Scientific and applied research
The beginnings of science and academic research in a national context are inextricably linked with the Faculty of Philosophy. The year 1921 marked the establishment of the “Skopje Scientific Society” at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, with the aim of developing academic research activity. The first issue of the Annual of the Faculty of Philosophy was published in 1948 – the first academic journal in post-war Macedonia – in which academic papers were published for the first time in Macedonian. From then up to the present, the academic contribution of the Faculty of Philosophy has been rooted in the overall educational, cultural, economic, and social development of society. In the spirit of tradition, the academic activity of the Faculty of Philosophy continues today through a number of academic research and publishing activities.
To support the realization of academic activities at the Faculty of Philosophy, several research centers have been established. In the academic year 2020/21, there are 12 active research centers, focused on research and applied projects on specific topics and issues in the fields of humanities and social sciences:
- Balkan Center for Peace Research
- Education and Research Center
- Survey Research Center
- National Center on Ongoing Social Development Education
- Center for the Preparation and Application of Tests – Psychometrics
- National Information Center on Research in Special Education and Rehabilitation
- Center for Educational Support of Roma (CEPOR)
- History Textbooks Center (CUI)
- Human Resource Management Center
- Intercultural Studies and Research Center
- Integrative Bioethics Center
- Lifelong Learning Center
International and bilateral scientific and applicative research implemented by the Faculty of Philosophy in the last five years:
- 07.06.2022-31.01.2025: ‘Game and Animal Skills,’ a project funded according to the Memorandum of Cooperation with the University of Zurich for Teacher Education (PH Zurich) and International Projects in Education (IPE) (Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Alma Tasevska).”
- https://youtu.be/hjbdU4ktD3I Introduction to the PALS project
- https://youtu.be/SyZkUBpli_Y Child wellbeing in practice
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RtkGQxoDDs Quality play
- https://youtu.be/y_idMC2ThyA Empathetic dialogues communication
- https://youtu.be/p9ziveAV7bQ Joy with mirror
- PALS Final Layout
*Within the framework of the PALS project, two significant outputs were developed that will be applied in future project activities. The PALS manual offers significant theoretical and conceptual approaches for implementation of play and life skills in the daily work of kindergartens. The specificity of the manual is its link with video materials that support the manual content and reflect the real context in which the development of play and life skills of children from 4 to 8 years old is visible.
Discovering a sustainable mindset
New dimension education in education for sustainable development focused on intercultural values and ethics – SYSMIND, 2021-1-AT01-КА2202-VET-000028126, project coordinator University College of Agrarian and Environmental pedagogy, Austria (principal researcher Prof. Dr. Elena Rizova).
Timeframe: 01.11.2021-31.08.2024
Donor: European Commission
Coordinator: Canakkale University, Turkey
Partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Head researcher from the Faculty: prof. Olivera Canevska Rašić, PhD
Timeframe: 2020-2022
“Accessible and Digitalized Cultural Heritage” (2019-1-MK01-KA203-060269)
Donor: European Commission, National Agency for European Educational Programs and Mobility
Coordinator: Faculty of Philosophy, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Viktor Lilčić Adams, PhD
Timeframe: 1.11.2019– 31.8.2022
Donor: European Commission, National Agency for European Educational Programs and Mobility
Coordinator: Faculty of Philosophy, “Ss Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Aleksandra Karovska Ristovska, PhD
Timeframe: 1.12.2018 – 28.12.2021
“Religious Tolerance and Peace”, H2020-EU.3.6.3.2. Grant agreement ID: 770309
Donor: European Commission, the Horizon Program
Coordinator: Louvain University, Belgium
Partner: Faculty of Philosophy, “Ss Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Lidija Georgieva, PhD
Timeframe: 1.5.2018 – 1.5.2022
“From disability to food production”
Donor: We Effect, Sweden
Coordinator: National Federation of Farmers
Partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Nataša Stanojkovska Trajkovska, PhD
Timeframe: 9.2019 – 6.2021
“Study for support of communications planning and community involvement related to the Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Republic of Macedonia”
Donor: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Implementer: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Principal Investigator: prof. Dr. Svetlana Trbojevic
Timeframe: 06.2020 – 10.2020
Visegrad University Student Grant no. 61300005. Theory of International Relations and Conflict Resolution
Donor: Visegrad Fund
Coordinator: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Antoanela Petkovska, PhD
Timeframe: 2014-2020
European Value Survey
Donor: EVS, Tilburg, the Netherlands
Partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Antoanela Petkovska, PhD
Timeframe: 1.7.2018 – 1.12.2019
“Transposition of acquis communitaire in Macedonia with a special focus on climate change policies, air pollution, security issues, and risk management”
Donor: DAAD, Germany
Coordinator: Brandenburg University, Cottbus, Germany
Partner: Faculty of Philosophy
Head researcher: prof. Toni Mileski, PhD
Timeframe: 2018–2020
“The social, political and economic development of Macedonia and Slovenia in 1991 (transformation, similarities and differences)”
Donor: Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Macedonia
Program: Bilateral Projects with the Republic of Slovenia
Head researcher: prof. Borče Ilievski, PhD
Timeframe: 1.1.2017 – 31.12.2018
“The ethnonym Vlachs in written sources and in the toponymy in the historical region of Macedonia (XI-XVI centuries)”
Donor: Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Macedonia
Program: Macedonian-Austrian mutual research projects
Head researcher: prof. Toni Filiposki, PhD
Timeframe: 1.7.2016– З0.6.2018
National projects carried out by the Faculty of Philosophy in the last five years:
“Archaeological excavations at the site Staro Bonche – Prilep 2020”
Donor: Ministry of Culture, Republic of Macedonia
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Antonio Jakimovski, PhD
Timeframe: 22.5.2020–0.11.2020
“Making cultural heritage accessible to special needs students”
Donor: Ministry of Culture, Republic of Macedonia
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Nataša Stanojkovska Trajkovska, PhD
Timeframe: 2.5.2020–0.11.2020
“Innovations in the humanities and social sciences”
Donor: Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Antoanela Petkovska, PhD
Timeframe: 5.2020 – 1.2021
“Archaeological excavations at the archeological site of Kosovec, village of Drenovo, 2020”
Donor: Local Museum and Gallery – Kavadarci
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Viktor Lilčić Adams, PhD
Timeframe: 2020
“Archaeological excavations at the site Staro Bonche – Prilep 2019”
Donor: Ministry of Culture, Republic of Macedonia
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Antonio Jakimovski, PhD
Timeframe: 3.5.2019– 20.11.2019
“At the crossroads of cultural ideas: Macedonia, the Balkans, South-east Europe – heritage, cultural management, resources”
Donor: Ministry of Culture, Republic of Macedonia
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Elizabeta Dimitrova, PhD
Timeframe: 9.4.2019– 0.11.2019
“Trebenishko Kale, village of Trebenishta”
Donor: Municipality of Debarca
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Viktor Lilčić Adams, PhD
Timeframe: 28.2.2019– 31.12.2019
“Cultural adaptation of a tests on risky behavior in adolescents, for application in the Republic of Macedonia“
Donor: Faculty of Philosophy
Main partner: Institute of Psychology
Head researcher: prof. Biljana Blaževska – Stoilkovska, PhD
Timeframe: 1.2.2019–31.12.2021
“Research skills – general procedures of scientific work” National interest projects in Culture for 2018
Donor: Ministry of Culture, Republic of Macedonia
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Violeta Panzova, PhD
Timeframe: 10.4.2018 – 20.11.2018
Theoretical and practical upgrade of the subject programs from the philosophical corpus of subjects (philosophy, ethics, logic, aesthetics) for secondary education”
Donor: Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Dejan Donev, PhD; prof. Jasmina Popovska, PhD; prof. Marija Todorovska, PhD
Timeframe: 1.2.2018 – 31.12.2018
“Identification (mapping) of the perspectives in the social sciences and humanities in the Republic of Macedonia for organized academ-ic work in the field of cognitive science”
Donor: Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Main partner: Faculty of Philosophy, Skopje
Head researcher: prof. Vladimir Davčev, PhD
Timeframe: 1.2.2017 – 30.12.2017
Research centers at the Faculty of Philosophy Global Changes Center