Srđan Kukolj

Name and Surname
Srdjan Kukolj

Affiliation
Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute

Short Biography

Srđan Kukolj is a public health expert and policy analyst based in Belgrade, with more than twenty years of professional experience in Europe. His career has been firmly rooted in public health practice, where he has worked extensively on issues of population health, health systems, and access to services, before progressively concentrating on environmental health policy as a central field of expertise. This trajectory has enabled him to develop a deeper understanding of how environmental risks translate into public health outcomes and how institutional responses shape long term health and rights implications. His analytical work is informed by a rights based perspective, ethics, with particular attention to vulnerable populations, intergenerational equity, social interactions and the democratic implications of environmental health risks. His work combines applied public health research with policy analysis and public health management, with a strong emphasis on translating evidence into governance processes. He has coordinated and managed complex national and regional initiatives addressing the health consequences of environmental exposure, particularly in relation to air pollution and delayed ecological action. Across these projects, he has engaged closely with public institutions, academia, civil society organisations, and international partners, contributing to policy development and institutional accountability.

Research abstract

This research examines how delayed responses to environmental risks in Southeast Europe reshape youth rights and political practices through eco digital discourses. It is grounded in the premise that ecological postponement constitutes a violation of intergenerational equity, producing long term consequences for public health, democratic participation, and social belonging. The study focuses on how young people experience environmental exposure as a form of vulnerability and how these experiences are translated into political meaning and claims for accountability in digital spaces. Drawing on interviews, an online survey, and digital ethnography conducted across eight Southeast European states, the research analyses how youth articulate imaginaries of belonging, ownership, and aspiration in response to ecological risk. Particular attention is given to the metaphors and narratives through which environmental harm is framed as a rights based concern rather than a technical policy issue. The project demonstrates how eco digital practices enable young people to reposition themselves as producers of political knowledge and contributors to democratic renewal, offering insights relevant to environmental health policy and youth participation in the region.