Miljana Radivojević is an Associate Professor in Archaeological Science at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK, where she acquired her PhD in Archaeometallurgy. During her previous studies and research posts at the Universities of Belgrade, Cambridge and UCL, she has developed a strong research profile in both fieldwork excavations and laboratory analysis of material culture, specifically the technology of early metal making. She specialised in the emergence of early copper making in the Balkans before expanding research collaborations across Europe and northern Eurasia, with emphasis on central and southeast Europe, Anatolia, Central Eurasia and China. She currently holds an ERC Advanced Grant.

She has over 50 research publications, including the Open Access monograph The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia (Archaeopress, 2021). Dr Radivojević is an Honorary Fellow of the Cambridge Central Asian Forum (Jesus College, University of Cambridge), a Member of the British-Kazakh Society Education Board and a Trustee of the British Foundation of Women Graduates (BFWG).