Name and Surname
Marko Galjak
Affiliation
The Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade
Contact email
marina.budic.93@gmail.com
Short Biography
Marina Budić was born in 1993. She is currently a doctoral student in philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and a researcher associate at the Institute of Social Sciences, in the Center for philosophy. Marina’s primary area of research is ethics, within which she tries to combine theoretical and practical approach. The focus of Marina’s research, among others, is moral responsibility and social communities, ethical challenges of artificial intelligence, and bioethics (moral bioenhancement). In her work, she strives to examine philosophical questions that are relevant in today’s society.
Research abstract
Serbia is facing a triple energy problem: the global problem of climate change, the European problem of energy dependence on Russia, and the local problem of devastated infrastructure for primary energy production. Apart from these problems, Serbia relies too much on fossil fuels, which contributes to air pollution. Alternative forms of energy production represent all those ways of electricity production that are not based on fossil fuels, and Serbia, if it wants to be energy independent, unpolluted and rich, must embrace them in its green transition. The aim of this project is to examine the attitudes of the public in Serbia regarding their support for alternative energy sources in general. Also, the goal of the project is to examine whether in Serbia the NIMBY aspect makes a difference in these attitudes, that is, whether respondents view alternative energy sources differently if the construction of new capacities is planned in their immediate surroundings. In order to examine the attitudes of citizens, we use an online questionnaire with several categories of questions: socio-demographic, questions about alternative energy sources (with a NIMBY vignette) and questions that determine respondents according to nationalist and pro-Russian orientation. The research provides an answer to the research questions: to what extent are specific alternative energy sources popular (desirable) in Serbia? What would the citizens of Serbia prefer to have in their environment (and what would they not like), do nationalist and pro-Russian attitudes also mean support for fossil energy sources? The results of our research can inform decision makers and policy makers, academics and the general public, contribute to the understanding of the NIMBY phenomenon in Serbia, as well as to the dialogue between citizens and the state, and thus to the strengthening of democratic values.