Vladimir Nikitović

Principal Research Fellow

Head of the Centre for Demographic Research

e-mail: 
vnikitovic@idn.org.rs
v.nikson@gmail.com

Bibliography

2009, PhD in Demography, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade

2003, MSc in Demography, Institute for Demography of the Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade

1998, BSc in Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Belgrade

Scientific interests:

  • projections of population dynamics
  • fertility of population
  • migration
  • population policy
  • spatial aspects of demographic phenomena 

Biography:

From 1999 to 2005 he worked at the Geographic Institute "Jovan Cvijić" of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Since 2011 he has been the editor in chief of Stanovništvo – one of the oldest demographic journals in the world, and visiting lecturer at the Belgrade Open School. He has published more than 60 papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings including four monographs. He had been engaged as thematic expert and national consultant in 12 national and five international projects and had conducted the project “Population and households in Serbia according to the 2011 Census” (2014-15) funded by the EU and the project package “Population policy” as part of the national project “Researching Demographic Phenomena for the Purpose of Public Policies in Serbia” (2011-2019). He had contributed creating current national strategies – Spatial Development Strategy through 2020 (2010) and Birth Promotion Strategy (2018). He has evaluated bilateral, scientific and technological cooperation projects of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. He was scientific consultant in highly rated tv documentary on depopulation and emigration from Serbia – entitled Zadnja kuća, Srbija, for the national broadcasting company RTS from 2010 to 2015.

Membership:

  • Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Committee for the Study of Population
  • European Association for Population Studies (EAPS)
  • Association of Demographers of Serbia

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladimir_Nikitovic

Selected publications:

  • Nikitović, V., Arsenović, D., Sekulić, A., Bajat, B. (2019). Is the Second Demographic Transition a useful framework for understanding the spatial patterns of fertility change in Serbia at the beginning of the 21st century? AUC Geographica, 54(2), 168-183.
    https://doi.org/10.14712/23361980.2019.14
  • Nikitović, V. (2018). The End of Demographic Transition in Kosovo: Does the Meaning of the Population Factor Change? In D. Proroković (ed.), Kosovo: Sui Generis or Precedent in International Relations (pp. 299-320). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade.
  • Reynaud, C., Nikitović, V., Tucci, E. (2017). Recent Immigration from Serbia to Italy: The Beginning of a New Tradition? In: V. Janeska & A. Lozanoska (eds.), The population of the Balkans at the dawn of the 21st century (pp. 205-220). Skopje: Institute of Economics – Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.
  • Nikitović, V. (2018). The End of Demographic Transition in Kosovo: Does the Meaning of the Population Factor Change? In D. Proroković (ed.), Kosovo: Sui Generis or Precedent in International Relations (pp. 299-320). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade.
  • Nikitović, V. (2016). Demographic Limits to Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions in Serbia, In: G. Zhelezov (Ed.), Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions: Southeastern Europe (pp. 241-251). Cham: Springer Science.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20110-8_16

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