UCL Press author Jovana Diković receives leading Serbian anthropology award

Posted on 24th February, 2026

UCL Press is pleased to share that Dr Jovana Diković, author of The Laissez-Faire Peasant: Post-Socialist Rural Development in Serbia, has been honoured by the Ethnographic Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

The award recognises Dr Diković’s outstanding contribution to ethnological and anthropological research. Presented once every four years, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious honours within the Serbian anthropological community.

Published by UCL Press in 2025, The Laissez-Faire Peasant offers a timely and original examination of post-socialist rural transformation in Serbia. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores how evolving political and economic structures have shaped everyday life, agricultural practices and rural identities.

We warmly congratulate Dr Diković on this outstanding achievement.