| Project name: | National survey of mental health after COVID-19 pandemic: Multilevel analysis of individual and societal factors Financed by Science fund of Republic of Serbia |
| Year: | 2021-2022 |
| Status: | National |
| Project coordinator: | prof. dr Nađa Marić Bojović, MF UB |
| Researchers (optional): | Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: dr Ljiljana Lazarević, prof. dr Goran Knežević, doc. dr Oliver Tošković Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad: prof. dr Ljiljana Mihić Faculty of medicine, University of Belgrade: prof. dr Milica Pejović-Milovančević, doc. dr Olivera Vuković, prof. dr Zorica Terzić i ass.dr Nevena Todorović |
| Brief project description: | The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting mental health (MH), and some of these effects might persist. Thus, all COVID-19 response efforts should document and understand the population’s post-pandemic MH status and needs. MH status of the population depends on factors such as proximity to the virus, current health status, and individual psychological dispositions, alongside multifaceted contextual societal factors. To the best of our knowledge, no studies involving general population samples from Serbia explored the prevalence of MH disorders in relation to public-health crises. To target the existing gap, the present interdisciplinary project aims to recruit a representative sample and to fine-tune the measures for pandemic distress. High-quality collected data will be analyzed using Multilevel Modeling, to find how post-pandemic MH disorders prevalence, COVID-19 distress, and well-being vary concerning two -level-groups of factors (level 1 – individual distress, personality; level 2 – multiple societal factors). The results could be used to build MH services according to the needs of society which recovers from the pandemic. Project is supported by Science Fund of Republic of Serbia. |
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| Project name: | Assessment of the Functional Status of Children under 5 Years of Age: The Register of Children with Disabilities and the Professional Methodological Instructions. Institute of Public Health of Serbia “Dr Milan Jovanović Batut” and UNICEF. |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Status: | National |
| Project coordinator: | Snežana Plavšić (Institut za javno zdravlje Batut) Aleksandra Jović (UNICEF) |
| Researchers (optional): | Milica Pejović Milovančević, Nenad Rudić, Mirjana Mandić Kolar, Sanja Ostojić, Snežana Gajić, Sandra Stojanović, Marica Milidrag, Jasna Rebić Jelić, Dragan Miljuš, Milena Petković, Marko Milanović, Snežana Ilić, Darinka Anđelković, Nada Ševa, Gordana Čolić, Jelena Zajeganović, Ana Prodavnović, Ljiljana Simić |
| Brief project description: | Early identification of developmental disabilities and disorders and the provision of appropriate early interventions can reduce the severity of developmental disabilities. Otherwise, it can lead to permanent disability in the absence of intervention. Building the Register of Children with Developmental Disabilities and the Professional Methodological Instruction for its implementation enables the early identification of developmental difficulties in functioning in various developmental domains. This is an important precondition for the preparation of non-medical support from the education or social protection system which should enable the educational or wider social inclusion of the child. |
| Link: | https://www.unicef.org/serbia/polozaj-dece-sa-smetnjama-u-razvoju-pregled-nalaza |
| Project name: | From brain waves to memory boost: Memory enhancement by personalized frequency-modulated noninvasive brain stimulation (MEMORYST) |
| Year: | 2020-2022 |
| Status: | National |
| Project coordinator: | Jovana Bjekić, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade |
| Researchers (optional): | Marko Živanović, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade Dunja Paunović, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Katarina Vulić, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Uroš Konstantinović, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Saša Filipović, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade |
| Brief project description: | The project aims to improve the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of parieto-hippocampal cortical network on memory functions, by optimizing and personalizing stimulation protocol by adjusting tDCS oscillations to individual theta rhythm which is considered to be a neurophysiological marker of memory. The project thus aims to develop a novel frequency-modulated tDCS protocol and demonstrate its positive effects on the physiological, neurocognitive, and behavioral levels. |
| Link: | http://neuro.imi.bg.ac.rs/en/ |
| Project name: | Boosting EOSC readiness: Creating a scalable model for capacity building in RDM |
| Year: | 2020-2021 |
| Status: | International |
| Project coordinator: | prof. dr Nadica Miljković, Elektrotehnički fakultet, UB |
| Researchers (optional): | dr Ljiljana Lazarević FF UB, Milica Ševkušić, bibliotekar u Institutu tehničkih nauka SANU, Obrad Vučkovac, bibliotekar u Institutu za nuklearne nauke “Vinča”,i Vladimir Otašević iz Računarskog centra Univerziteta u Beogradu. |
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| Link: | https://rdm.open.ac.rs/index.php |
| Project name: | CA18106 The neural architecture of consciousness |
| Year: | 2019-2023 |
| Status: | International |
| Project coordinator: | Kristian Sandberg, Aarhus University, Denmark |
| Researchers (optional): | Serbian research team: Jovana Bjekić, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Marko Živanović, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade Dunja Paunović, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Katarina Vulić, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Uroš Konstantinović, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Saša Filipović, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade |
| Brief project description: | The project aims to explore the neural underpinnings of consciousness through large scale multicenter studies that focus on collecting MRI data alongside a wide spectrum of behavioural outcomes to build predictive models for normal and pathological cognitive functioning. |
| Link: | https://neuralarchcon.org/about.html |
| Project name: | VOICE FOR EVERY CHILD: Introduction of C-board augmentative and alternative communication technologies (AACT) for young children with complex speech and communication disabilities. UNICEF Global Innovation Fund. The UNICEF Global and Regional Offices. |
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| Status: | International |
| Project coordinator: | Mirjana Lazor |
| Researchers (optional): | Veći broj saradnika iz Hrvatske, Srbije i Crne Gore Iz Srbije: Špela Golubović, Snežana Ilić, Nenad Glumbić, Mirjana Đorđević, Sanela Slanković, Nataša Đerković, Ana Hadžić, Danijela Vukićević, Milka Glavonjić, Darinka Anđelković, Olja Jovanović, Ljiljana Simić, Nevena Ivković, Dragana Koruga, Jelena Zajeganović … |
| Brief project description: | Introducing augmentative and alternative communication technologies (AAKT) for young children with complex speech and communication disabilities. The main objectives: a) providing a communication board (C-board) as a form of support for children with complex speech and communication disabilities in order to overcome frustration in communication, learning and development of mental functions, primarily speech and communication with completely free access to software for use, both in technical terms (for all devices and operating systems/programs), and in terms of further upgrades and individual adjustments at the individual user (child/family) level; b) training professionals in the health care system and in pre-school and other levels of education to continually improve communicators and the broader, individualized, evidence-based application of assistive technologies within child and family support services and programs. |
| Link: | https://www.cboard.io/sr/ https://www.cboard.io/cboard/unicef/europe/2020/07/15/cboard-user-testing-in-croatia-montenegro-serbia/ |
| Project name: | COST Action IS 1406: Enhancing children’s oral language skills across Europe and beyond – A collaboration focusing on interventions for children with difficulties learning their first language. Supported by European Science Foundation COST Office. |
| Year: | 2015-2019 |
| Status: | International |
| Project coordinator: | James Law, Elin Thordardottir, Federica Ortelli, Rose Cruz Santos |
| Researchers (optional): | A large number of researchers from European countries From Serbia: Darinka Anđelković, Maja Savić |
| Brief project description: | Oral language (speaking and understanding) is critical to children’s development, affecting the emergence of personal, social and academic skills throughout school and into the workplace. Most children acquire such skills effortlessly but a sizeable proportion, those with Language Impairment (LI), do not. LI affects 5.8 million children and young people (0-18 years) across Europe. There is evidence for the efficacy and effectiveness of intervention to improve the language skills of these children but this information is not well disseminated and services are inconsistent across Europe. This Action will enhance the science in the field, improve the effectiveness of services for children with LI and develop a sustainable network of researchers well placed to answer the key questions in this area. |
| Link: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/IS1406/#tabs|Name:overview ECHO; ECHO; Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk) |
| Project name: | Collaboration of aphasia trialists (CATs) |
| Year: | 2013-sada |
| Status: | International |
| Project coordinator: | Marian Brady, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK |
| Researchers (optional): | Serbian research team: Saša Filipović, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Jovana Bjekić, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade Marko Živanović, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade Jasmina Vuksanović, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade |
| Brief project description: | The project seeks to improve our understanding of aphasia as it relates to predictors and prognosis, intervention effectiveness and social impact and re-integration for people with aphasia. It works to increase the availability and validity of multilingual assessments and outcome measures relating to aphasia. In this way the collaboration supports international research activities and increase the availability of clinical tools for people with aphasia who do not speak English and their healthcare professionals. |
| Link: | http://www.aphasiatrials.org/ |
| Project name: | Evolution of Semantic Systems. Max Planck Insitutute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherland. |
| Year: | 2012-2014 |
| Status: | International |
| Project coordinator: | Michael Dunn, Fiona Jordan, Asifa Majid |
| Researchers (optional): | A large number of researchers from different countries |
| Brief project description: | The Evolution of Semantic Systems (EoSS) project investigates how meanings vary over space and change over time. It is focused on different kinds of categories: containers (kinds of objects), colour (attributes of objects), body parts (parts of objects), and spatial relations (how objects are related to one another). These choices are motivated by the following questions: How variable are semantic categories across languages? Are categories of relations between objects more cross-linguistically variable than simple categories of objects? Are the categories of attributes more stable than those of parts? What is the variation in the patterns and processes of historical change of different classes of semantic categories? Our focus is on one aspect of meaning, namely extensional semantics, i.e., how similar, or different, are the referential ranges (“boundaries”) of words across languages. |
| Link: | http://eoss.nl/ https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2014/lucl-colloquium-michael-dunn |
| Project name: | Fundamental cognitive processes and functions, No. ON179033. |
| Year: | 2011-2020 |
| Status: | National |
| Project coordinator: | Dejan Todorović |
| Researchers (optional): | Associates of the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy UB and Faculty of Philosophy Novi Sad |
| Brief project description: | The research is grouped within two subprojects. The first belongs to the psychology of visual perception, and its subtopics are: a. color and lighting perception, b. crossmodal interaction in space observation, v. perception of the third dimension in images, and d. subjective experience of images. The second belongs to the domain of psycholinguistic research, and its subtopics are: a. cognitive processing of lexicon and grammar of the Serbian language, b. Language development and reading literacy, c. diachronic changes in the Serbian language, and d. decision making in conditions of risk. |
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| Project name: | COST Action IS0804: Language Impairement in a Mutilingual Society: Linguistic Patterns and the Road to Assessment. Supported by European Science Foundation COST Office. |
| Year: | 2009-2013 |
| Status: | International |
| Project coordinator: | Sharon Armon-Lotem, Jan de Jong |
| Researchers (optional): | A large number of researchers from European contries From Serbia: Jasmina Vuksanović, Jovana Bjekić, Marko Živanović, Darinka Anđelković, Maja Savić, Maša Popović |
| Brief project description: | The main objective of this Action is to profile bilingual Specific Language Impairment (SLI) by establishing a network to coordinate research on linguistic and cognitive abilities of bilingual children with SLI across different migrant communities. |
| Link: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/IS0804/#tabs|Name:overview |
| Project name: | COST Action A33: Cross-linguistically robust stages of children’s linguistic performance with applicatios to the diagnosis of specific language impairment. Supported by COST Office, European Science Foundation |
| Year: | 2006-2010 |
| Status: | International |
| Project coordinator: | Ulrich Sauerland, Heather K.J. van der Lely |
| Researchers (optional): | A large number of researchers from 23 European countries From Serbia: Darinka Anđelković, Nadežda Krstić, Maja Savić |
| Brief project description: | The main objective of the Action is to discover methods that can be used for diagnosing language problems in children of school-entry (age 5 to 6) in all European languages. The main objective is structured into two milestones that are accomplished after two and after four years respectively. Recommendations can be made concerning linguistic properties along with suitable test methods that can be used to develop cross-linguistic tests for language problems and language impairment in children. |
| Link: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/A33/#tabs+Name:Description |