Prof. Evica Jovanović (ex Stojiljković) obtained his academic degrees at the Faculty of Occupational Safety, University in Niš: Graduate Environmental Safety Engineer (Dipl. Ing.) in 2001, Magister of Technical Sciences - Environmental Protection Engineering in 2007, and Doctor of Technical Science – Occupational Safety Engineering in 2011. Presently she is employed as Full Professor at the University of Niš, Faculty of Occupational Safety, Department of System Research in Safety and Risk. Throughout her academic career, she has been teaching more than seven academic courses at all three levels of study (BSc, MSc, and PhD).
She is the Vice-Dean for Teaching at the Faculty of Occupational Safety, Vice-chairman of Serbian Ergonomics Society, Member of the European Society of Safety Engineers (ESSE), Member of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), Editor of International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, Engineering Management & Applied Engineering, and Journal IETI Transactions on Ergonomics and Safety, Member of the organizing and scientific committee of numerous national and international scientific conferences, etc.
She has been involved in the implementation of five scientific projects financed by national Ministries, and participated in ERASMUS+ staff mobility programmes. She serves as a reviewer for variety of publications, including monographs, scientific papers published in national and international scientific journals; co-advisor of the PhD thesis on Doctoral Program in Occupational Safety and Health of the University of Porto (DemSSO, 2020); chairman of the committee for the evaluation and defense of doctoral dissertations on the University of Banja Luka, Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad, etc.
Prof. Jovanović is the author of more than 100 papers, out of which 13 were published in international journals with an impact factor. Her research experience covers Risk Assessment, Human Reliability Assessment, Reliability and Safety, Ergonomics, as well as Emergency Management.
Skills: Strong analytical and reporting skills developed through various projects, ability to interact with people from various cultural backgrounds, leadership skills (Vice-dean for Teaching; Vice-Chairman of the Chair of System Safety Research, Member of the University of Nis Council), managing and good presentation skills, effective decision-making skills, public speaking, academic discourse, academic writing skills, project management, process management, system design and analysis, advanced knowledge of occupational and environmental risk analysis and assessment and emergency management.