Čaušević, Merima graduated, received a master’s degree (Mr. Sc.) and a Ph.D at the Theoretical and Pedagogical Department of the Music Academy of the University of Sarajevo. Her engagements in research are in the field of general music education and in the field of Bosnian music. She gained significant pedagogical experience while working with children and youth of different ages. She is an active participant in professional and scientific seminars, symposiums and congresses, both in her homeland (B&H) and abroad (Norway, Turkey, Poland, the Netherlands, Croatia), and has been a member of the Music Society of the Federation of B&H since 1998, and the European Association for Music in Schools (EAS) since 2010. In front of the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Sarajevo, she has participated in several projects, and within the Erasmus program, she has been a guest lecturer two times (Slovenia, Slovakia). She is an author and co-author of five books/monographs and several professional and scientific papers in collections and journals. She is a reviewer for books, professional papers in collections and journals in B&H, Croatia and Serbia, and she is a member of scientific, program and organisational committees. She has been employed at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Sarajevo since 1994, and as of 2022 she holds the post of full-time professor.