Fields of research
Tourism, sustainable development, cultural heritage
Current research projects
Special forms of tourism, agency business, sustainable development of tourism, cultural manifestations and tourism, tourism valorization
Biography
The year of receiving the highest degree of professional qualification: 2017.
Sara Stanić Jovanović, PhD, was born on November 1, 1983. in Belgrade. After graduating at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics at the University of Novi Sad (Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management), she completed her second degree academic master’s studies at the Faculty of Geography at the University of Belgrade, at the Department of Tourismology. She received her doctorate at the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade in 2017. In 2006, she obtained a tourist guide license from the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Serbia, since then she has been cooperating with numerous travel agencies from Serbia and abroad. Since 2012, she has been chosen as Director of the Public Enterprise for Tourism of the City Municipality of Surčin.
Since 2016, she has been employed at the Surčin Cultural Center, and since 2022, at the Academy of Vocational Studies in Šumadija, Arandjelovac Department, as a Lecturer, where in 2023 she was elected as the head of the Department of Applied Economics, Entrepreneurship and Management. In the same year, she was elected to the position of Research Associate at the “Jovan Cvijić” Geographical Institute, SANU in Belgrade.
She is a co-author and member of the scientific and professional team of the international project “Development of rural tourism with education of the Employer’s employees”, for the needs of Coal Mine ad from Montenegro, which is realized during 2023. She is the editor of the magazine “Highlights of Sustainability”. Professional associate of the Association of Business Women of Serbia, for whose needs she organized a professional lecture and practical training on the topic of Rural Tourism in 2023 as part of the project “Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable Groups of Women through Trade Training”, and under the auspices of the German Organization for International Cooperation-GIZ. Participant of numerous congresses and manager and author of more than 40 projects from various fields.
Membership of professional organisations
- Serbian Geographical Society
- Association of Tourist Guides of Serbia
- Association of organizers of tourism and business events of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce
- Association of Business Women of Serbia
Work in education
- Lecturer, specialized field of Tourism
- Academy of Vocational Studies Šumadija, Aranđelovac Department
- Associate in teaching
- Department of Tourism University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography
- Lecturer by invitation at preparatory classes for passing the Professional Exam for tourist guides and tourist companions The Association of Tourist Guides of Serbia, the Balkan Network of Tourist Experts and the National Association of Tourist Agencies of Serbia
Major publications
- Trišić, I., Privitera D., Ristić, V., Štetić S., Stanić Jovanović S., Nechita, F., (2023): Measuring residents’ and visitors’ satisfaction with sustainable tourism – the case of “Rusanda” Nature Park, Vojvodina Province, Sustainability. 2023;
- Trišić, I., Privitera, D, Štetić, S., Petrović, M., Radovanović, M., Maksin, M., Šimičević, D., Stanić Jovanović, S., Lukić, D., (2022): Sustainable tourism in the “European Amazon” – The lessons from the Transboundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve “Mura-Drava-Danube”. A case of Serbia, Croatia and Hungary, Sustainability, 14(10), 6006,
- Trišić, I., Privitera D., Štetić S., Genov G., Stanić Jovanović S. Sustainable Tourism in Protected Area – A Case of Fruška Gora National Park, Vojvodina (Northern Serbia). Sustainability. 2022; 14(21):14548.
- Trišić, I., Stanić Jovanović, S., Štetić, S., Nechita, F., Nicoleta Candrea, A. Satisfaction with Sustainable Tourism – A Case of the Special Nature Reserve “Meadows of Great Bustard”, Vojvodina Province. Land. 2022; 12, 1511.
