Danica Šantić is an Associate Professor at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography, Department of Human Geography where she gives lectures on the migration issues, population geography, theory and methodology in population research, demographic characteristics of the European Union and the world, at the levels of under-graduate, Master and PhD studies. She is also a lecturer at the Migration Master Module and European Policy and Crises Management Module at Multidisciplinary Studies of the University of Belgrade. Her scientific and research interests in the migration field are very broad, from internal migration to forced migration and Balkan migration route. She has been very active in making connections between policy makers, academia and CSOs in Serbia and Western Balkans. She (co)authored one book and co-edited one book. She has published more than 70 papers in national and international journals. She leads a government project considering intentions and attitudes of population in Serbia towards migration. She is one of the experts in creating Economic Migration Strategy.

Publikacije u oblasti migracija

Šantić D. (2018). Challenges in population politics toward migration in condition of uneven spatial distribution of population in Serbia. Zbornik Matice srpske za društvene nauke, 167(3), 651- 662.

Šantić, D., Antić, M., Ratkaj, I., Budović, A. (2017). Migration and Demographic Shrinkage in Rural Areas in Serbia. Regions magazine, 305 (1), 9-11.

Bobić, M., Šantić, D. (2019). Forced migration and externalization of European Union border control: Serbia on the Balkan migration route. International Migration, Online version of record before inclusion in an issue.

Minca, C., Šantić, D., Umek, D. (2019). Managing the “Refugee Crisis” along the Balkan Route: Field Notes from Serbia. In: C. Menjivar, M. Ruiz, I. Ness (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Minca, C., Šantić, D., Umek, D. (2019). Mapping the camp archipelago: Custody, care and mobility in Serbian refugee camps. In: I. Katz, D. Martin, C. Minca (Eds.), Camp Geographies Today (pp. 221–240), Boulder: Co. Rowman & Littlefield.

Umek D., Minca C., Šantić, D. (2018). The Refugee Camp as Geopolitics: The Case of Preševo (Serbia). Mediteraneen mobilities, Springer.

Projekti u oblasti migracija

Research on population attitudes and intentions on migration and the impact of migration on the demographic aging in four municipalities in Serbia in order to create recommendations for population policy (Ministry for Demography and Population Policy, 2019) 

Support for integration of migration in the academic curriculum for the master program Studies of migration”, 2015-2016, funded by the International Organization for Migration, Swiss Development Agency and United Nation Development Programme – designing of master studies in Migration at the level of the University of Belgrade. 

Geography of Camps: case study Serbia

West Balkan Migration Network (WBMIGNET)

Migration, Interconnectivity and Regional Development (MICaRD).

Konferencije u oblasti migracija

Migration and Ethnicity, IMIN, Zagreb, Croatia, 2015.

Contemporary Migration in a Changing World: New Perspectives and Challenges, UB – Faculty of Geography, RSA, Belgrade, 2016.

2^nd Annual Conference of the Western Balkans Migration Network “Migration in the Western Balkans: What do we know?” Sarajevo, 2017.

International conference on “EU asylum and migration policy“, Oct. 6 and 7 2017, Munk School of Global Affairs/University of Toronto.

IGU Regional Conference – CAG Annual Meeting – NCGE Annual Conference Appreciating differences, Quebec City, 6-10 August.

RESPOND Conference, Unpacking the Challenges & Possibilities for Migration Governance, Cambridge, 2019.