear program in the context of the socioeconomic transformation of the FPRY” at the University of Belgrade; study program: History and Philosophy of Natural Sciences and Technology.
- 2016 – Enrolled into PhD studies at the University of Belgrade; study program: History and Philosophy of Natural Science and Technology.
- 2016 – Obtained master’s degree in Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad; acquired academic degree: master sociologist; master work title: Bernal’s understanding of the relationship between science and society.
- 2015 – Completed the first year of master’s academic studies in Business Psychology at the Faculty of Law and Business Studies “Dr Lazar Vrkatić” in Novi Sad, Union University; acquired the title: graduate psychologist.)
- 2014 – Completed academic studies of Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad; academic degree: graduated sociologist.
- 2014 – Completed academic studies in Business Psychology at the Faculty of Law and Business Studies “Dr. Lazar Vrkatić”, at the Union University in Novi Sad; professional title: psychologist.
Awards and certificates:
- In 2015, he received the “Dositej” scholarship from the Fund for Young Talents of the Republic of Serbia.
- Receives the award from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad for the best student.
- Receives the award from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad for the best student.
- 2013. Receives a scholarship from the Fund for Scholarships and Encouraging the Advancement of Gifted Students, Young Scientists and Artists of the University of Novi Sad.
Other professional activities
- In 2025, she was elected to serve as the General Secretary of the Almagest – Society for History, Sociology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of early scholars
- In 2020 she become one of the founders of the Almagest – Society for History, Sociology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of early scholars.
- In 2016, she volunteered in organizing panel discussions for the Regional Scientific Center of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory in Novi Sad
- During 2015, she worked as an organizer and moderator of panel discussions in the context of the Science Cafe project in Novi Sad, which was supported by Belgrade-based Center for the Promotion of Science (CPN) from Belgrade.
Editorial and Reviewer’s activity (journals, books, projects):
- Korolija M. Keith Ewing, Joan Mahoney and Andrew Moretta, MI5, the Cold War, and the Rule of Law Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 528. ISBN: 978-0-1988-1862-5. £84.00 (hardback). The British Journal for the History of Science. 2021;54(4):534-536. doi:10.1017/S0007087421000765
- Korolija, M. (2019). Machiavelli’s Politics. (Review of the book Catherine Zuckert, Machiavelli’s Politics. Chicago&London: University of Chicago Press). Philosophy and Society, 4 (30), pp.633-635.
Memberships:
- European Society for the History of Science (ESHS)
- East European Network for Philosophy of Science (EENPS)
- Serbian Sociological Society
- Society of the Psychologists of Serbia
- Almagest – Early Scholars Society for History, Sociology and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
- The British Society for the History of Science (UK)
Past:
- Sacred Trees of Šumadija — Uncovering the Hidden Gems of Serbia’s Botanical and Cultural Heritage (TreeGems). This work was funded by the Center for the Promotion of Science, under the auspices of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia (Contract no. 1373/24) (https://treegems.rs/home.html).
Current:
- OI179048 – Theory and practice of science in society: multidisciplinary, educational and intergenerational perspectives, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (http://www.imsi.bg.ac.rs/projekat_abstrakt/?id_projekti=47&lang=sr)
- Korolija, M. (2023). Yugoslav science during the Cold War (1945–1960): socio-economic and ideological impacts of a geopolitical shift. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature Portfolio) 10, 913. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02414-2
- Korolija, M. (2022). Алхемија као парадигма и фаза у развоју модерне науке. Филозофија и наука, Зборник радова
Београд: Српска академија наука и уметности, 59-69. - Korolija, M. (2020). Science and Society: Merton’s scientific norms in the light of the Marxist critique of positivism. Nauka i društvo, Udruženje „Nauka i društvo“, 2(12), 60-82.
- Korolija, М. (2017). Relacija nauke i političke ideologije na primerima iz oblasti nauke i obrazovanja u odnosima SSSR i FNRJ, Filozofija i društvo, XXVIII (4), 1160-1171. https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1704160K
Scientific meetings:
- Королија, М. Алхемија као парадигма и фаза у развоју модерне науке (излагање на научном скупу Филозофија и наука, Српска академија наука и уметности и Одељење за филозофију Филозофског факултета Универзитета у Београду, 21–22.10.2020).
- Korolija, М. Scientific Practice in Yugoslavia: From Marxism-Leninism to Self-Managed Socialism. Practicing Evidence – Evidencing Practice: How is (Scientific) Knowledge Validated, Valued and Contested? (International Conference and Pre-Conference Workshop, Munich, 19–21st February, 2020).
- Korolija, M. Structural assumptions of the emergence of the Non-aligned Science. (излагање на Првој конференцији младих научника Европског друштва за историју науке, Париз, Француска, 10–12.2019).
- Koролија, Маја. Хладни рат у науци Југославије: однос науке и политичке идеологије у ФНРЈ. (излагање на Петом међународном интердисциплинарном скупу друштвених и хуманистичких наука Kонтексти, 12.2019. – Филозофски факултет, Нови Сад. ISBN: 978-86-6065-565-5.)