Snjezana Bilic

Dr. Snjezana Bilic is a Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia's UniSA Education Futures, located at City West Campus. Her work focuses on culturally responsive pedagogies, transformative education for marginalized groups (including refugees and homeless individuals), and intersections of gender, human rights, and multiculturalism. She supervises research degrees and advocates for equitable academic practices.

Research Interests: Snjezana's work interrogates how education systems can better serve vulnerable populations through inclusive policies. Her scholarship highlights critical enabling pedagogies, student agency in global contexts, and challenges faced by women in diverse cultural settings. She critiques media narratives around gender and alcohol consumption, while also advocating for visibility of homelessness within universities.

Key Themes in Publications: Recurring topics include refugee education pathways, academic integrity frameworks for enabling programs, and navigating tensions between cultural rights and women's rights in multicultural societies. Her 2024 work proposes a theoretical framework for critical pedagogy in Australian higher education.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with UniSA Education Futures' research programs focusing on equity and inclusion in education. Collaborates with institutions addressing social work policy implications and media representations of gender.