Andrea Rakanović Radonjić

Andrea Rakanović Radonjić serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work within the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Banja Luka. Elected to her current academic position on February 23, 2023, she teaches across multiple academic cycles with courses focusing on social work with juvenile delinquents, addicts, people with disabilities, and domestic violence cases. Her professional profile is documented in the ORCID registry (0009-0000-0953-543X), reflecting her scholarly contributions to the field of social work in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dr. Rakanović Radonjić's research interests center on critical social work approaches, with particular emphasis on vulnerable populations including victims of domestic violence, persons with disabilities, elderly individuals in foster care systems, and children without adequate parental care. Her work critically examines social protection systems in the Republic of Srpska, analyzing how human rights frameworks can empower social work practice and identifying systemic challenges in service delivery for vulnerable groups. She investigates the intersection of gender, disability, and social exclusion, with a consistent focus on practical interventions and policy implications for improving social work practice in post-conflict contexts.

Her publication record demonstrates a consistent trajectory of scholarly work addressing pressing social issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The research reveals a clear thematic progression from examining institutional responses to crisis situations (such as floods and pandemics) toward more specialized analyses of specific vulnerable populations and targeted interventions. Her work frequently employs critical social work frameworks to analyze systemic barriers and propose evidence-based improvements to social protection systems, with notable contributions to understanding violence against women, foster care models, and disability inclusion.

Dr. Rakanović Radonjić has co-authored the internationally recognized monograph "Social Work and Social Policy Transformations in Central and Southeast Europe" (Springer, 2024) and the national scientific publication "Social work with individuals and families - skills, approaches and process" (Faculty of Political Sciences, 2023). Her research has been supported by projects addressing violence against women, child protection systems, and social work education reforms in the Republic of Srpska context.

Her teaching portfolio includes both first and second cycle academic studies covering specialized areas such as social work with people with disabilities, domestic violence, addiction treatment, and healthcare system interventions. She has contributed to professional development through mentoring programs for social workers handling domestic violence cases and has participated in international conferences including the European Conference on Domestic Violence and the European Conference for Social Work Research.