Dejan Petković

Dejan Petković

Academic title: мaster

Research position: Research Assistant

Research interests: Anthropology of religion, Buddhism, Holistic practices, New Religious Movements

Scientific conferences and study trips

  • 2025. Elected to the title of Research Associate at the Institute of Ethnography SASA.
  • 2024. Defended the doctoral dissertation proposal titled (translated from Serbian): "The Role of Holistic Practices in the Process of Religious Change to Eastern Religions among Practitioners in Contemporary Serbia: Applying Practice Theory in Conversion Studies."
  • 2023. Elected to the title of Research Trainee at the Institute of Ethnography.
  • 2022. enrolled doctoral studies in Ethnology and Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
  • 2022. completed master’s studies in Multidisciplinary graduate studies of Religion, at the University of Belgrade
  • 2018. graduated from the Faculty of Philology, Department for Oriental Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Scientific conferences and study trips

  • 2025. Participated in the jubilee tenth conference “Challenges Facing Religion and the Church in Postmodern digital Society”, organized by the Institute of Social Sciences and the Center for Empirical Research of Religion.
  • 2023. Participated in the 11th International Conference “Languages and Cultures in Time and Space” in Novi Sad, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad.
  • 2023. participated in the 11th international conference "Languages ​​and Cultures in Time and Space" in Novi Sad, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad.
  • 2023. participated in the eighth international sociological-religious conference "Religious Education and Religiosity of Young People" at Srebrno Jezero, organized by the Institute of Social Sciences and the Center for Empirical Studies of Religion
  • 2022. participated in the seventh international sociological-religious conference "Religion in the Global Crisis of Late Modernity" at Srebrno Jezero, organized by the Institute of Social Sciences (Forum for Religious Issues and Center for Sociological and Anthropological Research)

  • Petković, Dejan. 2024. “Why Are Women More Frequent Users of Holistic Practices? A Bourdieuian Analysis of Recent Spiritual Trends in Serbia”. Papers in Ethnology and Anthropology 35 (24):37-53. https://www.easveske.com/index.php/pea/article/view/438.
  • Petković, Dejan. 2023. “IS BUDDHISM A RELIGION OR A PHILOSOPHY?”. Papers in Ethnology and Anthropology 34 (23):75-92. https://www.easveske.com/index.php/pea/article/view/431.
  • Petković, D. (2022). Results of Qualitative Research of Buddhist Community in Serbia. Todorović, D., Matić, Z., Blagojević, M. (Eds.). (2022). Religion in late modern society: (a thematic collection of papers of international significance). Yugoslav Association for the Scientific Study of Religion (YSSSR); Committee of education and culture of the Diocese of Požarevac and Braničevo.