Dr Jana Bacevic

Biography	Dr Jana Bacevic is an interdisciplinary social and political theorist whose interests lie at the intersection between knowing about and acting in the world. Dr Bacevic's research spans the fields of sociology of knowledge, inequality and injustice, and political economy; their contributions have included the investigation of the science-politics nexus and the role of 'not knowing' the future in the context of global risks, including pandemics and climate change; the concept of epistemic positioning, which describes the intersection between recognition and reproduction of social inequalities in knowledge production; and the political ontology of critique, both as a genre and a form of speech-act. They joined Durham in 2020, having previously worked at the University of Cambridge, Aarhus University, Central European University in Budapest, as well as Singidunum University and the University of Belgrade. Dr Bacevic has held visiting fellowships at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities at Bard College, Bristol University, Open Society Archives, and the University of Oxford. Dr Bacevic is on the editorial board of The Philosopher, UK's longest-running public philosophy journal, and is also on the steering board of the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) at Durham. They are a member of the Cambridge Social Ontology Group. In 2025 and 2026, Dr Bacevic will be on Leverhulme Research Fellowship awarded for their project "Uncategorical imperatives: examining non-reciprocity", which engages with the question of nonreciprocity from the standpoint of non-ideal moral and political theory and its implications for in/equality, in/justice and re/distribution in the context of global violence, state repression, and climate collapse.
Research Interests	social theory political theory sociology of knowledge/social epistemology philosophy of (social) science political philosophy moral and political sociology political economy inequalities and social justice anthropology of Empire sociology of science relational sociology social ontology

Biography

Dr Jana Bacevic is an interdisciplinary social and political theorist whose interests lie at the intersection between knowing about and acting in the world. Dr Bacevic's research spans the fields of sociology of knowledge, inequality and injustice, and political economy; their contributions have included the investigation of the science-politics nexus and the role of 'not knowing' the future in the context of global risks, including pandemics and climate change; the concept of epistemic positioning, which describes the intersection between recognition and reproduction of social inequalities in knowledge production; and the political ontology of critique, both as a genre and a form of speech-act.

They joined Durham in 2020, having previously worked at the University of Cambridge, Aarhus University, Central European University in Budapest, as well as Singidunum University and the University of Belgrade. Dr Bacevic has held visiting fellowships at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities at Bard College, Bristol University, Open Society Archives, and the University of Oxford.

Dr Bacevic is on the editorial board of The Philosopher, UK's longest-running public philosophy journal, and is also on the steering board of the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) at Durham. They are a member of the Cambridge Social Ontology Group.

In 2025 and 2026, Dr Bacevic will be on Leverhulme Research Fellowship awarded for their project "Uncategorical imperatives: examining non-reciprocity", which engages with the question of nonreciprocity from the standpoint of non-ideal moral and political theory and its implications for in/equality, in/justice and re/distribution in the context of global violence, state repression, and climate collapse.

Research Interests

social theory
political theory
sociology of knowledge/social epistemology
philosophy of (social) science
political philosophy
moral and political sociology
political economy
inequalities and social justice
anthropology of Empire
sociology of science
relational sociology
social ontology