Ana Pajvančić – Cizelj is assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad and coordinator of the Center for Sociological Research. Her research is in the field of urban sociology, environmental sociology and sociology of gender. She has extensive experience in conducting socio-spatial, socio-ecological and gender research mostly by qualitative methods. She is a member of the Serbian Sociological Society (active in the section for Feminist Research and Critical Studies of Masculinity) and International Sociological Association (active in the Sociology of Urban and Regional Development and Women in Society research committees).