Dusica Ristivojevic

Dusica Ristivojevic is a Visiting Professor at the University of Helsinki's Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Arts Studies, where she has been affiliated since 2016. She also serves as a Researcher at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (since 2023), focusing on China's geopolitical and economic activities in Central and Eastern Europe. Her academic roles include supervising the Doctoral Programme in Gender, Culture, and Society and teaching courses on social activism, digital media, decolonial theory, and feminism.

Education & Professional Background:

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (pre-2016)
• Lecturer in Gender Studies, Central European University, Hungary
• Lecturer in International Development, Dong-A University, South Korea
• Chevening Fellow, University of Oxford
• MOFA Taiwan Fellow, National Taiwan Normal University

Research Interests: International relations, transnational social movements, Chinese studies, media and digital politics, decolonial theory, and gender studies. Her current projects include analyzing China's environmental and digital technology footprint in Serbia and Eastern Europe, and completing a book on transnational linkages in China's political movements.

Awards & Grants:

• Kone Foundation Bold Initiatives Grant (2019–2023) for research on China's social transformation
• Chevening Fellowship
• MOFA Taiwan Fellowship

Grants & Advising: Principal Investigator for projects like China in Central and Eastern Europe: Environmental Issues, Digital Technologies, and Sociopolitical Consequences (2018–present) and Decolonizing Non-Western Social Transformation (2019–2023). She advises doctoral students and collaborates with organizations in East Asia and Europe.

Public Engagement: Active in media commentary on Chinese social movements, the #MeToo movement in China, and the sociopolitical implications of Chinese corporate investments abroad. Her work has been featured in YLE, France 24, and Helsingin Sanomat.