Ph.D. Aljoša Budović

Aljoša Budović is а teaching assistant at the Department for Human Geography, Faculty of Geography in Belgrade. He defended his PhD thesis Dynamics and factors of localisation of knowledge-intensive business services in Belgrade at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography in 2020.
He participated in two international projects: Tourism and Regional Development in Montenegro (2009) and Innovation and Creative Industry in SEE (2013), both supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). During 2015, he participated in the research of cultural tourism in Belgrade organized by ATLAS Cultural Tourism Group.
In 2016, he was awarded the BAYHOST Mobility Grant within the program Research sojourn of students and early-stage researchers at the Institute for Geography, Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg, Germany.
He is engaged in the scientific project Problems and Tendencies of Development of Geospatial Systems of the Republic of Serbia, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.
His research focuses on economic and urban geography. His most recent studies considered changes in spatial distribution of knowledge-intensive business services and evolution of hotel geography in post-socialist cities.

Publications

  1. Budović, A., & Ratkaj, I. (2020). Urban restructuring and rise of knowledge-intensive business services in a post-socialist city: a case study of Belgrade. In “Geoinno2020: 5th Geography of Innovation Conference”, Stavanger, 29–31st January 2020. Stavanger: RUNIN; Centre for Innovation Research; University of Stavanger Business School.
  2. Budović, A., Ratkaj, I., & Antić, M. (2020). Evolution of urban hotel geography–a case study of Belgrade. Current Issues in Tourism, 23(6), 707-722.
  3. Budović, A. (2019). Distribution of knowledge-intensive business services in post-socialist urban environment. In “CAT-ference 2019: 8th International Urban Geographies of Post-communist States Conference”, Belgrade, 25–29th September 2019. Belgrade: University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography.
  4. Budović, A., & Ratkaj, I. (2018). Spatial Behaviour of Tourists in Belgrade. Collection of Papers – Faculty of Geography at the University of Belgrade, 66(1), 71–87.
  5. Jocić, N., Budović, A., & Winkler, A. (2017). Dynamics Behind the Rise of a Creative Space? A Creative Quarter Development in Belgrade. In: M. Murzyn-Kupisz & J. Działek (Eds.), The Impact of Artists on Contemporary Urban Development in Europe (pp. 121–139). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG.
  6. Todorović, N., Manojlović. I., & Budović, A. (2017). Measuring tourist satisfaction and destination image with HOLSAT. Bulletin of the Serbian Geographical Society, 97(2), 87–118.

Membership in domestic and international associations

  • Member of Serbian Geographical Society
  • Member of Regional Studies Association

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