Safet Kubat

Dr Safet Kubat

Post-Doctorant / Chercheur postdoctoral à l'ESKAS

Safet Kubat is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva (Institute for Citizenship Studies). He earned his PhD in 2024 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Sarajevo. His doctoral dissertation focused on the study and establishment of socio-ecological boundaries in correlation with the commons as a method for resource preservation at the city level.

Within this framework, he developed a transformative doughnut economy model and a City Portrait model (GEB), which includes more than 400 indicators.

Kubat is the founder of one of the largest ecological movements in the Balkans – Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Be the Change (62,000 members), where he connects citizen science and academia with concrete social activism.

He is a recipient of the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for his postdoctoral studies. His research project is titled: Development of a transformative citizen-participatory doughnut model as a potential for socio-environmental policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina/corelate with Switzerland.

Recherche

Political Ecology

Citizen Science

Intérêts

Social-Ecological Movements

Border Studies

Critical Pedagogy

Qualitative Methodology

Doughnut Economy

Awards

Philanthropic Award (2024)
UNESCO Peace Champion (2022/23)
EU Green Award Champion (2021/22)

Projets

HORIZON – MISS-2021-OCEAN-02 Danube Region – KRIOT

Ecological Movement Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (62,000 members)

To Be Someone, Be Eco

Publications

2025

Journal articles

Hibert, M., Kulenović, F., Kubat, S. (2025) Degrowth Doughnut in Libraries, Lida conference Libraries in the digital age – LIDA Dubrovnik – in progress

Books and policy studies

In preparation

Kubat, S. (October 2025), Death of Zenica’s Industry: End of One Era, Beginning of Another, Pendulum Books

Kubat, S. (February 2026), Socio-ecological boundaries; Pathway to societal transformation, Springer Nature (PDSE)

2024

Journal articles

Hayes, S., Jandrić, P., la Velle, L., Earle, S., Srajer, F., Dragić, Z., Kubat, S., Peraica, A., Švraka, D., Popović, S., Mumelas, D., Pospis, D., Vujanović, B., Lugovic, S., Jopling, M., Tolbert, S., & Watermeier, R. (2024). Postdigital Citizen Science and Humanities: Dialogue from the Ground. Postdigital Science and Education.

Books and policy studies

Popular science

Kubat, S. (2024). What is the doughnut economy model? Can it offer salvation for BiH? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | HBS-Sarajevo - Heinrich Boll Stiftung.

2023

Books and policy studies

Kubat, S. (2023). Waste Management Roadmap. Publisher : UDEG Zenica.
Kubat, S. (2023a). Register of Illegal Dumpsites in the Zavidovići City Area. UDEG, Zenica

2022

Journal articles

Kubat, S. (2022). Digital activism on the example of the group Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina "Be the change" Journal of librarians of Croatia, special edition 115, dedicated to media and information literacy,

Books and Policy studies

Kubat, S. (2022b). Eco manual for the new eco era, intended for teachers and students, within the project be eco, to be someone. JU INZ.
Kubat, S. (2022c). Study of the impact of pollutant emissions from home fireplaces on air pollution in the ZDK area. JU INZ.

Popular science

Kubat, S. (2022b). The Rivers of Bosnia Herzegovina: Ecology as a unifying ideology. The Radicals.

2019

Books and Policy studies

Kubat, S., Goletic, R., & Berisa-Fazlagić, A. (2019). Study- Animal waste from poultry farms—From a problem to a usable resource, JU Institute for Public Health.

2018

Journal articles

Kubat, S., Goletic, R. (2018). Environmental and health effects of inadequate disposal of animal waste in ZDK canton. "EMFM 2018" Zenica, B&H, 14-16.11.2018

Books and Policy Studies

Kubat, S., Tokić, M., Heganovic, I., Piljug, L., Sinanović, D., Sinanović, A., Delibašić, N., & Ugarak, M. (2018). Youth Policy Strategy in The Zenica Doboj Canton Area 2018-2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FBiH, Zenica Doboj canton. Strategija_omladinske_politike_2018-2022.pdf (zdk.ba)

2015

Journal articles

Durmisevic, S., Kubat, S., & Durmisevic, J., Lelic, M. (2015). The influence of monitoring of safe drinking water on the movement trend of microbiological and physical-chemical quality of drinking water in the Areas of Zenica-Doboj canton during period of 1997-2011 / Quality 2015

2013

Journal articles

Durmisevic, S., Kubat, S., & Durmisevic J. (2013). Air pollution effect on the malignant disease mortality rate in the city of Zenica. ”Trends in the Development of Machinery and Associated Technology”