Ivana M. Milovanovic
Ivana M. Milovanovic
Prof. dr Ivana Milovanović is a full professor at the University of Novi Sad (Serbia), where she teaches sociology-related courses across all levels of study. Since 2024, she has served as Vice-Dean for education. Prof Milovanović leads the Sports Management and Sociology Lab and is actively involved in numerous research and development projects supported by European, national, and regional funds. As a guest lecturer, she has shared her expertise at universities in Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia, and has spoken at many international conferences in the region.
Prof Milovanović is the author of two nationally significant monographs, two university textbooks, and over sixty scientific papers. She is a member of editorial boards of several international journals and regularly reviews scholarly articles in Serbia and abroad. She is a member of the European Association for Sociology of Sport and the Serbian Sociological Society.
Topic of presentation: Team Dynamics and Psychosocial Risks in Youth Sports: Towards a More Inclusive Environment
Several published articles:
Milovanovic, I. M., Banjac, B., Matic, R. M., Popovic, S., Bojanic, Z., Isidori, E., &Drid, P. (2025). Peer Violence in Youth Sport: Do Age, Year of Training, and Type of Sport Affect Outcomes?Sports, 13(4), 127. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13040127
Milovanović, I. M., Matić, R. M., Banjac, B., Šošo, B. M., Vuković, J., Gentile, A., &Drid, P. (2022). Youth Athletes’ Perception of Existence and Prevalence of Aggression and Interpersonal Violence and Their Forms in Serbia.International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1479. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031479
Milovanović, I., Gentile, A., Gutović, T., Kezić, A., Matošić, D., Kreivytė, R., Valantine, I., Daidone, G., Bianco, A., Radjo, D., Obradović, B., &Drid, P. (2020). Prosocial and Aggressive Behavior Occurrence in Young Athletes: Field Research Results in Six European Countries.Sustainability, 12(12), 5085. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125085