Ivana Milojević

Ivana Milojević (pronounced [ǐʋana mîːlojeʋitɕ]) is an Australian futurist[1] with a transdisciplinary professional background in sociology, education, gender, peace and futures studies.[2] She is the Director of Metafuture, a global think-tank and Metafuture School, an online platform for futures courses.[3]

Biography

Born in 1967 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, she is of mixed (Serbian, Slovene and Russian) ethnic origin. Her mother is the adoptive daughter of the Montenegrin and Yugoslav philosopher and politician Veljko Vlahović and the granddaughter of political activists Mirko Weinberger and Zinka Martelanc.[4] She migrated to Australia in 1994 during the Yugoslav Wars; these events had a profound influence in her life and work.[5]

Affiliations and scholarship

Milojević has held professorships at several universities in Australia (University of the Sunshine Coast), Serbia (University of Novi Sad) and Taiwan (Tamkang University) and was the Head of the Brunei Futures Initiative at the Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies, Brunei Darussalam.[6][7][8] She joined the World Futures Studies Federation in 1993 and was an Executive Board member from 2004-2008.[9] Milojević was a member of the Multicultural Women’s Advisory Board, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland, Research Associate of the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, and Editorial Board Member of Žurnal za sociologiju (Journal of Sociology).[10][11] She is an editorial board member of the Journal of Futures Studies.[12] She was awarded a doctorate in Education from the University of Queensland; her PhD thesis Educational Futures: Dominant and Contesting Visions was subsequently published by Routledge.[13]

References
  1. Gore, Al. The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. New York: Random House. p. xviii.
  2. "Metafuture: About Us". Metafuture. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  3. Milojević, Ivana. "History, feminism and futures". Futures, Elsevier. 28 (6/7): 629–630.
  4. Milojević, Ivana (2013). Breathing: Violence In, Peace Out. St Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
  5. Bahtijaragic, Rifet; Evans Pim, Joám. Nonkilling Balkans (2015 ed.). Sarajevo and Honolulu: Center for Global Nonkilling, University of Sarajevo.
  6. Cheong, Diana; Milojević, Ivana; Rajak, Redhuan (December 2016). "Trends and Emerging Issues: Implications For Brunei Darussalam" (PDF). CSPS Strategy and Policy Journal. 6: 2. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  7. "Speakers: Meet Your Distinguished APFN 2021 Futures Chefs". APFN 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  8. "In Conflict? How to transform conflict using futures methods, with Professor Ivana Milojević". NBS. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. Gidley, Jennifer M; Ferguson, Anne. "Women Shaping Australian Futures: An Annotated Timeline" (PDF). richardslaughter.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  10. "Ivana Milojević Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Metafuture. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  11. "Millennia 2015-2025". Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  12. "Editorial Board". Journal of Futures Studies. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  13. Milojević, Ivana (2011). Educational Futures: Dominant and Contesting Visions. Routledge. p. 312. ISBN 9780415603638.
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