Biography

BOJANA PJANOVIĆ completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Geography in the Spatial Planning programme in 2013 and her master’s degree in Spatial Planning in 2014. The final thesis and the master’s thesis were honoured with the Faculty of Geography prize for the best final/master’s thesis in the Spatial Planning study group. She defended her PhD thesis entitled: “The Application of Scenario Method in Local Spatial Planning in Serbia” on 15 May 2023 at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade. The dissertation was awarded the “Dimitrije Perišić” prize for the best dissertation in the field of spatial planning by the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of Serbia. In 2024, she was elected Assistant Professor at the Department of Spatial Planning at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Geography. She is involved in teaching in the study programs Spatial Planning and Geospatial and Environmental Studies. So far, she has participated in several conferences and scientific meetings in Serbia and abroad, which has resulted in more than 25 published papers. She is a member of the Chamber of Engineers of Serbia, the Association of Spatial Planners of Serbia and the Serbian Geographical Society. From 2024 she is the national representative of Serbia in the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP). In her scientific and research work, she focuses mainly on research, application and improvement of methods in spatial planning, scenarios, new technologies, but also on the study of land use planning at the local level in relation to the specific (institutional, social and economic) context of space.

Awards and honours

• 2014. године – Награда за најбољи завршни рад на студијској групи просторно планирање
• 2015. година – Награда за најбољи мастер рад на студијској групи просторно планирање

Membership in foreign and domestic associations

• Member of the Serbian Spatial Planners Association
• Member of the Serbian Geographical Society
• Member of the AESOP Young Academics Network

1. Dabović, T., Djordjević, D., Poledica, B., Radović, M., Jeftić, R. M. (2019). Compliance with social requirements for integrated local land use planning in Serbia, European Planning Studies, doi: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1658720
2. Đorđević, D., Dabović, T., Poledica, B. (2017). The Justification of the subject planning history, Bulletin of the Serbian geographical society, 97, 2, 65-85. doi: 10.2298/GSGD1702065D
3. Poledica, B. (2013). Planning theory: A critical review of the dominant planning models in 21st century and proposed reconstruction. Bulletin of the Serbian geographical society, 93(3), 45-72. doi: 10.2298/GSGD1303045P
4. Ђорђевић, Д., Дабовић, Т., Поледица Б. (2015). Просторно планирање између социоекономске динамике и политичко-административне инерције. У Зборник радова 4. Српског конгреса географа (Књига 2), 191-197. Београд: Универзитет у Београду Географски факултет.
5. Poledica, B., Dabović, T., Djordjević, D., (2019). SCENARIOS IN LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING IN SERBIA: POSSIBLE TOOL FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO BASIC RESOURCES. Abstract Book of 32nd Annual AESOP Congress PLANNING FOR TRANSITION, Venice, Italy, July 9-13, p. 470.
6. Dabović, T., Djordjević, D., Poledica, B. (2018). BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SAYING AND MAKING SPACES OF HOPE: THE CASE OF SERBIA. Abstract Book of 31st Annual AESOP Congress MAKING SPACE FOR HOPE, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 10-14, p. 253.
7. Dabović, T., Đorđević, D., Poledica, B. (2017, 11-14 July). TEACHING PLANNING THEORY AS A SPACE FOR DIALOGUE … BETWEEN PLANNERS. In Marques da Costa et al. (Eds.). (2017). SPACES OF DIALOG FOR PLACES OF DIGNITY: Fostering the European Dimension of Planning. 30th Annual AESOP Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.
8. Poledica, B., Dabović, T., Đorđević, D. (2019). Metod scenarija u planiranju i upravljanju prirodnim dobrima. U Filipović, D., Šećerov, V., Lukić, B., Radosavljević, Z., Marić, M. (eds.) (2019). PLANSKA I NORMATIVNA ZAŠITA ŽIVOTNE SREDINE (Zbornik radova), 219-225. Beograd: Asocijacija prostornih planera Srbije, Univerzitet u Beogradu Geografski fakultet. ISBN 978-86-6283-074-6 (APPS)
9. Poledica, B., Dabović, T., Đorđević, D. (2018). Uloga teritorijalnog kapitala u prostornom planiranju na lokalnom nivou u Srbiji. U Filipović, D. i dr. (Eds.) Lokalna samouprava u planiranju i uređenju prostora i naselja, 295-303. Beograd: Asocijacija prostornih planera Srbije, Univerzitet u Beogradu Geografski fakultet.
10. Đorđević, D., Dabović, T., Poledica, B. (2016). Uloga planera u lokalnoj upravi u novim okolnostima: profesionalizam nasuprot moći. U Filipović, D., Šećerov, V., Radosavljević, Z. (Eds.) Lokalna samouprava u planiranju i uređenju prostora i naselja, 209-214. Beograd: Asocijacija prostornih planera Srbije, Univerzitet u Beogradu Geografski fakultet.