Milan Kovacevic (M.)
Milan Kovačević is a PhD researcher at University College Maastricht, appointed under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project LIMES. His research focuses on the relationship between the development of liberal arts education in Europe and the world of work, examining how liberal arts degrees are valued in the labour market. He received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in economics from the University of Novi Sad, and a master’s degree in interdisciplinary social science from the University of Glasgow, University of Barcelona and Erasmus University Rotterdam (Global Markets, Local Creativities), for which he was awarded an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. His main expertise revolves around topics related to the impact and role of (higher) education in preparing individuals for work and life. He holds a particular interest in skill development, learning progress evaluation, 21st-century skills, graduate employability, educational innovation, and education policy in general. His research interests also include the ‘future of work’ discourse, focusing on the challenges posed by the changing nature of work and employment in the 21st century.
Research publications:
- Kovačević, M. (2022). The effect of a general versus narrow undergraduate curriculum on graduate specialization: The case of a Dutch liberal arts college. The Curriculum Journal, 33(4), 618–635. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.158
- Kovačević, M., Dekker, T. J., & van der Velden, R. (2023). Employability development in undergraduate programmes: How different is liberal arts education? Teaching in Higher Education, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2023.2212602
