Previous projects
(2016 – 2020)
Politicization of Education
The project's main aim is to reveal the mechanisms of nationalism practiced in the context of education. The analysis of the contents of educational materials project reveals how deeply this issue undercuts education policy.
Part I
Politicization of History in School Textbooks
The project explores how school history textbooks are used to perpetuate nationalistic policies within divided regions. Textbooks and other educational media provide the foundations upon which the new generation build understanding about their own context and the events that are creating their present. By promoting nationalistic politics in such media, textbooks themselves can be used as tools to further promote and preserve ongoing hostility between ethnic groups following periods of conflict.
Part II
The Politicization of Religion in School Textbooks
The project presents methodologically innovative studies that combine qualitative and quantitative approaches to analyzing the politicization of religion through school textbooks. It offers a new perspective on understanding the political influence and import of religion in Southeastern and Eastern Europe. It also deals with complex aspects of this issue, such as the general situation of religion in the different countries, the social position of churches, the issues of gender, the reconciliation after the Yugoslav Wars, and the integration of the EU.
(2012 - 2020)
Politicization of History
The global multidisciplinary research project about politicization of history. This project challenge decades of some superficial and selective rhetoric that came from different sides/political interests, foreign as well as domestic. It explores how nationalists in the former Yugoslavia have politicized history and historical narratives for political gain and can be used for further hostilities between ethnic groups.
(2012 - 2016)
Politicization of Religion
The global multidisciplinary research project about politicization of religion presenting methodologically innovative studies that combine qualitative and quantitative approaches to analyzing the politicization of religion.
The project's main aim is to analyse (ab) use/instrumentalization of religion as a political tool, the mechanisms behind the phenomenon as it has been and still is practiced. (Ab)use of religion as a political means to an end: the achievement of nationalist political goals, analyzing 'how' through which mechanisms this phenomenon has been and still is practiced in South-Eastern Europe. The project offers a new perspective on understanding the political influence and import of religion in Southeastern and Eastern Europe.