Biography

Phd Bojan Vračarević is an Associate Professor at the Department of Spatial Planning (Economic Courses Group) at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, where he has been teaching since 2010.

He earned his undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade. In 2019, he defended his doctoral dissertation titled “Sustainable Urban Development and Determinants of Urban Transport Energy Consumption: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis.”

His research centers on Urban and Environmental Economics, with a particular focus on sustainable urban development, the relationship between urban form and transport strategies, urban mobility, and environmental evaluation. He has authored numerous research papers published in both domestic and international journals, with several also presented at academic conferences. Additionally, he has authored one scientific monograph, Sustainable Urban Development and Determinants of Urban Transport Energy Consumption, and a university textbook, Tourism and International Economic Trends.

Beyond academia, he has contributed to several international, national, and local spatial plans, strategies, and studies. He has participated in two scientific research projects, including the multilateral Horizon Europe project GreenFORCE – Foster Research Excellence for Green Transition in the Western Balkans. As part of this project, he conducted research and data analysis and was one of lead authors of the Research Study Report: From Conventional to Green – Key Elements for the Development of the City of Kragujevac Sustainable Mobility Strategy.

He is a member of the Economists Association of Belgrade and the Serbian Spatial Planners Association. He is fluent in English.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-5010-2679

Teaching

Urban Economics, Environmental Economics, Regional Development and Transport at the undergraduate level;

Spatial Planning and Economic Development, Economic Methods of Environmental Evaluation, Urban and Environmental Economics and Knowledge Economy at the master’s level.

Membership in foreign and domestic associations

Member of Economists Association of Belgrade

Member of Serbian Spatial Planners Association

1. Vračarević, B., Jeftić, M., Šećerov, V., Đorđević, A., Protić, B., Živanović, Z., Nikolić, T., Popović, V. (2026) Public transport satisfaction and opportunities for a green transition in the city of Kragujevac (Serbia). Europa XXI. DOI: 10.7163/Eu21.2025.49.8
2. Živanović, Z., Vračarević, B. (2025) Measuring Local Development in Serbia: Methodological Analysis and Lessons for Policy Design. Geographical Review – Scientific Journal for Geography. DOI: 10.35666/23038950.2026.53.09
3. Vračarević, B. (2025) Collection and Monitoring Cross-National Urban Mobility Data – Issues, Limitations and Perspectives. 5th International Conference on Urban Planning – ICUP2025, 10 – 11. april 2025, Niš.
4. Vračarević, B. (2021) Urban transport in world metropolises: A comparative analysis and key features of energy consumption. Spatium. 45, pp. 46-58. DOI: 10.2298/SPAT2145046V
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Vračarević, B. (2019) Space, Agglomeration Economies and Urban Development. Bulletin of the Serbian Geographical Society.99(2)/2019, pp. 79-98. DOI: 10.2298/gsgd1902079v
8. Jovanović, М., Vračarević B. (2016) Challenges Аhead – Mitigating Аir Тransport Carbon Emission. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 25(5), pp. 1975-1984. DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/62700
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. DOI: 10.2298/gsgd1501019v
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.