Dr. Edma Ajanović has been an MSCA postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ljubljana since 2024. At her home institution, the University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria, she has held the position of Senior Scientist at the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy since 2018. There, she has been involved in research and teaching; among other activities, she led the project "Digitalizing Youth Politics" from November 2019 to October 2021, as well as the MA programme “Political Communication”.

Edma Ajanović completed her doctoral studies at the University of Vienna, where her dissertation was entitled “Racism as a Complex Setting of Power and Knowledge: An Analysis of Current Articulations, Practices and Intersections of Racism in Austria.” At the University of Vienna, she also worked as a project researcher in EU-funded projects such as “RAGE – Hate Speech and Populist Othering”.

Her research interests include anti-gender/feminist mobilizations, right-wing populist discourses, and (de-)democratisation processes.

Scholar Profile

    • University of Ljubljana (SLO)

      since 09/2024

      MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow at Faculty of Arts

    • University for Continuing Education Krems (AUT)

      01/2018-09/2024

      Senior Scientist (on research leave until 10/2026) at Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy

    • University of Vienna (AUT)

      02/2016-08/2020

      External Lecturer at Department of Political Science

    • University of Primorska (SLO)
      04/2016

      Visiting Researcher at Science and Research Center (ZRS Koper), OeAD-funded research mobility project

    • University of Vienna (AUT)
      01/2011-08/2015

      Project Researcher and External Lecturer at Department of Political Science

    • University of Vienna (AUT) 04/2011-06/2016

      Doctoral programme in Social Science - Dr. phil. (with distinction); Specialization: Political Science; Title of dissertation: "Racism as a complex setting of power and knowledge. An analysis of current articulations, practices and intersections of racism in Austria."

    • University of Vienna (AUT) 10/2005 – 11/2010

      International Development Studies - Mag. phil.; Focus on post-socialist transformations, feminist economics and migration studies

    • Anti-democratic/anti-gender nexus in Bosnia and Herzegovina

      09/2024-08/2026 | Grant

      GRANT NO.: 101108792

    • Digitalizing Youth Politics

      11/2019-1172021 | Grant

      NFB - NÖ Forschung & Bildung (St. Pölten, Lower Austria, AT)

      GRANT No.: FTI18-001

Recent Publications

  • Framing Covid-19 through memes: a way for young people to shape the narrative in Austria

    Journal of Youth Studies
    2024-08-08 | Journal article | Author

    Contributors: Edma Ajanović; Katharina Fritsch

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  • Femonationalism, Neoliberal Activation, and Anti-Feminism—The Shifting Discourses on Gender Equality and Women’s Issues in Austria

    Blurring Boundaries – ‘Anti-Gender’ Ideology Meets Feminist and LGBTIQ+ Discourses
    2023-11-13 | Book chapter

    Contributors: Edma Ajanović

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  • Voting Right? Analyzing Electoral Homonationalism of LGBTIQ∗ Voters in Austria and Germany

    Social Politics
    2022 | Journal article

    Contributors: Edma Ajanović, Michael Hunklinger

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