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Jelena Veletic is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Educational Research within the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Oslo, specializing in large-scale educational assessment and school leadership analysis using international datasets.
Her educational qualifications include:
- PhD in Educational Measurement from the Centre for Educational Measurement (CEMO), University of Oslo (2023) with thesis "Challenges and Opportunities in Measuring School Leadership. An analysis of data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)"
- Master of Science in Psychology from the Department of Psychology, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012)
Veletic's research focuses on the intersection of school leadership practices, organizational climate, and teacher well-being, employing advanced statistical methodologies including multilevel modeling and structural equation modeling. Her work examines how leadership styles influence school environments across diverse cultural contexts, particularly through analysis of TIMSS and TALIS datasets. She contributes significantly to measurement model development in educational leadership research.
Her publication record reveals a concentrated trajectory in international comparative leadership studies, with increasing emphasis on Nordic educational systems and methodological innovation in cluster analysis for leadership profiling. Recent work demonstrates sophisticated applications of multilevel SEM to unpack complex relationships between distributed leadership and teacher satisfaction.
Scientific recognition includes:
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship under EU Horizon 2020
Veletic actively participates in EU-funded research initiatives including the OCCAM project, collaborating with international scholars on secondary analysis of TALIS data. Her work involves substantial grant-funded research in educational measurement and cross-national leadership studies.
She maintains active membership in the EKVA and Large-scale Educational Assessment (LEA) research groups at the Institute for Educational Research, contributing to methodological advancements in international educational surveys and leadership assessment frameworks.
