Nevena Šekarić Stojanović is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Security Studies (University of Belgrade) and Research Associate at the Institute of International Politics and Economics (IIPE) in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. The areas of her academic interests are energy security, regional security, international relations theories, and qualitative research methodology of security phenomena. During her studies at the Faculty of Security Studies, Nevena was a teaching fellow in undergraduate courses in Foundations of Security, Security Systems and Corporate Security. She is currently engaged as the secretary of the IIPE’s The Review of International Affairs scientific journal.

Nevena authored more than twenty scientific articles and several book reviews published in academic publications. She is a scholarship carrier of the City of Smederevo and of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, as well as of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. During her studies, Nevena was an intern in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and in Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP). Nevena has had presentations in several national and international scientific conferences and has participated in several seminars and other educational trainings in Serbia and abroad.