Ivana Milićević is a Research Assistant at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (IFDT) and a PhD student of International and European Studies at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade. At the same Faculty, Ivana graduated in International Affairs and acquired her MA in Contemporary Balkan Studies. She is a 2026 BiEPAG Fellow at the Center for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz. Her research focuses on the processes of regional and European integration in the post-Yugoslav space, emphasising the intersection of identity and foreign policy.