Full Professor

PhD Milka Bubalo-Živković

milka.bubalo.zivkovic@dgt.uns.ac.rs

Short biography:

  • Date and place of birth: 15th May, 1971, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bachelor thesis: „The latest demographic changes in Novi Slankamen”, 28th December, 1994 at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, UNS, Novi Sad
  • Master thesis: “Regional-geographical problems of refugees in Banat, 1990-1996”, 3rd March, 2000 at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, UNS, Novi Sad
  • Doctoral dissertation: “Functions of Novi Sad and its gravity area”, 25th December, 2003 at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, UNS, Novi Sad

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Academic positions:

  • Full Professor, from 2018, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, UNS, Novi Sad
  • Associate Professor, 2011 – 2018, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, UNS, Novi Sad
  • Assistant Professor, 2004 – 2011, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, UNS, Novi Sad
  • Assistant, 2000 – 2004, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, UNS, Novi Sad
  • Teaching assistant, 1995-2000 , Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, UNS, Novi Sad

Area of interest:

  • Regional geographical studies of Serbia and neighboring countries
  • Demographic research
  • Geography of settlements

Subjects:

  • Bachelor
    • Geography of Serbia
    • Geography of countries of Western Balkan
  • Master
    • Regional geography of Serbia
  • Doctoral studies
    • Local and regional development

Other important information:

  • Foreign languages: English
  • Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9059-963x
  • Members in professionaln and scientific associations
    • Serbian Geographical Society
    • Society of Demographers of Serbia
  • Head of Chair of regional geography

Selected projects:

  1. Project manager: Diversification of rural potentials in the function of balanced regional development of Vojvodina (No. 142-451-3119/2023-01/02) Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of AP Vojvodina. Project manager: Dr. Bojan Đerčan
  2. Contemporary problems and sustainability of urban settlements on the territory of Vojvodina, (No. 142-451-2615/2021-01/2) Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of AP Vojvodina. Project manager: Dr. Ivana Blešić.
  3. The state and sustainability of the identity of Russians in Vojvodina 100 years after immigration (No. 142-451-2085/2021-01), Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of AP Vojvodina. Project manager: Dr. Milka Bubalo Živković
  4. Ethnic groups of Vojvodina in the 21st century – state and perspectives of sustainability (No. 114-451-2539/2016-02) Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of AP Vojvodina. Project manager: Dr. Tamara Lukić
  5. Agricultural, food and gastronomic products in the function of the development of tourism in Vojvodina focused on authentic and health-safe food (142-451-2669/2017) Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of AP Vojvodina, Project manager: Dr. Bojana Kalenjuk
  6. Demographic transitions in Serbia (No. 146017). Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Project manager: Dr. Branislav Đurđev.
  7. Development of a program for the revitalization of depopulated border areas of Banat (No. 114-451-01084), Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development of AP Vojvodina, Project manager: Dr. Anđelija Ivkov-Džigurski
  8. Migration processes in Kosovo and Metohija during the 20th century. Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, Project manager: Dr. Jovan Plavša
  9. Population and Settlements of Vojvodina, Matica Srpska, Novi Sad (2010-2016). Project manager: Dr. Branislav Đurđev
  10. “Direct Grant for the Alignment with the European Statistical System”, 2011-2013, project manager Mr Dragan Vukmirović
  11. “Serbian Encyclopedia”, Matica srpska, SANU and Department of Textbooks, Head of Geography, PhD Slobodan Ćurčić, since 2012.

Selected references:

Monographies:

  • Bubalo-Živković, M., Lukić, T. 2015. Youth in Serbia at the beginning of the 21st century (in Serbian), Republic Institute of Statistics, Belgrade, p. 275 ISBN: 314.114-053.6(497.11)”20″
  • Ristanović, B., Bubalo-Živković, M., Tanasić, J., Popović, A. 2016. Municipality of Krupanj – monography. University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management,  pp 1-362, ISBN 978-86-7031-405-4.

Articles:

  • Đerčan, B., Lukić, T., Bubalo-Živković, M., Đurđev, B., Stojsavljević, R., Pantelić, M. (2012). Possibility of effi- cient utilization of wood waste as a renewable energy resource in Serbia, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 16, 1516-1527 DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2011.10.017
  • Lukić, Т., Bubalo-Živković, М., Đerčan, B., Jovanović, G. (2014). Population Growth in the Border Villages of Srem, Serbia, Acta Geographica Slovenica, 54(1), 51-65 DOI: 10.3986/AGS5410
  • Lukić, T., Penjišević, I., Đerčan, B., Đurđev, B., Bubalo Živković, M., Armenski, T. (2014). Politics in the Balkan countryside: case study in Serbia, Eastern European Countryside, 20, 99-124. DOI: 10.2478/eec-2014-0005
  • Đerčan, B., Bubalo-Živković, M., Lukić, T., Pantelić, M., Marković, S.B. (2015). Road Traffic Noise Exposure in the City of Novi Sad: Trend Analysis and Possible Solutions, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, Issue 3/2015, 24(3), 977-986 DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/31226
  • Lukić, T., Bubalo-Živković, M., Đerčan, B., Solarević, M., Kalenjuk, B. (2017). Ethnic Groups of the Vojvodina Region (Serbia): Contribution to Knowledge About the Characteristics of Cohabitation, Anthropologist (ISSN: 0972-0073), Vol 30, No 1, pp. 37-51.
  • Bubalo-Živković, M., Lukić, T., Đerčan, B., Stojsavljević, R., Bjelajac, D., Ristanović, B., 2018, Thermal mineral waters of Vojvodina (Serbia) and the possibility of their use – a case study of the municipality of Kikinda. Collection of Papers – Faculty of Geography at the University of Belgrade, 66 (1), str. 53-70, UDC 628.036.4(497.113 Kikinda), doi:10.5937/zrgfub1866053B.
  • Bubalo-Živković, M., Kalenjuk, B., Lukić, T., Đerčan, B., 2018, Wo Is Still Engaged in Agriculture in Vojvodina? European Geographical Studies, 5(1): 32-41, E-ISSN:2413-7197, DOI:10.13187/egs.2018.1.32
  • Živković, M.B., Lukić, T. and Stojisavljević, R., 2019. Changes in Population Composition and Mother Tongue in Serbia’s Vojvodina Province. In: S. D. Brunn, R. Kehrein (eds.), Handbook of the Changing World Language Map, p 1433-1453. Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73400-2_143-1
  • Bubalo Živković, M., Đerčan, B., Lukić, T. 2019. Changes in the number of Slovaks in Vojvodina in the last half century and the impact on the sustainability of Slovaks architectural heritage. Research Reviews of the Department of geography, Tourism and Hotel management, 48-1, p 29-45.
  • Bubalo Živković, M., Lukić, T., Đerčan, B. 2020. Education Level Of Certain Ethnic Groups In The Province Of Vojvodina (Republic Of Serbia). Acta Geobalcanica, ISSN 1857-9833, DOI: https://doi.org/10.18509/AGB.2021.11, UDC:37.043.1-054(497.113) 7-2, pp. 77-83.
  • Bubalo Živković, M., Lukić, T., Đerčan, B., 2020. Urban changes and problems of Novi Sad in the 21st century. Geografski pregled, 43, p 63-72, ISSN: 2303-8950 online, UDC: 911.37:312 Bubalo Živković, M., Lukić, T., Đerčan, B., 2021, Education Level Of Certain Ethnic Groups In The Province Of Vojvodina (Republic Of Serbia). Acta Geobalcanica, 7, p. 77-83, ISSN: 1857-9833, UDC 37.043.1-054(497.113).
  • Bubalo Živković, М., Lukić, Т., Đerčan, B., 2022, Postsocialist transformation of cities in the republic of Serbia – a case study of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin. Acta Geobalcanica, 8(2) p. 59-65. Online-ISSN: 1857- 9833 UDK: 55 DOI: https://doi.org/10.18509/AGB.2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.18509/AGB218-2059b, UDC:711.4(497.11):321.74
  • Bubalo Živković, M., Lukić, T., Blešić, I., Đerčan, B., 2022. Is the population more susceptible to mortality from COVID 19 in the cities of the Republic of Serbia during the first year of the pandemic? Geograficka Revue, 2, p 14-43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24040/GR.2022.18.2.14-43.
  • Gatarić, D., Đerčan, B., Bubalo Živković, M., Ostojić, M., Manojlović, S., Sibinović, M., Lukić, T., Jeftić, M., Lutovac, M., Lutovac, M. (2022). Can Depopulation Stop Deforestation? The Impact of Demographic Movement on Forest Cover Changes in the Settlements of the South Banat District (Serbia), Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 897201, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.897201
  • Ðerčan, B., Bubalo Živković, M., Gatarić, D., Lukić, T., Dragin, A., Kalenjuk Pivarski, B., Lutovac, M., Kuzman, B., Puškarić, A., Banjac, M., Grubor, B., Simović, O. (2022) Experienced Well-Being in the Rural Areas of the Srem Region (Serbia): Perceptions of the Local Community. Sustainability 2022, 14, 248. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010248
  • Ðerčan, B., Gatarić, D., Bubalo Živković, M., Belij Radin, M., Vukoičić, D., Kalenjuk Pivarski, B., Lukić, T., Vasić, P., Nikolić, M., Lutovac, M., Lutovac Đaković, M., Bjelajac, D. (2023). Evaluating Farm Tourism Development for Sustainability: A Case Study of Farms in the Peri-Urban Area of Novi Sad (Serbia), Sustainability, 15, 12952. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712952