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Milja Mladenović, PhD is a Research Associate in the Department of Urbanism at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Architecture. Born on December 31, 1995, in Belgrade, she completed her entire academic journey at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture, earning her bachelor's in Architecture, master's in Integrated Urbanism, and doctoral degree in Architecture and Urbanism. She successfully defended her dissertation titled Modalities of Digital Media Application for Cultural Heritage Presentation in Public Spaces in 2023 with the highest grade after enrolling in doctoral studies in 2019.
Her research expertise spans urban memory, cultural heritage presentation through digital media, and the intersection of historical urban layers with contemporary planning frameworks. Mladenović approaches cities as palimpsests where visible and invisible memories coexist, developing innovative methods for presenting cultural heritage without physically altering public spaces. Her work bridges traditional urban studies with cutting-edge digital technologies, creating pathways for democratic heritage presentation that accommodates multiple historical narratives.
Analysis of her publications reveals a consistent focus on Belgrade's urban memory, particularly around Students Square and Dorćol settlement. Her research demonstrates how digital layering can reveal forgotten historical narratives while connecting them to contemporary urban planning challenges. She has pioneered approaches that use mixed-reality technologies to transform public spaces into interactive educational environments that engage citizens with their city's layered history.
- Fellowship at the Center for Advanced and Postdoctoral Research at the University 'Ss. Cyril and Methodius' in Skopje (2024)
- Moderated session 'Transformative Perspectives: The Nature of Recall' at international conference 'The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place' at St Anne's College, Oxford (2022)
Mladenović has been involved as a teaching associate since 2016 in courses at the Department of Urbanism and Department of Architecture. She actively engages with the public through media, conducting expert analyses on architecture and urbanism issues in Belgrade and Serbia since 2020. Her professional affiliations include the Association of European Schools of Planning Young Academics Network (AESOP-YA), Women in Architecture Society (ŽAD), and the Association of Engineers of Belgrade (UIB).
As a core researcher in both the Vital Places Lab and the Urban Studies Lab – City Experiment, Mladenović contributes to interdisciplinary projects that examine urban development phenomena through multiple lenses. Her laboratory work focuses on identifying and presenting cultural heritage within urban fabric while exploring contemporary planning frameworks that incorporate urban memory.
