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Dr

Miljana Radivojevic

Associate Professor

Institute of Archaeology

Orcid identifier0000-0001-7329-305X
  • Associate Professor
    Institute of Archaeology

BIO

MA, MSc, Magistar, PhD

Associate Professor in Archaeological Science, UCL Institute of Archaeology

 

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA)


Departmental International Students' Tutor

Miljana Radivojević is an Associate Professor in Archaeological Science at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK, where she acquired her PhD in Archaeometallurgy. During her previous studies and research posts at the Universities of Belgrade, Cambridge and UCL she has developed a strong research profile in both fieldwork excavations and laboratory analysis of material culture, specifically technology of early metal making. She specialised in the emergence of early copper making in the Balkans before expanding research collaborations across Europe and northern Eurasia, with emphasis on central and southeast Europe, Anatolia, Central Eurasia and China.

She has over 50 research publications, one of which is the Open Access monograph The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia (Archaeopress, 2021), the completion of which she oversaw as the lead editor and author. Dr Radivojević is an Honorary Fellow of the Cambridge Central Asian Forum (Jesus College, University of Cambridge), a Member of the British-Kazakh Society Education Board and a Trustee of the Institute of Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies (IAMS) and the British Foundation of Women Graduates (BFWG).

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    University College London, Institute of Archaeology

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer in Archaeomaterials
    University and College Union, Institute of Archaeology, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2018 - present
  • Anniversary Research Fellow
    University of Cambridge, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom5 Mar 2015 - 5 Jul 2018
  • AHRC Postgraduate Research Associate
    University College London, Institute of Archaeology, London, United Kingdom1 Jul 2012 - 28 Feb 2015

DEGREES

  • PhD (Archaeometallurgy)
    University and College Union, London, United Kingdom28 Sep 2008 - 28 Dec 2012
  • MSc in Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials
    University and College Union, London, United Kingdom24 Sep 2006 - 17 Sep 2007
  • Magistar in Prehistoric Archaeology
    University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia15 Feb 2005 - 10 Mar 2009
  • BA and MA in Prehistoric Archaeology
    University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia20 Sep 1999 - 27 Sep 2004

LANGUAGES

  • Russian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Serbian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Croatian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Bosnian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Macedonian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Bulgarian
    Can read and understand
  • German
    Can read

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 14 Life Below Water

FIELDS OF RESEARCH