Dr Filip Ivanović was born in Podgorica in 1986. He obtained BA and MA degrees from the Department of Philosophy of the University of Bologna, and a PhD from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomatic Practice from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

He worked as a research/teaching fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the University of Leuven, the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem and the University of Donja Gorica, and spent research stays at the University of Aarhus and the Norwegian Institute at Athens. In April 2022 he was appointed assistant research professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Montenegro.

He is expert evaluator of the European Commission, expert of the Agency for Control and Quality Assurance of Higher Education of Montenegro, member of the College of Research Associates of the European Science Foundation, and member of the Committee for Philosophy and Sociology of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts. From 2018 to 2021 he was member of the Working Group for the Negotiations on Accession of Montenegro to the EU for chapter 25 "Science and Research". From May 2022 to August 2023, he served as member of the Governing Board of the University of Montenegro.

Dr Ivanović is fellow of the Young Academy of Europe and Royal Historical Society, as well as of several other professional and scholarly associations.