Iva Stojanović
Research Associate
Profile
Biography
I am a social-science researcher focused on the governance of punishment, welfare, and administrative decision-making.
I previously worked at Columbia University’s Justice Lab as a Staff Associate, where I supported mixed-methods research, produced policy-facing materials, and coordinated multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the Square One Project.
I have held roles across research management, qualitative fieldwork, and project coordination, and have collaborated with academic, governmental, and community partners on studies of legal debt, community safety, and racial inequality.
Research
Overview
My work examines how institutions classify, regulate, and respond to people through everyday administrative practices. My core interests include punishment and inequality, procedural justice, welfare policy, and comparative institutional design.
At the Administrative Fairness Lab, I am researching the administration of adult social care, analysing needs-assessment methods and the emerging use of AI tools in frontline practice.
I use qualitative, archival, and quantitative methods, and have previously worked on studies of court-imposed financial sanctions, jail conditions, and criminal justice narrative change.
