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Is Gender Equality an Obstacle to Decisions on Family Formation?
Full text linkDuring June and July 2024, a qualitative
research study was conducted within the
project “Is gender equality an obstacle to
decisions on family formation?” as a part
of the internal call for the Institute of
Social Sciences SEED Research Grant, financed
by SAIGE (Serbia Accelerating Innovation
and Growth Entrepreneurship)
and the World Bank. The initial idea was
to take the first step toward understanding
the transformation process of gender
roles in heterosexual partnerships
among young people in Serbia, aiming
to shed light on important issues related
to family life, gender roles, and their
relation to policies on youth, family, and
gender equality
Periphery in Movement: Organizing Against Rio Tinto in Serbia
No full textThis paper initiates a conversation on how contemporary Eastern European
peripheralization and the hegemony of the energy extractivist model
impact civil action, introducing the concept of Periphery in Movement. Periphery
in Movement seeks to expand beyond traditional civil society and social
movement studies by addressing forms of organizing that build an incomplete
and often tenuous territorial resistance. Through contested convergences and
alliances among diverse civil actors, it aims to bring material disruptions to extractivist
projects. We combine approaches from political economy, civil society
studies, and social movement studies to establish this concept through three
core specificities. The first specificity is the power imbalance, which we identify
as the defining characteristic of Periphery in Movement, positioning it in opposition
to corporate interests, the European Union, and national elites. The
second specificity is the conflictual convergence of actors, spanning a diverse
spectrum of civil actors who have undergone significant ideological and practical
transformations from the Yugoslav Wars to the present. The third specificity
focuses on the “how” of Periphery in Movement, examining the new repertoire
of actions it employs. We develop this theoretical framework by analyzing
Serbia’s ecological movement against the mining corporation Rio Tinto in the
context of resistance to lithium extraction, bringing environmental pollution
and loss of territories. The concept of Periphery in Movement is inspired by attempts
to describe movements in Latin America that have emerged against the
extractivist model as a form of “Society in Movement.” Unlike the Latin American
concept of Societies in Movement, which often offer prefigurative elements
in their organization against extractivism, movements in Eastern Europe bear
a burden of past (and present) developments of civil society, including neocolonial
transitional “democratization” through civil society, its soft and hard
repressions by both international funders and national state, and its peripheral
geopolitical position in Europe in territorial resistance
Wealth, Inequality, and Life Satisfaction: The Impact of Economic Changes across Age Groups and Generations in Europe
No full textThe Quiet Quitting Phenomenon in Digital Workplaces: A Legal-Theoretical and Comparative Analysis
Full text linkQuiet quitting has recently emerged as a widely discussed
phenomenon in organizational science, primarily due
to its implications for business operations and employee productivity.
However, its impact on labor law should not be overlooked.
This paper employs legal-theoretical and comparative
methods to explore the key aspects of conceptualizing quiet
quitting within both individual and collective labor law frameworks.
It also examines how company law addresses the unique
status of managers and directors as employees. The analysis
is limited to a general legal assessment of the Quiet Quitting
phenomenon, acknowledging its conceptual ambiguity and its
intersection with organizational management, labor law, and
company law
Shifts in the Age-Sex Structure of Serbia’s Population: From the Late 19th to the Early 21st Century
No full textFrom the late 19th century to the early 21st century, Serbia’s population age-sex composition experienced profound transformations shaped by socio-economic developments and historical disruptions. The age structure, detrimental to social progress, presented challenges at the close of the 19th century and the early 2000s, though driven by vastly different factors. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, basic demographic indicators, including low life expectancy, high mortality rates—particularly among infants and children under five—and relatively high fertility rates, defined Serbia’s age-sex structure. Over the following decades, the country underwent a rapid demographic transition, characterised by declines in both fertility and mortality rates, alongside substantial emigration. While Serbia once had one of Europe’s youngest populations at the end of the 19th century, it is now among the world’s oldest in demographic terms. This paper explores changes in Serbia’s age-sex structure over a century, drawing on data from four population censuses (1890, 1921, 1961, and 2022). We will analyse the prevailing socio-economic and historical conditions during data collection for each census to explain how these factors shaped demographic changes. Particular attention will be given to identifying when the demographic ageing process in Serbia began compared to selected European countries. We will examine the causal relationship between age structure and population dynamics and consider potential future demographic scenarios
Nature-based solutions in Serbia: addressing legal and implementation challenges
No full textThe consequences of climate change have been increasingly visible in Serbia in recent
years. From periods of drought and extremely high temperatures (the summer of 2024
was officially the warmest summer in Serbia since measurements began) [1,2], to highly
intense precipitation. The amount of precipitation and its redistribution has changed over
the years. The number of days with extremely heavy precipitation has increased by more
than 5 times [3], influencing the risk of flooding, as it was the case in May 2014 when
Serbia was hit by extreme floods [4]. The question is whether (and to what extend) Serbia
is ready to implement nature-based solutions to cope with the consequences of climate
change and to use them for flood risk management
SMART CONTRACTS AND TRANSHUMANISM: LEGAL AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE SOCIETY OF THE FUTURE
No full textThe convergence of artificial intelligence and transhumanist technologies
reshapes foundational concepts in law, ethics, and social governance.
Smart contracts – self-executing agreements encoded on
blockchain platforms – serve as a cornerstone of this transformation
by enabling automatic enforcement of obligations without human intermediaries.
Their integration into systems involving brain-computer
interfaces, biometric authentication, and AI-guided decision-making,
introduces complex challenges to the legal architecture of modern
society.
Legal subjectivity becomes increasingly ambiguous when contract participants
operate through enhanced cognitive functions or delegated
AI agents. Responsibility, consent, and autonomy must be reconsidered
in cases where AI systems make or execute contractual decisions
on behalf of enhanced individuals. Biometric and neuro-informational
data embedded in these processes further complicate traditional
definitions of privacy and personal agency, raising questions about
the admissibility and governance of such data in contractual relations
Društveni i pravni položaj vozača-migranata u javnom drumskom saobraćaju
Full text linkPrethodne decenije obeležile su intenzivne radne migracija na globalnom, a posebno na evropskom
nivou. Obavljanje javnog drumskog saobraćaja predstavlja granu privrede u kojoj su migranti
često radno angažovani. Vozači-migranti su radno angažovani u tradicionalnim, ali i u modernim
oblicima javnog drumskog saobraćaja. Polazna hipoteza istraživanja jeste -da li je tehnički
napredak dovoljan uslov za bezbedno i sigurno radno angažovanje migranata u javnom drumskom
saobraćaju. S tim u vezi, položaj vozača-migranata biće razmatran sa saobraćajnopravnog,
kompanijskopravnog i radnopravnog aspekta, u uslovima sve izraženijih promena na tržištu rada
uzrokovanih globalizacijom i digitalizacijom rada, a sve u kontekstu zaštite i unapređenja pravnog
statusa vulnerabilnih kategorija stanovništva
“All the World’s A Stage”
No full textThis exploratory article analyzes the contemporary trend in the music and event industry of organizing and filming electronic dance music (EDM) events at tourist destinations. These videos featuring DJ sets in attractive locations, referred to as destination DJ videos (DDJVs), accumulate a substantial number of views on social media platforms, primarily YouTube. Due to their widespread popularity, they represent an untapped source of online media content, holding potential for broader industry utilization and academic analysis of their spatial value, understood as an addition to the typically considered social, cultural, and economic values of music events. DDJVs combine the popularity of a music genre, an artist, a music streaming platform, and the destination featured in the video, offering various perspectives and approaches for assessing and evaluating them within the domain of tourism. The presence of datasets encompassing DDJVs stands as a noteworthy and substantial resource for novel academic explorations within the sphere of tourism research, expanding the scope of visual studies in tourism. Moreover, DDJVs have the potential to serve as valuable and pragmatic instruments for fostering innovation in the field of destination marketing. This exploratory study provides an early evaluation of research directions for DDJVs