Katarina Filipovic
Assistant Lecturer in Professional Practice in the Early Years, Child Protection and Safeguarding
Email: katarina.filipovic@tudublin.ie
Tel: 01 2205759
Background
International Master in Early Childhood Education and Care (IMEC). Dublin Institute of Technology, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, University of Malta and University of Gothenburg. Erasmus Mundus joint degree.
BSc. in Pedagogy – Psychology. University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Katarina had previously worked in a range of educational roles such as primary school Pedagogue and Psychologist, Early Childhood Educator and Associate Faculty Lecturer.
Research Interests
Children’s and educators’ well-being, work related stress and burnout, impact of educational policies on practice, professionalism in ECEC, and gender in early years.
Publications
Katarina Filipović (2018). Gender Representation in Children’s Books: Case of an Early Childhood Setting, Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 32:3, 310-325, DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2018.1464086
Nóirín Hayes & Katarina Filipović (2018). Nurturing ‘buds of development’: from outcomes to opportunities in early childhood practice, International Journal of Early Years Education, 26:3, 220- 232, DOI: 10.1080/09669760.2017.1341303
Recent Conference Papers/Presentations
Katarina Filipović (June 26th, 2018). Burnout and work life balance among Irish early childhood educators. Paper presented at Holistic Well-being EECERA SIG Conference, Liverpool Hope University, UK.
Meera Oke & Katarina Filipovic (April 13th, 2018). Work life and Burnout among ECCE professionals in Ireland – findings from a Pilot study. Paper presented at Early Childhood Ireland Seminar, Dublin, Ireland.
Katarina Filipović (September 2nd, 2016). Gender representation in children's books: perspectives of early childhood educators. Paper presented at 26th EECERA Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Other
Recent research projects
Work life balance and occurrence of burnout amongst Early Childhood Educators. National College of Ireland. Conducted by Dr. Meera Oke, Nóirín Hayes and Katarina Filipović.