Tamara Pavasović Trošt is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Syracuse University.
For more than two decades, her research has focused on political and social processes in Serbia and the wider Western Balkans region. Her work examines nationalism, national and ethnic identity, collective memory, and social and political divisions, with a particular emphasis on Serbia and the countries of the former Yugoslavia. She also explores the relationship between national identity, European integration, and political change in the region.
She has held teaching and research positions at Princeton University and the University of Graz, and publishes her research in leading international academic journals in the fields of nationalism studies and the social sciences.