Institute of European Studies (IES)
The Institute of European Studies (IES) is a scientific research organization funded by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, located in Belgrade. The research and scientific work of the Institute covers various fields of social sciences: political science, sociology, philosophy, history, law and theology.
IES is composed of a number of experts in these fields, who publish notable scientific and professional papers in a number of world languages - English, Spanish, Russian, French, Turkish, Swedish, Italian, Arabic, Farsi, etc. IES experts are recognizable for their quality work and often appear in media, where they offer expert analyses, thus contributing to the science-based popularization of the areas they deal with in their research. The constant media interest in the events organized by IES speaks of the Institute’s prominence in the country, the region and abroad. IES also has long-term cooperation with the most prominent institutions operating in the country and abroad, such as the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Ministry of European Integration, Matica Srpska, the Open Society Fund, the Gorchakov Fund, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Hans Seidel Foundation, etc.
The Institute, independently and in cooperation with other organizations, is also engaged in publishing important works by domestic and foreign authors in the fields of political science, philosophy, history, law, theology, etc. Special mention should be made of the following editions: Uroš Ćemalović, Intellectual Property Law and Digital Transformation – Some Current Issues (2019); Freemasonry in Southeast Europe from the 19th to the 21st centuries, ed. S. G. Markovich (2020); Stevan Gajić, From Slave to Citizen: The Struggle of African Americans for the Recognition of their Rights (2020); Darko Tanasković, Pure Turkish (2021); Kajica Milanov, Titoism in Yugoslavia (2021); Yoram Hazony, The Virtue of Nationalism – Serbian Language Edition (2021). IES has also cooperated with the University of Business Academy of Novi Sad in co-publishing the renowned journal Kultura polisa, while SRES – Serbian Review of European Studies is in the process of being prepared for publication, as an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dealing with European studies, reflecting the long-term research orientation of IES.
