Maja Kovač

Dr Maja Kovač is a social scientist working in the fields of labour markets and social capital. She has been the Center’s Head Methodologist and Scientific Advisor since 2015. She manages the design of research processes and leads the Center’s research projects related to social capital. Before joining the Center, Maja worked with numerous research organisations, international organisations, and civil society organisations as researcher, consultant, and programme manager. Her interests focus on re-examining the concepts of social and human capital in a variety of contextual environments, with emphasis on semi-periphery countries, and their linkages with labour, education, and future skills.

Maja holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Central Lancashire, UK, an MA in Economics from Pierre Mendès France University (Grenoble II), France, and a BA from the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia.

Newest publication

Taxation of income earned through digital platforms according to the amended EU Council Directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation from 2021 (DAC7)

Author: Luka Baturan

Svetlana Đurđević Lukić Fund: HUMAN SECURITY FOR THE NEW CENTURY

Uncertainty and vulnerability of the individual in the 21st century is the focus of CENTAR’s Human Security Programme. Building on foundations set by the recently departed co-founder and longtime director of CENTAR, Svetlana Đurđević Lukić, CENTAR regards security as a human right and advocates for construing a society in which every individual will have opportunities to reach their potential. Svetlana had a talent of pioneering the introduction of many topics – primarily concerned with the security of vulnerable groups – into security discourse within Serbia. Fostering this approach, starting from 2016, CENTAR, as part of its foundation named after the late Svetlana, holds a competition with the goal of inspiring young researchers to examine modern day threats.