Uros Kovac

Uros Kovac is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society. He holds a PhD and specializes in social anthropology with a focus on youth, gender, migration, and religion, particularly through the lens of sports in Africa. His current research investigates the intersection of football, migration, and religious hope among African migrants in Europe. Kovac has conducted extensive fieldwork in Cameroon and Kenya, examining themes like masculinity, Pentecostalism, and neoliberalism's impact on sport and society.

Education: PhD in Anthropology (not explicitly stated, inferred from title and publications).

Research Interests:

• Anthropology of sport and migration
• Gender and religion in Africa
• Neoliberalism and transnational aspirations
• Ruination and future-making in postcolonial contexts

Grants/Fellowships: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023-2025).

Publications: Author of the monograph *The Precarity of Masculinity* (2022) and over 15 peer-reviewed articles in journals like *Ethnos*, *Africa*, and *Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute*. Editor of a special issue on 'Living with ruins' in *Journal of Eastern African Studies* (2023).