Jelena Predojevic-Despic

Institute of Social Sciences · Demographic Research Centre

Globalization has affected a rise in temporary labour and educational migration around the world. In this chapter, authors focus on the analysis of key trends of temporary migration in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), North Macedonia (NM), and Serbia (RS), the determinants of this phenomenon as well as policy responses. Relying on desk r...

Transnational families (TNF) are part of migration and mobility as ways of maintaining family relations across national borders. However, the research of this phenomenon has developed more significantly only in the last few decades, in the era of globalization, better traffic and information communication, and mostly with the increase of temporary...

The international mobility of students in tertiary education has increased significantly over the last few decades globally. A highly educated workforce with international educational experience is an important element of societal progress. Students are specific migrant group that are migrating in order to improve their human capital at certain sta...

Apstrakt: Uticaj pandemije kovida 19 na različite sfere društva veoma je kom-pleksan. U radu se, kroz pregled istraživanja u svetu i Srbiji, ukazuje na uticaj pandemije kovida 19 na međunarodne migracije i migrante, kao i na rastuće iza-zove kvantitativnog i kvalitativnog istraživanja migracija u uslovima pandemije. Posebna pažnja posvećena je utic...

The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the transnational competencies and cultural capital of migrants, as well as the mechanism of their transfer after returning to their countries of origin, based on Bourdieu?s conception of cultural capital. Using the example of two groups of highly educated returnees to Serbia - sci...

Abstract: This paper provides assessment of the changes in the scope and transfer of the remittances in North Macedonia and Serbia, in light of changes in the emigration abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis is based on the foreign data sources about emigration abroad, as well as annual and monthly remittance data from national banks of...

This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different groups of migrants from Serbia. The paper aims to identify and analyse difficulties and the most migration-related stressful issues that international migrants from Serbia coped with due to the societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. We explored how they perceive those migration...

The aim of this paper is to consider measures that contribute to the regulation of temporary and circular migration, as well as reintegration in the countries of the Western Balkans, which have long faced numerous and diverse challenges of labor emigration. Immediately after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of migrant workers r...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused migrant workers worldwide to face numerous and specific challenges. This study aims to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic and its societal impact have influenced temporary and circular migrants from Serbia and North Macedonia. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 50 participants to gain a deeper...

An unfavourable position in the labour market relative to that of the local population is one of the specific problems that affect the immigrant population. The aim of this paper is to highlight the position of immigrants in the labour market in Serbia. Special emphasis is placed on discussing the possibilities of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for...

The aim of the paper is to consider the population trends in Serbia and their components over the last three decades. It is a period of profound political, economic and social transformations. The analysis is based on vital statistics data (1991-2017), the 1991, 2002 and 2011 census data, as well as the official and the authors’ estimates. In this...

This paper is exploring refugee entrepreneurship as a possible mode of integration in the host society. Since integration is complex and dynamic process we use multidisciplinary perspective on migration. The paper is based on the qualitative research through three focus group discussions with former refugee entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Researching the link between migration and entrepreneurship has been in the focus of scientific and professional publications in the last two decades. The results indicate that migrant entrepreneurship allows for better economic and social integration in the new environment and contributes to the economic development of both the receiving country a...

Serbia is a country with a long tradition of emigration, specific economic and political emigration context, a large number of its citizens abroad, as well as their very heterogeneous geographic distribution and differentiated structures. The main objective of the paper is to show that between the region of origin in Serbia and certain destination...

Transnational entrepreneurship (TE) is becoming a leading economic activity worldwide, particularly in the area of high technology. A growing number of studies are attempting to address this type of migration, whether in the form of immigrant entrepreneurship or the entrepreneurship of returnees in their homeland. Serbia and Albania have experience...

Abstract. The aim of the paper is to highlight the importance of studying migration within the migration systems and the role of migrant networks, as the basis for understanding migration volume and features. We analyzed the data on the Serbian population working and residing abroad and examined changes between 1991 and 2011, based on the Serbian c...

In the last few decades there have been changes in the nature of international migration trends and spatial mobility of population on the world level. This was influenced by significant changes on the political scene of Europe and the world, globalisation, international capital flows, technical-technological progress, the IT revolution and so forth...

The monograph was created within the project “Transnational Networks, Transnational Entrepreneurship and the Role of the State” supported through the Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP), run by the University of Fribourg with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The objecti...

The monograph was created within the project “Transnational Networks, Transnational Entrepreneurship and the Role of the State” supported through the Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP), run by the University of Fribourg with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The objecti...

The monograph was created within the project “Transnational Networks, Transnational Entrepreneurship and the Role of the State” supported through the Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP), run by the University of Fribourg with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The objecti...

This country report was developed in the framework of SEEMIG – Managing Migration and its Effects in SEE – Transnational Actions towards Evidence-based Strategies. SEEMIG is a strategic project funded by the European Union’s South-East Europe Programme. Project code: SEEMIG - SEE/C/0006/4.1/X The country report was prepared within the SEEMIG activi...

There is a lack of studies on transnational entrepreneurship in Serbia, while transnational cross-border economic activities of Serbian migrants have so far been perceived mostly from the perspective of foreign remittances. The aim of this paper is to highlight the need to study transnational forms of economic activity in Serbia; identify transnati...

The paper analyzed the dynamics of the emigration of the population of Serbia in the period of 1971 to 2011, primarily based on the results of the five latest population censuses. Special attention was paid to the spatial aspect of emigration, at the level of the lowest administrative units (municipalities). It was shown that the shares of persons...

The aim of the paper is to show the importance of considering migration as a social process. In the first part of the paper there is a short review of theoretical standpoints that research migration through system, relational approach and dynamic perspective. A special attention is paid to migrant networks, as efficient connect strategies of people...

Virtual and real contacts create possibilities for a flow of ideas and information and in that way a so-called a culture of networks is developed, which can multiply contribute, not only to bringing spectrums of new development models together, but also creating new ones, especially in the field of economics. Based on a survey questionnaire which w...

In times of global migration flows and ever increasing mobility of the workforce in the world, the necessity for constant deepening of theoretical knowledge is imposed as a basis for understanding main determinants of this phenomenon, and with an aim of directing the focus of migration researches towards more efficient overcoming of challenges and...

Traditional theories have not raised the question of why international migration flows continue even after their initial factors ceased to have impact. The aim of the paper is to point out to the significance of studying migrations within migration systems as a basis for understanding their flows, sizes, directions and prospects for the future. Spe...