dr. Uglješa Janković

Assoc. prof. dr. Uglješa Janković is a professor in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Montenegro. He earned both his MA and PhD at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, specializing in contemporary social policy. His research focuses on the study of public policies aimed at poverty reduction and the social inclusion of the poor in Montenegro and the broader region.

He began his professional engagement at the University of Montenegro in 2006 as a teaching associate and was appointed to the academic rank of assistant professor in November 2016. He has served as head of the Social Policy and Social Work study program and as manager of the Career Center at the University of Montenegro. He is an active member of the Commission for Postgraduate Master’s Studies at the Faculty of Political Science.

Between 2015 and 2017, he taught at the Faculty of Media and Communications in Belgrade (Singidunum University), in the Social Work program, and since 2017, he has been engaged as a guest lecturer at the Academy for Human Development – Belgrade, Department of Social Work.

As part of his professional work, he has served as a consultant for international organizations such as UNICEF, IOM, and ILO. He has also worked as a consultant for the Institute for Social and Child Protection of Montenegro, and was a member of its Accreditation Commission. He has participated in the implementation of numerous research projects at both the international and national levels through his academic engagements and activities in the non-governmental sector.

Selected Publications:

• Batrićević, N., Vujović, Z., & Janković, U. (2024). Intergroup hostility, perceived democratic legitimacy, and satisfaction with democracy in multi-ethnic societies. Democratization, 1-26.
• Janković, U. (2021). “Assertiveness, self-esteem and parental influence (fathers) as factors in high-risk behavior of high school students: The case of Montenegro.” Sociologija, Vol. LXIII (2021), N° 1, str. 50-71.
• Janković, U. (2021). “Socio-ekonomski položaj manjiskih naroda u Crnoj Gori”, u: Prava manjiskih naroda u Crnoj Gori, Ministarstvo pravde, ljudskih i manjinskih prava Crne Gore, Podgorica.
• Filipovič Hrast, M., Janković, U., Rakar, T. (2020). “Social policy in Slovenia and Montenegro: Comparing development and challenges”, Politics in Central Europe – The Journal of Central European Political Science Association,  Volume 16 Number 3, pg. 689-712.
  Janković, U., Ilić, V., (2018).  “Supervision in Social Work –Implementation phase in the reform process of the System of Social and Child Protection of Montenegro”, Journal of Social Policy, Year 11, No 14, Skopje.