Jelena Tanasijević

Jelena Tanasijević serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade. She teaches core courses including Social Policy, Social Protection Systems, Alternative Childcare, Demography and Migration, Social Deviations, and International and Comparative Social Policy.

Her academic credentials include:

• Graduation in Social Policy and Social Work from the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
• Ph.D. in Social Policy (2016) with dissertation on "Policy of reconciliation of family and professional obligations in Serbia"

Dr. Tanasijević's research centers on social policy frameworks with specialized focus on family policies, women's labor market participation, and social work interventions for children/youth. She maintains extensive field experience working directly with children without parental care through the Center for Family Accommodation and Adoption in Belgrade, while coordinating international initiatives like the "YouthCan" project for youth empowerment and the EU-funded "TIP" project on trauma-informed alternative care systems.

Her 2017-2020 publications demonstrate consistent interdisciplinary engagement across foster care resilience, social work education, gender economics, child poverty, and migrant services. These works exhibit strong methodological diversity while maintaining critical focus on Serbian policy contexts within European comparative frameworks.

No scientific awards were documented in the source materials.

Her project portfolio features significant international collaboration:

• Coordinator of "YouthCan" for socio-economic empowerment of youth without parental care
• Lead contributor to EU Commission-funded "TIP" project (SOS Kinderdorf International)
• Implementation partner for SOS Children's Villages Serbia and Save the Children
• UNICEF collaborator on professional guide development for foster care emergencies

She operates within dynamic project teams focused on systemic child welfare reform, particularly through trauma-informed approaches in alternative care settings.