2024-2026 “Challenges and innovative changes in research ethics reviews – CHANGER”, Project 101131683, HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-02. Implementers: IEA in a consortium with 17 partners. Project manager from the Macedonian side: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski, participant: M.A. Eda Starova-Tahir.
2023 "Digitization of the collection of Professor Galaba Palikrusheva (1928 - 2009)", a project organized by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, PMF, UKIM, Skopje, funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia for 2023. Project manager: Ines Crvenkovska Risteska. Project participants: Elizabeta Pavkovikj and Bojana Mirchevska Chakovska.
2022 "Digitization of the Collection of Professor Gjorgji Zdravev (1941 - 2007)", a project organized by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (IEA), PMF, UKIM, Skopje, funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia for 2022. Project manager: Ines Crvenkovska Risteska. Project participants: Elizabeta Pavkovikj and Bojana Mirchevska Chakovska.
2022-2024 "Ethnological and Anthropological Lexicon of Macedonia. Personalities and Works". IEA project. Project leader: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski. The project is funded by the integrative funds of UKIM. Project participants: Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski, Dr. Mirjana Mirčevska, Dr. Ilina Jakimovska, Dr. Davorin Trpeski, Dr. Ana Ashtalkovska Gajtanoska, Dr. Ines Crvenkovska Risteska, Dr. Viktor Trajanovski, Bojana Mirchevska, MA Elizabeta Pavkovikj, MA Aleksandar Meshkov.
2022. "Ethnographic sources for Macedonia. Ethnological atlas of the SFR Yugoslavia. Ethnological atlas of the SR Macedonia. Materials from Questionnaire No. 4, Question No. 121 - Customs before the wedding itself, wreaths, wedding girdle (head ornaments); Research macro-project, head of which is Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski. Participants: MA Elizabeta Pavković, Bojana Mirchevska, Dr. Viktor Trajanovski. Project of national interest in the field of museum activity and protection of intangible cultural heritage from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia for 2022.
2022. "Ethnographic sources for Macedonia. Ethnological atlas of the SFRY. Ethnological atlas of the SR Macedonia" Question No. 121. Customs before the wedding itself, wreaths, wedding girdle (head ornaments), T. IV, Vol. 1, 2 and 3, IEA project, head prof. dr. Ljupcho S. Risteski. Participants: Eda Starova, Vele Zmejkovski, Gjoko Atanasov, Bojana Mirchevska, dr. Viktor Trajanovski. Project of national interest in culture in the field of literature and publishing for 2021.
2021 "Ethnographic sources for Macedonia. Ethnological atlas of the SFRY. Ethnological atlas of the SR Macedonia" Question No. 120. Wedding customs before the wedding, T. 3, Vol. 1, 2 and 3, IEA project, head prof. dr. Ljupcho S. Risteski. Participants: Eda Starova, Vele Zmejkovski, Gjoko Atanasov. Project of national interest in culture in the field of literature and publishing for 2021.
2021 – 2025 “Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity”, COST Action CA20107, member of the Management Committee of the RSM Prof. Dr. Ljupcho S. Risteski
2020. Ethnographic sources for Macedonia. Ethnological atlas of the SFR Yugoslavia. Ethnological atlas of the SR Macedonia. Materials from Questionnaire No. 4 – Research macroproject, IEA project, head Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski, participants: Bojana Mirchevska, Viktor Trajanovski. Funded project of national interest in culture in the field of museum activity and protection of intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia for 2020.
2020-2021 “CULTURES AND POLITICS OF REMEMBRANCE: Southeast European and Balkan Perspectives”. Project implementers: IEA, Forum ZFD, INI. Project manager on behalf of IEA: Prof. Dr. Ljupcho S. Risteski. Reviewers of the monograph: Ines Crvenkovska Risteska and Ana Ashtalkovska Gajtanoska.
2019 "Cultural Policies and Cultural Heritage: Memories of the Socialist Period in Macedonia" (funded by the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius), supervisor Prof. Dr. Davorin Trpeski
2019. "Digital Archive for Ethnological and Anthropological Resources (DAEAR). Joel Martin Halpern's Photo Collection for Macedonia", IEA project, head Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski, participants: Bojana Mirchevska, Viktor Trajanovski, Davorin Trpeski. Funded project of national interest in culture in the field of museum activity and protection of intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia for 2019.
"Sofia-Skopje: Everyday Life and Celebration in Times of Pandemic" and "Sofia-Skopje: Cultural Dynamics of Urban Spaces", bilateral projects between the Academic Ethnological Association at Sofia University and IEA (started in 2018, head Prof. Dr. Mirjana Mirchevska, with three conferences held)
2019-2020 “The Strumica Speech: Ethno-Linguistic Materials" - digitization, archiving, transcription and publication of field materials by Prof. Dr. Kosta Peev, collected during the 1970s in Strumica and the Strumica region.
Project Manager: Prof. Dr. Ilina Jakimovska and a nine-member team of collaborators
2017 “Everything passed: Yugoslavia in the memories of people from Macedonia”. Project leaders: ForumZFD, IEA and Center for Research of Nationalism and Culture.
Project leaders from IEA: Prof. Dr. Ilina Jakimovska and Prof. Ana Ashtalkovska Gajtanovska
2-9/2013
ORGANIZED LABOR AND MIGRANT WORKERS - IN SEARCH OF SUPPORTIVE PRACTICES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRADE UNION RESPONSES TO MIGRANT LABOUR IN SLOVENIA, AUSTRIA, ITALY CROATIA, SERBIA AND MACEDONIA (international project)
Project Director: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, associate professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, Mirjana Mirchevska PhD, Ilina Jakimovska PhD, Davorin Trpeski PhD, Ana Ashtalkovska PhD, Elizabeta Pavkovik MA.
Financial Support: European Union.
2010-2012
PARADIGMAS AND DILEMMAS OF ETHNO CULTURAL IDENTITIES BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA. ETHNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND COMPARISION OF CONCEPTION OF MACEDONIA AND SLOVENIA (international project)
Project Director: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, associate professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, Mirjana Mirchevska PhD, Ilina Jakimovska PhD, Davorin Trpeski MA, Elizabeta Pavkovik MA, Ana Ashtalkovska MA.
Financial Support: Macedonian Ministry of Science and Slovenian Ministry of Science.
07-12/2006
MAPPING AND COMMUNITY RESEARCH ON MOST-AT-RISK ADOLESCENTS TO HIV/AIDS/STI IN MACEDONIA
Project Director: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, assistant professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, Davorin Trpeski MA; Vanja Dimitrievski; Marija Tosheva, Ines Crvenkovska Risteska, Zoran Jordanov, Vlatko Dekov, Svetlana Vojnovska.
Financial Support: UNICEF, Macedonia.
2004-2006
ETHNOGRAPHY OF MODERNIZATION (international project)
Project Director: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, assistant professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Macedonia and Rajko Murshich PhD, full professor at The Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology (DECA) from Ljubljana University, Slovenia.
Participants: IEA, Macedonia: Aneta Svetieva PhD; Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD; Ljupcho Nedelkov PhD; Mirjana Mirchevska PhD and Davorin Trpeski MA and DECA, Ljubljana: Rajko Murshich PhD; Bozidar Jezernik PhD; Zmago Shmitek PhD; Boshtjan Kravanja MA; Peter Simonich MA.
Financial support: Macedonian Ministry of Science and Slovenian Ministry of Science.
07-09/2005
MAPPING OF YOUTH FRIENDLY SERVICES
Project Director: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, assistant professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, Davorin Trpeski MA; Vanja Dimitrievski; Eleonora Stojanovich.
Financial Support: UNICEF, Macedonia.
2004-2005
EVALUATION OF YOUTH PARTICIPATION
Project Director: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, assistant professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD; Davorin Trpeski; Vanja Dimitrievski; Ines Crvenkovska.
Financial support: UNICEF, Macedonia.
2003-2004
CHILDREN RIGHTS - KNOWLEDGE, ACTIVITIES AND PRACTICE
Project Director: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD, assistant professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD; Davorin Trpeski; Vanja Dimitrievski; Ines Crvenkovska.
Financial support: UNICEF, Macedonia.
2002-2004
ETHNOGRAPHIC MAP OF MACEDONIA
Project Director: Georgi Zdravev PhD, full professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Georgi Zdravev PhD; Aneta Svetieva PhD; Blagoja Markoski PhD; Ljupcho S. Risteski MA, Ljupcho Nedelkov MA; Mirjana Mirchevska MA; Davorin Trpeski.
Financial support: Ministry of Science of the Republic of Macedonia.
2002-2004
WHAT EVERY ADOLESCENT HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW - PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH
Project Director: Aneta Svetieva PhD, full professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Aneta Svetieva PhD; Ljupcho S. Risteski PhD; Davorin Trpeski; Vanja Dimitrievski, Ines Crvenkovska.
Financial support: UNICEF, Macedonia.
2000
ETHNOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF PORECHE
Project Director: Aneta Svetieva PhD, full professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Aneta Svetieva PhD; Gjorgji Zdravev PhD; Ermis Lafazanovski PhD; Ljupcho Risteski MA; Ljupcho Nedelkov MA; Mirjana Mircheska MA.Financial support: Ministry of Sciences and Education of the Republic of Macedonia.
2000-2002
MUSEOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND HANDICRAFTS IN STRUMICA AND MALESHEVO REGIONS
Project Director: Krste Bogoeski PhD, associate professor at Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.
Participants: Krste Bogoeski PhD; Ljupcho Nedelkov MA; Mirjana Mirchevska MA.
Financial support: Ministry of Scinces and Education of the Republic of Macedonia.
2000-2001
TRADITIONAL CULTURE IN SLOVENIA AND MACEDONIA (international project)
Project Directors: Aneta Svetieva PhD, full professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology and Bozidar Jezernik PhD, full professor at The Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.Participants: Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Skopje, Macedonia: Aneta Svetieva PhD; Gjorgji Zdravev PhD; Krste Bogoeski PhD; Ljupcho Risteski MA; Ljupcho Nedelkov MA; Mirjana Mirchevska MA. Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Bozidar Jezernik PhD; Zmago Shmitek PhD; Mirjam Mencej PhD; Rajko Murshich PhD; Mihaela Hudelja.Financial support: Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Macedonia and Ministry of Science of the Republic of Slovenia
2000
ETHNOANTHROPOZOOM - ANNUAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Project Director: Aneta Svetieva PhD, full professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.Editorial Staff: Aneta Svetieva PhD full professor - Editor-in-chief; Ljupcho Risteski MA - Editor & Operations Manager.Financial support: Open Society Institute Macedonia.
1999
THE MULTICULTURAL AND ETHNIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FOUR VILLAGES IN THE VELES REGION
Project Director: Aneta Svetieva PhD, full professor at The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (IEA) and George Mladnovski PhD, full professor at The Institute of Sociology (IS) at Faculty of Philosophy from Skopje.
Participants: Aneta Svetieva PhD; George Mladenovski PhD; Ljupcho S. Risteski MA; Ljupcho Nedelkov MA and students of the IEA and IS.
Financial support: Open Society Institute Macedonia.
Note: The ethnographic materials from the projects are archived and they are in the Archive of Ethnological and Anthropological Reseources (AEAR) and Digital Archive of Ethnological and Anthropological Reseources (DAEAR) at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology.