Biography

Bojan Vračarević was born in Brus, where he finished primary and secondary school. He graduated in January 2007 at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, module: International Economics and Foreign Trade (thesis – “Transnational Companies and Foreign Direct Investment in Serbia”). He completed a master’s degree in academic studies at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, module: Economic Policy and Development, defending a master’s thesis entitled “Scope of Economic Measures and Instruments of Environmental Protection in Urban Transport” in December 2012. He defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Sustainable Urban Development and Determinants of Urban Transport Energy Consumption: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis” on October 7, 2019 at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade.

After graduating from the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade he started working in Profil Group (a consulting company for recruitment and selection of personnel and consulting in the field of human resource management) as an assistant, where he worked until October 2009.

From November 2010 to March 2011, he worked at the Faculty of Geography in Belgrade under a teaching contract.

In March 2011, he was elected Teaching associate for the economic courses at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade.

In April 2013, he was elected Assistant for the scientific field of Spatial Planning (group of economic courses) at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade.

In July 2020, he was elected Assistant professor for the scientific field of Spatial Planning (group of economic courses) at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade.

Research interests:

Urban Economics, Environmental Economics, Regional Development and Transport, Sustainable Development, Urban Transport

Membership in foreign and domestic associations

Member of Economists Association of Belgrade

Member of Serbian Spatial Planners Association

1. Vračarević, B. (2021) „Urban transport in world metropolises: A comparative analysis and key features of energy consumption”. Spatium. 45, pp. 46-58.
2. Rikalović, G., Vračarević, B., Molnar, D. (2021) „Energy policy as a factor of sustainable development”. International Conference Energy 2021 – Towards a green recovery, 22 – 25. june 2021, Belgrade: Association of Energy Sector Specialist.
3. Vračarević, B. (2019) „Sustainable urban development and urban transport (mobile and stationary sources of pollution)”. Thematic collection of papers “Economic Policy and Development” (eds. D. Моlnar, V. Lukić and М. Gligorić Matić), pp. 111-124. Belgrade: Faculty of Economics.
4. Vračarević, B. (2019) „Space, Agglomeration Economies and Urban Development”. Bulletin of the Serbian Geographical Society. 99(2)/2019, pp. 79-98.
5. Vračarević, B. (2019) „Key Challenges of Sustainable Development – Exploitation of Non-Renewable Energy Resources and Global Climate Change”. Economic Perspectives, 3-4/2019, pp. 193-208. Belgrade: Economists Association of Belgrade.
6. Jovanović, М., Milanović, М., Vračarević B. (2018) „Comparing NDVI and Corine Land Cover as Tools for Improving National Forest Inventory Updates and Preventing Illegal Logging in Serbia”. in: Vegetation, ed. Allan Sebata. London: InTech.
7. Jovanović, М., Vračarević B. (2016) „Challenges Аhead – Mitigating Аir Тransport Carbon Emission”. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 25(5), pp. 1975-1984.
8. Vračarević, B. (2016) „Human Capital and Economic Growth – Theoretical and Empirical research”. International Scientific Conference – The Priority Directions of National Economy Development, 13 October 2016, University of Niš – Faculty of Economics, Republic of Serbia.
9. Vračarević, B., Jovanović, М. (2015) „Foreign Direct Investments and Unequal Regional Development in Serbia”. Bulletin of the Serbian Geographical Society. 1/2015, pp. 19-30.
10. Jovanović, М., Vračarević B. (2013) „The Challenges of the Transferable-Permits Use in Transport Sector”. Collection of papers – Faculty of Geography at the University of Belgrade. 61/2013, pp. 59-72.