Aleksandar Bozic

Associate Professor

Aleksandar Bozic

Contact

Telephone: 51832018

Email: aleksandar.bozic@uis.no

Room: KA A-263

Location: Kjell Arholms Hus, Floor 2, Office A-235

Department

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department of Social Studies

About me

Forskningsinteresser

  • Sosiale tjenester for barn og voksne (samfunn, non-profit ledet); sosial velferd (sosial innovasjon, samproduksjon, samarbeid mellom myndigheter og sivilsamfunn i tjenesteyting); forebyggende skolebaserte tjenester til risikoutsatt ungdom og migrasjon

Utdannelse

  • Ph.d.-grad med spesialisering i sosialt arbeid og sosiologi, Universitetet i Agder, Norge.
  • Mastergrad i "Samfunn, organisasjoner og sosiale endringer", City University London, Storbritannia
  • Bachelorgrad i sosialt arbeid, Universitetet i Banja Luka, Bosnia-Hercegovina

Involvert i internasjonale forskningsprosjekter

  • 2022-2026 COST Action: CA 21143 - Transnational family dynamics in Europe
  • 2018-2023 COST Action: CA 18155 - Transnational Collaboration on Bullying, Migration and Integration at the School level
  • 2017-2021 COST Action: CA 1611 - International Ethnic and Immigrant Minorities' Survey Data
  • 2013-2015 Remigrations and transformations in the post-socialist European region (Collaborative project between universities/research centres in Austria, Croatia and Germany  
  • 2010-2012 Transition in Dialogue, ERSTE Foundation, Austria

Professional setting

  • Over 10 års yrkeserfaring i sosialt arbeid og sosial utviklingspraksis fra en overgangskontekst. Erfaring med å designe, administrere, trene, overvåke og evaluere ulike sosiale programmer og velferdstjenester innen barn og unge i fare, peer og kjønnsbasert vold, voksen psykisk helse og ungdoms / transnasjonal rettferdighet. Erfaring fra arbeid for/samarbeid med lokale velferdsorganisasjoner anerkjente frivillige organisasjoner, offentlige myndigheter og internasjonale utviklingsorganisasjoner.

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Bozic, Aleksandar; Hean, Sarah Catherine Patricia Duff; Tembjerg, Pravin

(2024)

Social Innovation and Interprofessional Collaboration in Child–Family Reunification Services: The Family Group Conference. I: Rebuilding family relations for children and youth separated from family.

Palgrave Macmillan.

ISBN 978-3-031-67105-0.

Bozic, Aleksandar; Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger, Eveline

(2023)

International Organisations, NGOs, and Evidence-Based Programmes in Preventing School Violence and Bullying.

Bildung und Erziehung.

ISSN 0006-2456.

Volum 76.

Hefte 3.

s.246-264.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2022)

Unpacking social innovation by nonstate service providers in the challenging social work practice.

Journal of Comparative Social Work.

ISSN 0809-9936.

Volum 17.

Hefte 2.

s.4-28.

DOI: 10.31265/jcsw.v17.i2.416

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2021)

Social innovation in a post-conflict setting: examining external factors affecting social service NGOs.

Development Studies Research.

ISSN 2166-5095.

Volum 8.

Hefte 1.

s.170-180.

DOI: 10.1080/21665095.2021.1950020

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2018)

Transitioning Back: Remigration of tertiary-educated Bosnians with experience of international academic mobility. I: Remigration to Post-Socialist Europe.

LIT Verlag.

ISBN 978-3-643-91025-7.

s.345-378.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2015)

International mobility and the flow of knowledge: Experiences of young experts on the return to BIH upon the completion of postgraduate studies abroad. I: Migrations in the Function of Development.

ISBN 978-9958-522-25-3.

s.35-48.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2013)

The Market and Institutional Value Attachments toSustainable Return of Human Capital to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Journal of Identity and Migration Studies.

ISSN 1843-5610.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2010)

The Influence of the Third Sector in Changing the Welfare System and Shaping Social Policy In Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Social Policy and Social Work in Transition.

ISSN 1987-8710.

Volum 1.

Hefte 2.

s.75-91.

Bøker og kapitler

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2022)

Social Services, Social Innovation and Multi-Actor Collaboration: A Civil Society Organisation Perspective.

Universitetet i Agder.

ISBN 978-82-8427-093-7.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2017)

Family Group Conference – Innovative model of support for children, youth and families at risk in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Formidling

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2024)

Community Social Work and Civil Society Service Provision: The Role of Third Sector Organization and Social Environment.

Lecture and training seminar organised by Department of Social Science and Postgraduate studies ;

2024-05-08.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2024)

Family Group Confernece - A Community Based Approach .

Seminar at Hargeisa University, Somalialand - Erasmus mobility project;

2024-05-01 - 2024-05-02.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2024)

Family Group Conference: Children participation and intercultural perspective.

Transnational childhoods in Europe summer school 2024. Odisee University of Applied Science, Brussels, Belgium;

2024-06-26 - 2024-06-27.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2024)

School Bullying and Migration: Trends, Interventions and Evidence.

Transnational childhoods in Europe summer school 2024 . Odisee University of Applied Science, Brussels, Belgium;

2024-06-26 - 2024-06-27.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2023)

How do National Antibullying Programs Target Migrant Children and Youths: An Empirical Analysis of Five European Countries .

International Conference MIGREL (Migration, Religious, Intercultural Relations);

2023-06-14 - 2023-06-16.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2023)

Social innovation in the nexus between communities and civil society organisations .

Research Seminar - "RESILIENT" project in East Africa;

2023-01-24.

Støen, Janne; Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger, Eveline; Ucar, Sedat; Bozic, Aleksandar; Resuli, Vebina; Mocanu, Angela; Fandrem, Hildegunn

(2023)

Cross-National Legal Frameworks Relating to School Bullying and Migration: An Empirical Analysis of Six European Countries .

International Conference by VID Specialized University;

2023-06-15.

Bozic, Aleksandar; Oltedal, Siv

(2023)

Professional work in the balance between care and control.

Journal of Comparative Social Work.

ISSN 0809-9936.

Volum 18.

Hefte 2.

s.88-94.

DOI: 10.31265/jcsw.v18i2.712

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2021)

Civil Society and Social Services: Social Innovation in the Context of Fragility.

14th ISTR International Conference 2021 ;

2021-07-12 - 2021-07-15.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2020)

Social Innovations: Opportunities and Challenges for Civil Society Organizations in BiH.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2020)

Socijalni rad sa pojedincima: Pristup zasnovan na snagama (engl. Social Work with individuals: The strength based approach).

Bachelor level course;

2020-11-03.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2019)

The role of CSOs in developing innovative solutions to social challenges in a less innovative environment.

ISIRC2019 Social Innovation: Local solution to global challenges;

2019-09-02 - 2019-09-04.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2019)

Reshaping Social Welfare Services In a Turbulent Society-A Time For Social Innovation?.

European Conference for Social Wok Research 2019 (ECSWR);

2019-04-10 - 2019-04-12.

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2019)

You should do a PhD in Norway. Here’s why..

Kunstnerisk produksjon

Bozic, Aleksandar

(2024)

Ethnic and Migrant Minorities (EMM) Suvey Registry: All metadata records.