The traditional New Year’s cocktail party of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić”

On January 13, 2025, the traditional New Year’s cocktail party was held in the banquet hall of the “Palace” hotel for all employees, associates and friends of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić”.

The Director of the Institute, Principal Research Fellow Milan Radovanović PhD, addressed the audience with an appropriate speech, summarizing the results achieved in the past year and announcing some future projects.

Date: January 31, 2025
Source: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić”

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Guest lectures at the Ural Federal University

Dr. Marko D. Petrović delivered visiting lectures at the Ural Federal University’s (UrFU) Institute of Economics and Management in Yekaterinburg, in December 2024. The purpose of his visit was to foster academic and scientific cooperation while teaching graduate and postgraduate students.
Special appreciation is extended to Dr. Irina D. Turgel from UrFU for her invitation and support.

Date: December 14, 2024
Source: Dr. Marko D. Petrović

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Memorandum of Understanding between Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA and Ural Federal University

The Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA in Belgrade and the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in support of the growth of amicable international collaboration and our shared goal of forming a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership.

The signed Memorandum represents a formal, roof document that might encourage future academic and scientific collaboration between institutions and employees. It involves staff mobility for teaching and research; joint research publications; and joint research grant applications. Moreover, both parties are dedicated to collaborating and leveraging each other’s expertise, technology, and insights to develop a vibrant international research network. Furthermore, this collaboration offers an opportunity to foster cross-cultural understanding and cultivate global connections within academic communities in both countries.

Date: November 12, 2024
Source: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

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BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND CONTRIBUTED PAPERS – THE 5TH CONGRESS OF SLAVIC SLAVIC GEOGRAPHERS AND ETHNOGRAPHERS

Dear colleagues, we inform you that the Book of Abstracts and Contributed Papers of The 5th Congress of Slavic Geographers and Ethnographers, held inBelgrade from 23 to 25 October 2024, have been published.

You can download the file here THE BOOK

Date: October 21, 2024
Source: Geographical institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

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Workshop on old folk sports and games in a cultural-educational camp for young people from the diaspora in Tršić

 Associates of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” SASA, Dr Željko Bjeljac and Dr Јovana Brankov, together with colleagues from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education: University of Belgrade, held a workshop on old folk sports and games as part of a cultural-educational camp for young people from the diaspora in Tršić (Loznica).
The first part of the workshop included a lecture on old folk sports and games, while the second part consisted of competition in selected disciplines of these sports. About a hundred children in the 7th and 8th grades of elementary school took part in the workshop.

Date: September 26, 2024
Source: Geographical institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

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Guest lecture at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade

On May 8, 2024, colleague Stefana Matović, Ph.D., research associate of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” held a lecture by invitation to the students of the Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, at the Department of Environmental Engineering in the Protection of Land and Water Resources. The topic of the lecture was “Sustainable development goals with an emphasis on biodiversity, deforestation and growth limits”.

Date: June 17, 2024
Source: Geographical institute ”Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Belgrade

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Memorandum of Understanding between Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA and L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

The Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA in Belgrade and the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University in Astana (Kazakhstan) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in support of the growth of amicable international collaboration and our shared goal of forming a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership.

The signed Memorandum represents a formal, roof document that might encourage future academic and scientific collaboration between institutions and employees. It involves staff mobility for teaching and research; joint research publications; and joint research grant applications. Moreover, both parties are dedicated to collaborating and leveraging each other’s expertise, technology, and insights to develop a vibrant international research network. Furthermore, this collaboration offers an opportunity to foster cross-cultural understanding and cultivate global connections within academic communities in Serbia and Kazakhstan.

Date: June 7, 2024
Source: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

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The Faculty of Security Studies of the University of Belgrade awarded a plaque to the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

On May 31, 2024, in the Ceremonial Hall in the Rector’s Office of the University of Belgrade, The Faculty of Security Studies of the University of Belgrade, celebrated its 49 work anniversary. On that occasion, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA was awarded a plaque. The plaque was received by PhD Milan Radovanovic, director of the institute.

Date: May 31, 2024
Source: Geographical institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

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Letter of Intent for Academic Collaboration between Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA and University of Surrey

In line with the development of friendly international collaboration in ordnance with our shared purpose of establishing a long-term mutually beneficial partnership, the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA in Belgrade and the University of Surrey in Guildford join in the Letter of intent.

Both parties agree to exercise their best efforts to cultivate the following forms of collaboration, such as staff mobility for teaching and research; joint research publications; and joint research grant applications. Moreover, both parties are dedicated to collaborating and leveraging each other’s expertise, technology, and insights to develop a vibrant international research network. Furthermore, this collaboration offers an opportunity to foster cross-cultural understanding and cultivate global connections within academic communities in Serbia and the UK.

The signing of the Agreement was attended by Dr. Milan Radovanović, director of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Dr. James Kennell, associate professor at the University of Surrey, Dr. Ana Milanović Pešić, Dr. Dunja Demirović Bajrami, Dr. Tamara Gajić and Dr. Marko D. Petrović, senior research associates at the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA.

Date: May 14, 2024
Source: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

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Top collaborative authors in global sustainable tourism

In the article entitled Bibliometric analysis of sustainable tourism using CiteSpace, written by Geng et al. (2024), and published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change (Elsevier), the authors assessed top collaborative authors in global sustainable tourism.

According to their examination, Marko D. Petrović, Senior Research Associate at the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, is one of the top 10 collaborative authors in the world when it comes to published articles in this scientific field (Table 5). Congratulations to Marko!

Date: May 11, 2024
Source: Geng, Y., Zhang, X., Gao, J., Yan, Y., & Chen, L. (2024). Bibliometric analysis of sustainable tourism using CiteSpace. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 202, 123310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123310