Tijana Rečević, PhD
Dr. Tijana Rečević holds a PhD in international and European studies and has been affiliated with the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science since 2018, working in both research and teaching roles. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in international relations from the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science, and master’s in conflict studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she received the Best Dissertation Award for the academic year 2016/2017. Her doctoral research explores the role of public opinion in foreign and security policy. Her main academic interests include international relations and security theories, critical security studies, foreign policy analysis, and European studies. Dr. Rečević has published several articles and book chapters with recognized publishers in the field of international security and has been involved in multiple international research projects focused on EU security and defence policy, including the ongoing GeoPower Europe project funded by Horizon Europe. Since 2019, she has served as managing editor of the Journal of Regional Security.
Courses Taught
Actors, Organizations, and Movements in International Politics
Select Publications
- Ejdus, F., Rečević, T., & Kovačević, M. (2023). Military dynamics, conventional arms control, and regional security in the Western Balkans. In N. Džuverović & V. Stoiarová (Eds.), Peace and security in the Western Balkans: A local perspective (pp. 129–156). Routledge.
- Ejdus, F., & Rečević, T. (2021). Ontological insecurity as an emergent phenomenon: Bottom-up securitisation of migration in Serbia. European Psychologist, 26(1), 29–44. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000411
- Rečević, T. (2020). International influence on democracy in Serbia. In D. Spasojević (Ed.), Undermining democracy: Processes and institutions in Serbia from 2010 to 2020 (pp. 225–251). CRTA.
- Rečević, T. (2019). Violent extremism in the context of migrant crisis: Evidence from Serbia. In V. Perry (Ed.), Extremism and violent extremism in Serbia: 21st century manifestations of a historical challenge (pp. 281–387). ibidem Press.
- Rečević, T. (2018). Europeanization of collective memory: Memory of World War II in the enlarged European Union. Politička revija, 14, 47–67.
Select Presentations
- Rečević, T. (2025, March). Unraveling epistemological vs. ontological security: Insights from the Belgrade–Pristina dialogue; Fishing for stigmatization to serve ontological security; The stickiness of the ‘We are not a genocidal people’ campaign in Serbia regarding the UN Srebrenica resolution [Conference presentation]. ISA 2025 Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.
- Rečević, T. (2023, March). Strategic culture through elite–public nexus: Why so different defense integration policies in the Western Balkans? [Conference presentation]. ISA 2023 Annual Convention, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Rečević, T. (2022, March). Public opinion on foreign policy and meso-level ontological security communities: “Emerging narratives” on Serbia’s military neutrality [Conference presentation]. ISA 2022 Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, United States.
- Rečević, T. (2020, February). Complex links between DDR, TJ and SSR: A shadow of never dismantled paramilitary units in Serbia [Conference presentation]. Militias and Armies: Developments in Combat and Political Performance of Armed Non-State and State Actors, The Middle East Institute, Doha, Qatar.
- Rečević, T. (2019, September). Transitional justice beyond EU conditionality: Post-accession backsliding in Croatia from a rational institutionalist perspective [Conference presentation]. ECPR General Conference 2019, Wrocław, Poland.
- Rečević, T. (2019, July). Participation in roundtable on academic development for conflict and refugee context [Conference presentation]. University of Kent, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Rečević, T. (2019, June). False positive? The resilience of the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control from the perspective of the Regional Security Complex Theory [Conference presentation]. CEEISA–ISA 2019 Joint International Conference, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Current Research Interests
Tijana Rečević’s research interests lie at the intersection of international relations, critical security studies, and foreign policy analysis, with a particular focus on the Western Balkans. Building on her doctoral research, her current work explores how public opinion shapes and constrains foreign and security policy, with particular attention to the identity-related dimensions of state behavior, drawing on constructivist and ontological security perspectives. In parallel, she is investigating the evolving geopolitical landscape of the Western Balkans region, examining the roles of both domestic and external actors, particularly the European Union.
Education
- PhD, International and European Studies, Univesity of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science
- MSc, Conflict Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science
- MA, International Security, Univesity of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science
- BA, International Relations, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science
