Aleksandar Matković, PhD

Research Associate

Economic History and Theory Department

research fields

  • Marxist education in socialist Yugoslavia
  • Relations between China and the Balkans

education

  • PhD 2020 / Philosophical module, The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana
  • master 2012 / Department for Philosophy, Philosophical Faculty, University of Novi Sad
  • undergraduate 2008 / Department for Philosophy, Philosophical Faculty, University of Novi Sad

previous employment

  • 2020 - / Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade  
  • 2014 - 2020 / Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade 

references/bibliography

Matković, A. (2025). "A Tale of a Journey Through Time: On the Forgotten Children’s Book On Capitalism in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Its Place in the Life of Edvard Kardelj". Tokovi istorije, 33(2), 73–108. https://doi.org/10.31212/tokovi.2025.2.mat.73-108

Matković, A. (2023). "Komunistički manifest i otadžbina - razvoj nacionalnog pitanja kod mladog Marksa". Napredak – časopis za političku teoriju i praksu, 4(1), 94–106. https://doi.org/10.5937/napredak4-43050

Matković, A., Wu, Y., & Crout, L. (2023). "All roads lead to Beijing? Shifts in Chinese Labour and Capital During the COVID-19 Pandemic". Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 18(1), 20–36. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.2023.1

Matković, A. (2018). "’No Magic Bullets’: The Lawn-Smith Debate, or Why Degrowth Cannot Be Understood without a Value-Theory of Imperialism". Časopis za kritiko znanosti, domišljijo in novo antropologijo, XLVI(273), 81–98. https://ckz.si/docs/publications/journals/273/273-081-098.pdf

Matković, A. (2016). "Activism and capitalism: on the forms of engagement". Filozofija i društvo, 27(2), 387–397. https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1602387M

selected projects:

"Towards sustainable wellbeing: Integrated policies and transformative indicators. Funded by the European Union" (team member in Task 1.2)