Biography
Vanja joined the Department of Political Economy in September 2019. Her doctoral research focuses on why the process of Europeanisation for post-authoritarian / post-conflict candidate countries generates such variation and uncertainty. The research examines the degree to which approximation to EU norms is occurring across selected subsectors of environmental policy of acquis communautaire in Serbia. Particular attention is paid to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) i.e. utility companies, which bear a bulk of costs in the implementation of many EU directives in environmental subsectors and the level of administrative integrity versus patronage and corruption of which might have the potential to explain the observed within-case, sectoral variation. Vanja holds an MA in Contemporary European Studies from University of Bath, University of Humboldt and Free University in Berlin (joint degree) and an MPhil in Literary and Social Theory from University of Belgrade.
Doctoral Research
Domestic Hurdles to Europeanisation: The Case of Approximation of Environmental Acquis Communautaire in Serbia
Research interests
- Europeanisation
- Policy implementation
- Informality and corruption
Supervisors
Dr Adam Fagan and Dr Tomas Maltby
Teaching
- Comparing Political Systems
- Politics of Central and Eastern Europe
- Contemporary German Politics
Latest publications
Savic, V. 2017. Differential Europeanization of Environmental Acquis Communautaire in Serbia. Proceedings Book, 6th International Conference on European Studies. Local, Regional and Global Governance, Tirana: Epoka University, pp. 337-338.
Research
Environment and Public Policy
The Environment and Public Policy Group
Research
Environment and Public Policy
The Environment and Public Policy Group