Bešić, Edvina

"My work currently focuses on investigating inclusion and exclusion processes in the education system with the aim of developing solutions that enable all students, especially children with disabilities and refugee backgrounds, to participate fully in the same system. Through my research, I hope to make a direct contribution to improving equal opportunities in the education system and thus promote a more inclusive society in the medium and long term."

• Inclusion and diversity research
• Intersectionality research at the intersection of migration/refugee status and disability
• Participatory research (specifically with school students)
• Digitalization and inclusion

• 2007-2011 Diploma in Education and Psychology (Mar.rer.nat) at the University of Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the University of Graz
• 2012-2014 Master's degree in Inclusive Education (MSc), University of Graz
• 2013-2014 Student assistant, Institute of Education and Educational Science, University of Graz
• 2014-2018 Research assistant (Prae doc), Institute of Education and Educational Science, University of Graz
• 05/2017 Teaching assignment, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2017-2019 External lecturer, Institute for Elementary and Primary Education, University of Education Styria
• 2017-2020 Program Coordinator, Uni for Life: Continuing Education at the University of Graz
• 2018 Doctorate (PhD) in Philosophy, University of Graz
• 2018-2020 Research Associate (Post doc), Institute for Pedagogical Professionalization, University of Graz
• 04/2019 Teaching assignment, Montclair State University, USA
• 2020-2021 Professor of Inclusive Education and Didactics, Institute for Secondary Education, University of Education Styria
• 2020-2022 Research Associate, Research Center for Inclusive Education (FZIB)
• 2021-2024 University Professor for Inclusion Research and Inclusive Didactics, Institute for Secondary Education, University of Education Styria
• 2022 Mentor for the Fulbright Program
• 2022-2023 Member of the management team at the Research Center for Inclusive Education (FZIB)
• 2022-2024 Research assistant, Center for Children's and Youth Literature (KiJuLit), University of Education Styria
• 2023 Awarded “Young Scientist of the Year 2023” (social sciences) by the Association of Bosnian Academics in Austria (BADA/GBAA)
• Since September 2024 Professor of Inclusive Education at the University of Vienna (two-year fixed-term contract)