Jelena Branković is a PhD student at the Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent, Ghent University (CHEGG). She graduated from the Higher Education Master Programme jointly delivered by the University of Oslo, the University of Tampere, and the University of Aveiro and holds a Master’s degree in English Language and Literature obtained from the University of Belgrade. Her work experience include the position of Researcher at the Centre for Education Policy in Belgrade, where she focused on higher education in the Western Balkans and previously the position of the National Coordinator for the EU TEMPUS Programme in Serbia. Jelena’s research interests lie in the domain of organisations, change and institutionalisation processes in higher education. She is a member of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), and the network of Early Career Higher Education Researchers (ECHER).