The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (IFDT) is the only institute of the University of Belgrade in the field of humanities and social sciences, dealing with social theory and philosophy in an interdisciplinary manner. IFDT was founded in 1992.

The strategic vision of the Institute is a scientific community that encourages social engagement and critical thinking, and actively works on expanding the framework of public debate, advocating systematic education on history and contemporary dilemmas related to social engagement.

In addition to basic scientific research activities – organized through national and international scientific projects – IFDT has two basic focuses: lectures/conference program, and publishing. Lectures at IFDT are public and are held at various location in Belgrade, Novi Sad and other cities in Serbia, to be as accessible as possible to a wider audience. The publishing activity includes monographs and Philosophy and Society and Critique journals.