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. During my studies, I joined the organizational board of psychology students, “TraNSfer“, which still exists and it is more productive than ever. Also, during that time, I spent four years at the War Trauma Center, a non-profit centre with an aim to help war veterans and aid reconciliation between countries of former Yugoslavia.
In 2015, I was accepted in “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 and the University of Portsmouth, attending annual winter and summer schools across the partner institutions. The focus of my PhD research was on the detection of symptom fabrication in court. In September 2018, I defended my doctorate at the University of Portsmouth, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lorraine Hope and Prof. Dr. James Ost, and soon after, in January 2019, I defended and obtained my Ph.D. diploma from Maastricht University, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Harald Merckelbach and Prof. Dr. Marko Jelicic.
Right after finishing my PhD(s), I became a lecturer and soon after an assistant professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at Maastricht University, within the forensic psychology section. In February 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 2021, I joined the University Council, where I represented the staff of ESSB to the best of my abilities for two terms. In 2025, I decided to return to Serbia to contribute to the development of programs in forensic and legal psychology.
My Academic Contribution
As scientists, we owe to both the academic and general community our contribution to a better society. Regarding the academic field, besides supervising my PhD and master's students, and teaching, 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.
Further, I also strive to help create pathways for empirical knowledge about legal and forensic psychology to become accessible across cultures and outside of a narrow academic circle. Thus, 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
And if you need to remember anything about me, please choose the following information: I have the coolest, prettiest, and probably the most spoiled dog in the world - 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).
