Name of the institution where the teacher is employed full-time:
ACADEMIC CAREER
| Change | Year | Institution | Field |
| Appointment to Academic Rank: | 2019. | University of Kragujevac Faculty of Education, Jagodina | Sociology of education |
| PhD: | 2006. | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Pristina with temporary seat in Kosovska Mitrovica | Sociology |
| Master’s Degree: | 1998 | University of Niš Faculty of Philosophy | Sociology of social development |
| Undergraduate Degree: | 1989. | University of Niš Faculty of Philosophy | Sociology |
LIST OF COURSES TAUGHT AT UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTER’S STUDIES
- Culture and Society
- Education and Cultural Identity
- Education and Social Inequalities
LIST OF COURSES TAUGHT AT DOCTORAL STUDIES
- Selected Topics in Social Sciences
- Cultural Aspects of Classroom Teaching
REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCES
Трифуновић С.Весна.(2026). Друштвени развој и образовање [Social development and education].Јагодина: Факултет педагошких наука Универзитета у Крагујевцу, стр.108.
Trifunović Vesna.(2023). Програм наставе и учења Mузичке културе и културни идентитет [Music Curricula and Cultural Identity], УЗДАНИЦА, 2023, XX: pp. 257–276. ISSN 1451-673X DOI 10.46793/Uzdanica20.S.257T
Bazić Jovan, Vesna Trifunović & Bojana Sekulić. (2023). Politics in the classroom, Knowledge – International Journal, 2023, Vol. 60.1: 125-130. ISSN 2545-4439 ISSN 1857-923X
Трифуновић С.Весна, Данијела Здравковић & Драгана Станојевић.(2021). Припрема будућих учитеља и проблем формирања културног идентитета [Preparation of Future Classroom Teachers and the Problem of Cultural Identity Formation], ТЕМЕ, Vol. XLV, No 1, 2021, pp. 1-17. ISSN 0353-7919 ISSN 1820-7804 https://doi.org/10.22190/TEME180601001T
Trifunović S. Vesna. (2019). Some tendencies in teachers’ preparation for work with children of atypical development in the Republic of Serbia. Research Result. Sociology and Management, Vol.5, № 1: 70-81. ISSN 2408-9338 DOI: 10.18413/2408-9338-2019-5-1-0-6
Trifunović, S.Vesna. (2018). Challenges of globalization: Christianity and the ideology of liberal modernization. In Mirko Blagojević and Zlatko Mandić (eds.), Different forms of religiosity and the modern world, pp. 129-145. Belgrade: Institute of Social Sciences. Požarevac: Department of Education and Culture, Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Braničevo.
Trifunović S.Vesna. (2017). Religion and culture today: Between the Destruction of Christian Culture and the Revision of Modern Culture. In Mirko Blagojevic and Zlatko Mandic (eds.), Religion and Contemporary Society, pp.133-148. Belgrade: Institute of Social Sciences,Centre of Sociological and Antropological Research.
Трифуновић, Весна. (2015). Дехристијанизација модерних друштава и хришћанско васпитање [De-Christianization of modern societies and Christian education], Иновације у настави, XXVIII, 2015/2, стр. 46–53. ISSN 0352-2334
Trifunović, Vesna & Petrović Ružica. (2014). Gender-Based Content of Educational Materials for the Study of Serbian Language in Lower-Stage Grades of Elementary Education, International Education Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp.22-29. ISSN 1913-9020 E-ISSN 1913-9039 doi:10.5539/ies.v7n3p22
Trifunović, Vesna. (2013). Образовање и друштво: утицај неолибералне стратегије развоја на формирање образовне политике у српском друштву [Education and Society: The Impact of Neoliberal Development Strategies on the Formation of Educational Policy in Serbian Society], Иновације у настави [Innovations in Teaching], XXVI, 2013/3, pp. 104 – 116. ISSN 0352-2334
1.Participation in Projects which finances by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation
Education, Social development,Culture,Cultural identity, Religion
Yugoslav Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (YSSSR)
Vesna S. Trifunović (1966, Jagodina), PhD in Sociological Sciences, Full Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Kragujevac, Jagodina. Fields of interest: social development, education, educational policies, culture, cultural identity, religion.
She has published over one hundred scientific papers in national and international journals and proceedings, as well as the following monographs: Rural Schools and Culture (2001), Violence in School (2006), Education and Religion (2008), Civic Education and Identity (2012), Education and Cultural Identity (2015), How to Educate Parents (2020); Education and the „New Reality“ (2025); Social Development and Education (2026); the monographic study: Sketches for a Portrait of Life in the Borderlands (2018), as well as supplementary textbook literature: Sociology of Education Practicum (2018), the handbook Cultural Aspects of Classroom Teaching (2022), the chrestomathy Introduction to the Study of Society (2023), and the handbook Selected Chapters from Social Sciences (2026).