Previously, Milica was Full Professor and Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Perugia, where she taught courses on European economic integration, economic development and global governance, economics of transition, international economics, macroeconomics and labour economics.
She was also a member of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) for two terms, Public Policy Scholar at the Woodward Wilson Centre in Washington DC and Assistant Minister in the federal government of FR Yugoslavia.
Milica holds a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute in Florence.
Her research interests include the Western Balkans, Central Eastern Europe, EU enlargement, the economics of employee participation and comparative economic studies.
Milica has published widely on various topics, particularly on Western Balkans’ socio- economic development, privatisation, trade, foreign direct investment, labour markets, regional cooperation, higher education and EU integration.
Integrating the Western Balkans into the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
