Biography

Dr Stefan Denda
Research Associate

Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Djure Jakšića 9, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Phone: +381-11-2636594, +381649038989
Fax: +381–11–2637597
E-mail: s.denda@gi.sanu.ac.rs

Area of interest:
social geography, tourism geography, political geography, quality of life research

Education
– Ph.D. studies: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Thesis: “The influence of tourism on population attitudes to the quality of life in the Zlatibor area“; September 2022
– MSc studies: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Thesis: “Tourist valorization of Sokobanja“; September 2014
– BSc studies: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade; graduated in 2013

Employment:

– February 2023: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA - Research associate
– February 2019 to January 2023: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA - Research assistant
– May 2018 to February 2019: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA - Research trainee
– April 2015 to May 2018: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA - Scholarship holder, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia

Membership in professional organizations:
– Serbian Geographical Society



Stefan Denda is a Research Associate at the Social Geography Department of the Geographical Institute ''Jovan Cvijić'', Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA) in Belgrade (Republic of Serbia). He is also currently affiliated with Kaufman Lab for the Study and Design of Food Systems and Marketplaces at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Farm 2 Facts Program). He completed all levels of studies at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography. He received his doctorate (thesis: "The Influence of Tourism on Population Attitudes to the Life Quality in the Zlatibor Area") in the field of geosciences in September 2022. As a social geographer, the main research focus is on the areas of tourism and political geography, as well as research on the quality of life in the tourism areas. In his work so far, he has published dozens of scientific papers with an accent on the concept of sustainable tourism, tourism valorization, and competitiveness of tourist destinations. The multidisciplinarity of the work is reflected in the results from other areas of geosciences (medical geography, political geography, historical geography, etc.). He participated in numerous national and international scientific meetings. Also, he was the editor / technical editor of several national monographic editions. He has reviewed papers for several journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus.