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CURICULUM VITAE

 

  1. Family name: Fatić
  2. First names: Aleksandar
  3. Date of birth: 25/6/1967
  4. Nationality: Serbian
  5. Main academic interests: Reads, teaches and writes about behavior, meaning, personality, violence, sociality.
  6. Orcid ID: 0000-0002-5672-7183
  7. Scopus ID: 44961055200
  8. Web of Science Researcher ID: JOZ-4133-2023
  9. LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandar-fatic
  10. Education:
Institution

 

Australian National University Central European University Filozofski fakultet Beograd

 

Date: From (month/year)

          to (month/year)

1993–1996

 

 

1992–1993 1987–1992

 

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained

 

Ph.D. Philosophy Postgraduate

European Studies

BPhil Philosophy

 

  1. Language skills: (Mark 1 to 5 for competence)
Language Reading Speaking Writing
English 5 5 5
Spanish 3 2 2
Czech 3 3 1
German 3 2 2

 

  1. Present tenured position:
  • Professor, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, tenured (http://instifdt.bg.ac.rs/researcher/aleksandar-fatic-2/?lang=en). Project Director,  Government funded project on ‘Collective memory and collective social identities’, which employs the majority of the Institute’s staff at the moment.

 

  1. Concurrent teaching positions:
    • Professor, Negotiation, Decision-Making and Stragegic Planing, Faculty for Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade. Teaching in the Department of Public Relations and Department for Human Resources.

    Courses currently thought:

    Postgraduate:

    1. Strategic planning (MA Human Resources, MA Public Relations).
    2. Negotiation and public presentation (MA Human Resources, MA Public Relations).
    • Coordinator and chief trainer in Modal Integrative Psychotherapy within the Institute for Practical Humanities, Belgrade (IPH): www.iph.edu.rs

               Recent Visiting Professorships:

Ethics, negotiation and decision-making technologies, European Business School (EBS) University , Wiesbaden (2014‒2019)

Technology and the Humanities, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing (2019).

 

  1. Membership on Advisory Boards:
  • Peter Lang Publishing: Advisory Editorial Board for the book series: Studies in Political Transition.
  • Lumen Publishing, Romania (https://lumenpublishing.com/publica-cu-lumen/referenti-stiintifici/lista-referentilor-stiintifici/).
  • University of West Timisoara University Press.

 

  1. Professional Experience Record (3 most recent positions in reverse order):

Full time positions

Date: from (month/year)

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January 1998 – February 2013, full time.
Location Belgrade, Serbia
Company Institute of International Politics and Economics
Position Senior Research Fellow through to the rank of Research Professor and Institute Director
Description Research in applied ethics in the areas of justice and security, specializing in the soft security issues such as organised crime, corruption and ethnically sensitive institutional policies of social control. Research Supervision of postgraduate students within the mandate of the Institute, participation in the committees for the defense of Masters and Doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, supervision of junior and mid-ranking researchers, directorship of research projects, regular writing of academic and policy papers, including those for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this period I was Director of the Institute (2005–7), Editor-in-Chief of The Review of International Affairs, the oldest international relations quarterly in the region, established in 1951, Head of the Research Council several times, member of the Management Board of the Institute, and mentor for numerous young researchers up to the rank of Research Fellow.

 

 

Date: from (month/year)

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1996–1998, full time
Location Adelaide, Australia
Company University of South Australia
Position Senior Lecturer in International Studies
Description Design and teaching of curricula and courses in International Studies and Social Justice,  and convening of the International Major.

 

Sabbatical (2003–2004)

Date: from (month/year)

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October 2003–February 2004, sabbatical
Location London, UK
Company London School of Economics
Position Visiting Fellow
Description Preparation of a research project on the evolution of soft security threats in South-Eastern Europe. Development of curricula and courses in European Studies focused on soft security and social policy priorities.

 

 

Major part time work

Date: from (month/year)

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September 2014‒December 2016
Location Belgrade, Serbia
Company Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University
Position Professor of Practical Philosophy
Description Head of Department of Applied Philosophy

 

Date: from (month/year)

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 January 2000 – December 2010
Location Belgrade, Serbia
Company Center for Security Studies
Position Director and Lead Lecturer, Swedish-Serbian specialized program for public officials: ‘Modern Anti-Corruption and Anti-Organised Crime Methodology’
Description Principal Lecturer and Program Director of a Swedish-Serbian program targeting senior public servants.

 

Date: from (month/year)

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January 2005–January 2007
Location Belgrade, Serbia
Company Diplomatic Academy of the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Position Ambassador, Professor in Social Justice and Security; Module Coordinator on International Social Justice Studies; Member of the Governing Board of the Academy
Description Teaching, examinations, curriculum development and management duties as member of the Board, including the appointment of lecturers.

 

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February 1995–January 1996
Location Hobart, Australia
Company University of Tasmania
Position Research Fellow in Jurisprudence
Description Research and lecturing in Jurisprudence and Legal Theory within the Law Faculty, University of Tasmania

 

Date: from (month/year)

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February 1995–January 1996, part-time
Location Hobart, Australia
Company Government of Tasmania
Position Analyst
Description Addressing the justice and equity issues relating to migrants in the mental health system in the context of work on the Tasmanian Mental Health Act.

 

 

  1. Membership in associations:
  • American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA): Fellow and Certified Philosophical Counselor (www.appa.edu).
  • American Philosophical Association (APA), International Associate Member
  • Institute for Practical Humanities President (www.iph.edu.rs).
  • Croatian Bioethics Society.
  • Independent Society of Economists, Belgrade, Associate Member.

 

  1. Current service on university committees:
  • Belgrade University High Council on Social Sciences.

 

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2013

Full list of publications with a list of conferences and lectures is available at: https://aleksandarfatic.net/full-list-of-publications/

 

Books (monographs):

2023

  • Introduction to Modal Integrative Psychotherapy. With Marko Perić. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.

2020

  • Inegrativna psihoterapija (Integrative Psychotherapy — in Serbian)

Belgrade: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade

2016

2015

  • The UN International Criminal Tribunals: Transition Without Justice?

Co-authorship with Klaus Bachmann. London: Routledge. (http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781138797864/).

2013

  • Etika kriminalističko-obaveštajnog rada (The Ethics of Criminal Intelligence: A Comprehensive Approachin Serbian), Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, research funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA),. Co-authored with Srđan Korać and Aleksandra Bulatović.

2011

  • Etički standardi za kriminalističko-obaveštajni rad (Ethics Standards for Criminal Intelligence — in Serbian), with Srđan Korać and Aleksandra Bulatović, Institute for International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, research funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA).

2010

  • Uloga kazne u savremenoj poliarhičnoj demokratiji (The Social Role of Punishment in Polyarchic Democracy — in Serbian), Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade.

 

Edited volumes

2018

2015

2013

  • Denkformen, Dragan Jakovljević ― Institute for Philosophy, Philosophy Faculty, University of Montenegro, Nikšić.

 

Selected papers:

2024

2023

  • ‘Joseph Agassi and the various guises of magic’. Philosophy of the Social Sciences 53, 6: 483–490. https://doi.org/10.1177/00483931231200697
  • ‘What is normalcy?’, with Aleksandra Bulatović and Srđan Korać. In Luka Janeš and Stafanija Kožić (eds). Bioetička motrišta o mentalnom zdravlju (Bioethical viewpoints on mental health): 75–96. Zagreb, Croatia: Center for Bioethics, Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Zagreb.
  • ‘Narcissism as a moral incompetence’. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 30, 2, 159–167. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/899946
  • Why narcissists are morally responsible‘. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 30, 2: 177–180. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/899949
  • ‘Philotherapy as a social engagement’ (Original title in Seriban: “Filoterapija kao društvena delatnost“) Theoria 66, 3: 125–140. DOISerbia – Philotherapy as a social engagement – Fatić, Aleksandar (nb.rs)

2022

2021.

  • ‘In defence of integrative violence: How can philosophical practice augment organic social control?’. Synthesis Philosophica, 36, 1: 109‒124.
  • ‘The modal world of integrative philosophical counseling II’. Synthesis Philosophica, 36, 1: 3‒12.
  • ‘The language game of Europe: Politics, identity and the divided subject’. IRCEP (Interdisciplinary Research in Counseling, Ethics and Philosophy). 1, 1: 9‒20.
  • The epistemic value of politeness as a virtue’. In Chaocun Xie (ed.), The Philosophy of (Im)Politeness: Advances in (Im)Politeness Studies. Springer: 115–136. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81592-9_7
  • ‘An Ethics-Based ‘Identity-Proof’ of God’s Existence: An ontology for philotherapy’. Philosophy and Society 32, 3: 428–438.

DOISerbia – An ethics-based ‘identity-proof’ of god’s existence. An ontology for philotherapy – Fatić, Aleksandar (nb.rs)

  • ‘Value identities: Personality as an ecology of values’. (Ценность идентичностей:личность как экология ценностей). СОЦИУМ И ВЛАСТЬ. 2, 2021: 18‒35.
  • ‘Moralna normativnost i duševno zdravlje: lakanovsko razumevanje neuroze i psihoze u svetlu integrativne terapije’ (with Aleksandra Bulatović). In Borislav Mikulić, Mislav Žitko and Srđan Damnjanović (eds). Psihoanaliza i njezine sudbine: 201–216. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy.

2020.

2019

  • ‘Accepting the political face of international criminal justice’, with Klaus Bachmann. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 57: June 2019: 26–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2019.01.005
  • ‘The moral-therapeutic meaning of the dialectics of God-centredness and human/centredness in St. Justin Popovi Popović’ (in Serbian: “Moralno-terapeutski smisao dijalektike bogocentričnosti i čovekocentričnosti kod Svetog Justina Popovića”). In Vladimir Cvetković and Bogdan Lubardić (eds).  The thought and Mission of St. Justine Popović (Misao i misija Svetog Justina Popovića). Belgrade: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory: 163‒178.
  • ‘Predodžba i patologija u filozofiji i psihoterapiji’(‘Representation and pathology in philosophy and psychotherapy’). Filozofska istraživanja (Philosophical Investigations, Zagreb) 39, 1: 33‒47. https://doi.org/10.21464/fi39103
  • ‘Can memory erasure contribute to a virtuous tempering of emotions?’ Filozofija i društvo (Philosophy and Society) 30, 2: 257‒268.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1902257F
  • ‘Soft principles of transition in relations between Belgrade and Priština: What is a normalisation?’ („Meki principi tranzicije u odnosima Beograda i Prištine: Šta podrazumeva normalizacija?“ — in Serbian). In Jasna Filipović and Milan Igrutinović (eds). Three scenarios for the relations between Serbia and Kosovo and the security of Eastern Europe (Tri scenarija odnosa Srbije i Kosova i bezbednost istočne Evrope — in Serbian): 11–30. Belgrade: Centre for Applied European Studies.

2018

  • ‘Introduction: Transitional justice as conflict resolution’. In Aleksandar Fatic, Klaus Bachmann and Igor Lyubashenko (eds), Transitional justice in troubled societies. London: Rowman and Littlefield International: 1–57. https://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/transitional_justice_in_troubled_societies/3-156-9dc11231-66b1-4330-9a05-4402defecd8a
  • ‘Why drones are operationally and technically special in the context of international relations’ (“Etičke i operativne specifičnosti ofanzivnih dronova u kontekstu međunarodnih odnoosa“ — in Serbian). In Zaklina Novicic (ed.), Use of force in international relations: 121–136. Belgrade: Institute for International Politics and Economics. https://www.diplomacy.bg.ac.rs/pdf/knjige/2018_Zaklina_Novicic.pdf
  • ‘On a temporary, transitional judiciary’ (“Pravosudje u Srbiji je tranziciono, privremeno” — in Serbian), Kultura polisa 15, 37: 205–222. http://kpolisa.com/KP37/KP37-II-3%20Fatic.pdf
  • ‘Law as decency: On the emotional sources of law’ (“Pravo kao pristojnost — o emocionalnoj uslovljenosti prava” — in Serbian). In Aleksandar Fatic, Petar Bojanic and Igor Cvejic (eds). On Law and related topics: 63–80. Belgrade: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (in Serbian).
  • ‘Targetted killing with drones? Old arguments, new technologies: Responses toTamar Meisels’. With A. Pavlovic, C . Burell et al. Philosophy and Society 29, 1: 17–33. https://journal.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/fid/article/view/635.
  • ‘Economics and morality: How to reconcile economic thinking with broader social thinking’. With Mrdjan Mladjen. In Ljumovic, Isidora and Andrea Elteto (eds). Sustainable growth and development in small open economices: 199–217. Belgrade and Budapest: Institute of Economic Science and Institute of World Economics. https://www.library.ien.bg.ac.rs/index.php/zb/article/view/579/499.

2017

  • ‘The ethics of drone warfare’. Philosophy and Society XXVII, 2: 349–364.
  • ‘Friendship with the company: Building corporate leadership through humanistic consultancy’. In Lydia Amir (ed.), Philosophical practice: New frontiers, expanding boundaries: 230–242. Newscastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
  • ‘Thaddeus Metz: Meaning in life — An analytic study. Review’ Philosophy and Society 28, 4: 1195–1196. https://journal.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/fid/article/view/598.
  • ‘Psychotherapy, philosophy, and the personal narrative’. Theoria 60: 32–41. (In Serbian).http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0351-22741703032F
  • ‘The new military technology and Christian military ethics’. In Borislav Grozdic (ed.) War and Christianity: 105–124. Belgrade: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (in Serbian).

2016

  • The methodology of philosophical practice: Eclecticism and/or integrativeness?’. Philosophia 44, 4: 1419–1438. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11406-016-9770-3.
  • „Popularne zablude o organizovanom kriminalu“ (‘The popular misconceptions about organized crime’) in Jovan Ćirić (ed.) Suzbijanje organizovanog kriminala kao preduslov vladavine prava (Fighting organized crime and the rule of law): 103–120. Belgrade and Munich: Institute for Comparative Law and Hanss Seidel Stiftung.  .

2015

  • ‘The epistemology of intelligence ethics’. In Jai Galliot and Warrren Reed (eds). Ethics and the Future of Spying: Technology, National Security and Intelligence Collection: 39–52. London: Routledge.

(https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138820395).

  • ‘Introduction’. In Aleksandar Fatić and Lydia Amir (eds). Practicing Philosophy: 1–3. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
  • ‘Narativna koncepcija ličnog i kolektivnog identiteta’ (‘The narrative concept of individual and collective identity’ — in Serbian). Kultura polisa 12, 26: 103–118 (http://kpolisa.com/KP26/KP26-III-1_Fatic.pdf).
  • ’The trasnactional aspect of philosophical counseling’. In Aleksandar Fatić and Lydia Amir (eds). Practicing Philosophy. Cambridge Scholars Press: 303–314.
  • With Lydia Amir: ‘Introduction‘. In Aleksandar Fatić and Lydia Amir, Practicing Philosophy, Cambridge Scholars Press: 1–3.
  • ‘Tasks for Dreaming: The Somatic Cognition of Emotions in Moral Judgement‘. In Michael Noah Weiss (ed.) The Socratic Handbook: Methods and Manuals for Philosophical Practice and Applied Ethics: 67–82. Oslo: Lit Publishing:
  • ‘Vrednosni narativ u moralnom opravdanju međunarodne intervencije’ (‘The value narrative in the moral justification of international interventions’). Kultura polisa 12, 1: 1–22 (http://kpolisa.com/?book=kultura-polisa-god-xii-2015-posebno-izdanje-1).

2014

  • ‘Pleasure in Epicurean and Christian Orthodox conceptions of happiness’ (with Dimitrios Dentsoras), South African Journal of Philosophy 33, 4: 523–536. https://doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2014.967594.
  •  ‘Ascetic ethics as a methodologically eclectic ethics’, Theoria 57: 87–106. http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0351-2274/2014/0351-22741402087F.pdf.
  • ‘The intentionality of madness: Checking the cognitive issues in DSM—based diagnosis’, Philosophy and Society, XXV, 2: 204‒216.

http://instifdt.bg.ac.rs/tekstovi/FiD/2014/2-2014/14_Aleksandar_Fatic_2014-2.pdf

  • ‘The Christian understanding of politics’ (“Hrišćansko shvatanje politike”). Kultura polisa 11, 24: 109–127.
  • ‘Philosophical practice as a new paradigm in philosophy’. Philosophical Practice 9, 3: 1411‒1412.
  • ‘Philosophical practice as a philosophical way of life’ (Filozofska praksa kao način filozofskog života“). Treći program no. 161–162: 5–16. Cobiss ID: https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/sr/sr_latn/bib/222739468.
  • ‘Epicurean ethics in the pragmatist philosophical counsel’. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism 22.1: 63–77.

2013

  • ‘Corruption, corporate character-formation and ‘value-strategy’, Philosophy and Society XXIV, 1: 60–80.
  • ‘Projecting “The Good Life” in philosophical counseling’, Philosophical Practice, 8, 3: 1242–52.
  • ‘Epicurean ethics as a foundation for philosophical counseling’, Philosophical Practice, New York 8, 1, March: 1127–1141.
  • ‘Love and sympathy: A legacy of Max Scheler’. In Gary Peters and Fiona Peters (eds), Thoughts of Love: 155–175. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
  • “Religiozno verovanje i modaliteti tolerancije u liberalnom društvu“ (‘Religious Faith and the Modalities of Tolerance in a Liberal Society’), Theoria, 56, 1: 59−78.
  • ‘Sympathy and intentionality in practical philosophy: Scheler and Searle’. In Aleksandar Fatić (ed.), Denkformen: pp. 126–143. Nikšić: University of Montenegro
  • ‘’External’ and ‘Internal’ strategies to control corruption: The role of ethics in fostering the integrity of the public administration’. In Jovan Ćirić (ed.), Borba protiv korupcije (Fighting Corruption): 31–46. Belgrade: Institute for Comparative Law.
  • „Korupcija i moć u javnoj upravi: kontrolni model integriteta“ (‘Corruption and Power in Public Administration: The Model of Integrity Controls’). In Marina Blagojević and Zoran Stevanović (eds), Prevencija kriminala i socijalnih devijacija: evropska i regionalna dobra praksa (The Prevention of Crime and Social Deviations: European and Regional Best Practice): I83–98. Belgrade: Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research.
  • “Albanska etnopolitička strategija na Balkanu“ (‘The Albanian Ethnopolitical Strategy in the Balkans’). In Dragan Đukanović and Vladimir Trapara (eds). Srbija u jugoistočnoj Evropi (Serbia in Southeastern Europe): 316−332. Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics.