About Me

I was born in May 1989, in Serbia. I finished my bachelor studies in psychology and two-year master’s program in clinical psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad. In 2015, I joined “The House of Legal Psychology”, an internationally recognised doctorate program in legal and forensic psychology, developed in collaboration between Maastricht University (the Netherlands), University of Portsmouth (United Kingdom), and Gothenburg University (Sweden). Within this program, I enrolled as a PhD candidate at both Maastricht University, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Harald Merckelbach and Prof. Dr. Marko Jelicic, and the University of Portsmouth, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lorraine Hope and Prof. Dr. James Ost. The focus of my PhD research was on the detection of symptom fabrication in court. I obtained my diplomas in September 2018 and in January 2019. In 2020, I joined the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and co-created the forensic and legal psychology group.

In 2025, I decided to return to Serbia to contribute to the development of programs in forensic and legal psychology. I am currently working at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology.

My Academic Contribution

I am a review editor for Frontiers in Psychology (Forensic Psychology), a section editor for the Personal Injury and Law journal, and a guest editor for the Applied Psychology journal [Primenjena Psihologija] and Psychology [Psihologija]. I regularly act as a reviewer for a variety of journals in the domain of legal and forensic psychology, such as Applied Neuropsychology Adult, European Review of Applied Psychology, Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Legal and Criminological Psychology, Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology, Crime, and Law, Criminal Justice and Behaviour, Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, European Journal of Psychotraumatology etc. I am a member of European Association of Psychology and Law and of European network for symptom validity assessment.

In 2020, together with my colleagues, Prof. Dr. Henry Otgaar and Dr. Ivan Mangiulli, we initiated the Zoom Psychology & Law Symposium (ZPLS). ZPLS is an annual, carried out online (via Zoom), and completely free symposium with the purpose of opening the domain of legal and forensic research and practice to students, fellow researchers, practitioners, and members of the general public. ZPLS has been a success with more than 150 practitioners and researchers joining every edition so far. To see the presentations from all editions so far go to the following page: https://osf.io/tvxmr/.

…and Zizu

Personally, my highest achievement is being a dog mom to my black labrador, Zizu (Instagram @Dr.Fetcher). My free time that is not devoted to Zi, I spend with friends, playing drums, painting, listening to podcasts, and trying to catch up on the reading for my book club.

Thank you for Your attention,

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In the pages Research and Education & Teaching above, you can find more specific information about my work. In case you have any questions, you can contact me either using any of the social platforms (see Follow me page), via email (boskovic@ess.eur.nl), or via the contact form (see Contact page above).