Bora Kuzmanović


Dr. Bora Kuzmanovic is a Professor of Social Psychology at Belgrade University. He was also a Member of Serbian Parliament twice as well as a Member of Parliament of The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and later Parliament of Serbia and Montengero for social-democratic parties. During the war in former Yugoslavia Kuzmanovic he was an opponent to Slobodan Milosevic. In 1993 Kuzmanovic was a spokesman for the leading opposition party in Serbia The Democratic Party. Psychological Association of Serbia assigned to prof. Dr. Bora Kuzmanovic The Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2014.

Biography

Kuzmanovic was born in 1944 in Gornja Tresnjevica near Arandjelovac in Serbia. He graduated from The Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade in 1967. He completed postgraduate studies in 1973 and obtained his PhD in 1987. As a University professor, he taught Social Psychology and other courses at The Department of Psychology until he retired in 2011. Kuzmanovic was the Director of The Institute of Psychology, President of The Serbian Psychology Society, President of Yugoslav Psychological Organizations, President of The Managing Board of The Center of Applied Psychology and President of The Managing Board of Social Sciences Institute.
Until recently he was the President of The Scientific Council of The Institute of Psychology, Member of The National Education Council of The Republic of Serbia Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Psychological Research”
His research is mostly on social attitude and values, political behavior, authoritarianism and social motivation. He is the author and co-author of many scientific and specialized articles, studies and monographs, for example:
1) “Nezaposlena omladina Beograda” ; with co-authors: S. Mihailovic and G. Zajic; Centar za idejni rad SSO Beograd, 1987;
2) “Studentski protest 1992” ; Project manager, Editor and Co-author; Institut za psihologiju, Beograd, 1993;
3) “Society in Crisis-Yugoslavia in the early ‘90s” ; Filip Visnjic, Beograd, 1995;
4) “Drustveni karakter i drustvene promene u svetlu nacionalnih sukoba” ; co-authors: Z. Golubovic and M. Vasovic; Institut za filozofiju I drustvenu teoriju, Beograd, 1995:
5) “Social Changes and Changes of Values”; co-authors: N. Havelka and D. Popadic, Psihologija, XXVIII, Special issue, 7-26, 1995;
6) “Deca bez roditeljskog staranja” ; Project Manager, Editor and Co-author, Institut za psihologiju and Save the Children, Beograd, 2002;