Vladica Ristić graduated with a degree in architecture from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Pristina, Kosovska Mitrovica in 2002. He became a Doctor of Urban and Environmental Management in 2013 at the European Center for Peace and Development of the United Nations University for Peace. In 2016, he obtained his second doctorate in environmental protection from the Futura Faculty of Applied Ecology in Belgrade. In June 2022, he was elected to the position of full professor in the field of environmental sciences in the Faculty of Futura. He has published over 60 scientific papers in journals and at scientific meetings. He is the author of one monograph and co-author of several monographs. He published four textbooks for undergraduate and graduate studies. He has participated in two international INTERREG DTP projects and one World Bank project, and eleven spatial plans in Serbia and Montenegro. He is the founder and president of the International Research Academy of Sciences and Arts - MIANU. He is a member of the Serbian Chamber of Engineers and an honorary member of the Académie de Musique et d΄Arts "Espérance", Strasbourg, France.