Nikolić Sara

Sara Nikolić is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, with a dissertation on the anthropology of New Belgrade Blocks. A member of the European Network for Housing Research and Ethno-Anthropological Society of Serbia, her work focuses on housing practices, urban self-management, and sensory ethnography in post-socialist cities. She was awarded the Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship (2020/21 and 2021/22) for her research.

Education:

• PhD in Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (2024), dissertation: "Anthropology of New Belgrade Blocks: Urban Dwelling, Creation of Social Spaces, and the New Life of Urban Commons"

Research Interests:

• Critical ethnography of urban spaces and housing
• Sensory and visual methodologies in anthropology
• Post-socialist urban transformations
• Social and spatial exclusion dynamics

Article Trends: Her recent work explores urban commons, olfactory boundaries, political disengagement in Serbia, and methodological innovations in studying poverty. Common threads include interdisciplinary approaches to urban sociology and a focus on marginalized voices in post-socialist contexts.

Labs & Teams: She contributes to multiple research laboratories at the Institute, including the [EduLab] (educational theories), [DigiLab] (Digital Society), and [GenLab] (Gender Research), integrating multi-disciplinary perspectives into her studies.