Primož Pipan, PhD
+386 1 470 63 59
primoz.pipan@zrc-sazu.si
Research interests
Education
- Ph. D. in Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, Slovenia, 2011
- B. Sc. in Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2004
Research fields
heritage, political geography, regional geography, natural disasters, geographical names, geography of tourism
Other activities
- member of the executive board of Association of Slovenian geographers (2023-),
- vice-president of Ljubljana Geographical Society (2019-2023),
- president of Ljubljana Geographical Society (2014-2019),
- excursion's commisioner at the Ljubljana Geographical Society (2005–2013),
- president, member of the executive board in charge of international relations at Slovenian Young Geographers Association (1998–2000),
- vice president of The European Geography Association for Students and Young Geographers - EGEA (1998–2000).
Recognitions and awards
Silver Tablet of the Association of the Geographical Societies of Slovenia, 2022
Award of Association of the Geographical Societies of Slovenia for work in Slovenian Young Geographers Association and organization of 12th EGEA Annual Congress in Slovenia 2000, 2001
Special mention of the jury Europa Nostra Awards in category Education, Training and Awareness-Raising for action plan »Cultural heritage and the development of the Črni Vrh rural community«, 2015
Bronze Tablet of the Association of the Geographical Societies of Slovenia, 2013
Selected publications
- Pipan, P., Šmid Hribar, M., Urbanc, M. 2023: Motivation, robustness and benefits of water commons: Insights from small drinking water supply systems. Acta Geographica Slovenica 63-3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/AGS.11592
- Caf, N. R., Bofulin, M., Pipan, P. 2023: Fish stories between past and future: competing and complementary heritage imaginaries in the Northeast Adriatic. Maritime Studies 22-38.
- Pipan, P., Topole, M. 2023: Heritagization between nature and culture: managing the Sečovlje salt pans in Slovenia. Landscape as heritage: international critical perspectives. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003195238-23
- Topole, M., Pipan, P. 2022: Prilaščanje pokrajine Sečoveljskih solin: naravna in kulturna dediščina. Geographical Bulletin: 94-1.
- Bole, D., Kumer, P., Gašperič, P., Kozina, J., Pipan, P., Tiran, J. 2022: Clash of two identities: what happens to industrial identity in a post-industrial society?. Societies 2-2.
- Topole, M., Pipan, P., Gašperič, P., Geršič, M., Kumer, P. 2021: Culinary events in the Slovenian countryside: Visitors’ motives, satisfaction, and views on sustainability. Acta Geographica Slovenica 61-1.
- Topole, M., Pipan, P. 2020: Between Traditions and Innovations. Culinary Boutique Tourism in the Hinterland of Mediterranean Tourist Destinations. Traditiones 49-3.
- Pipan, P. 2020: The power and vulnerability of the Velenje economy. Velenje, industrijsko mesto v preobrazbi. CAPACities 4. Založba ZRC.
- Komac, B., Ferk, M., Pipan, P., Tičar, J., Zorn, M. 2020: Natural hazards in Slovenia. The Geography of Slovenia: Small but Diverse. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer.
- Pipan, P., Zorn. M. 2020: Public participation in earthquake recovery in the border region between Italy and Slovenia. Participatory research and planning in practice. The Urban Book Series. Springer.
- Kumer, P., Pipan, P., Šmid Hribar, M., Razpotnik Visković, N. 2019: The role of actors' cooperation, local anchoring and innovation in creating culinary tourism experiences in the rural Slovenian Mediterranean. Geographical bulletin 91-2.
- Bole, D., Šmid Hribar, M., Pipan, P. 2017: Participatory research in community development: A case study of creating cultural tourism products. AUC Geographica. Univerzita Karlova 52-2.
- Pipan, P., Kokalj, Ž. 2017: Transformation of the Jeruzalem Hills cultural landscape with modern vineyard terraces. Acta geographica Slovenica 57-2.
- Kladnik, D., Pipan, P., Gašperič, P. 2014: Poimenovanja Piranskega zaliva (Names for the Bay of Piran). Geografija Slovenije 27.
- Bandelj, A., Pipan, P. 2014: Videmsko.
- Bole, D., Šmid Hribar, M., Kozina, J., Pipan, P. 2014: Sinergija kulture in turizma za razvoj podeželskih območij (The synergy of culture and tourism for the development of rural areas).
- Bole, D., Pipan, P., Komac, B. 2013: Cultural values and sustainable rural development: a brief introduction. Acta geographica Slovenica, 52-2.
- Mares, P., Rasin, R., Pipan, P. 2013: Abandoned landscapes of former German settlement in the Czech Republic and Slovenia. Cultural severance and the environment: the ending of traditional and customary practice on commons and landscapes managed in common. Springer, Environmental history, vol. 2, 289-309.
- Urbanc, M., Pipan, P. 2011: Climalptour: climate change and its impact on tourism in the Alpine space.
- Fridl, J., Urbanc, M., Pipan, P. 2009: The importance of teachers' perception of space in education. Acta geographica Slovenica 49-2.
- Kladnik, D., Pipan, P. 2008: Bay of Piran or Bay of Savudrija? An example of problematic treatment of geographical names. Acta geographica Slovenica 48-1.
- Pipan, P. 2008: Border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia along the lower reaches of the Dragonja River. Acta geographica Slovenica 48-2.
- Pipan, P. 2007: Cross-border cooperation between Slovenia and Croatia in Istria after 1991. Acta geographica Slovenica 47-2.
Selected projects
Heritage on the margins: new perspectives on heritage and identity within and beyond national (research programme • January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2024)
SMF CONSPIRO - Breathing Together for Cleaner Air (September 1, 2024 - August 30, 2025)
CARE4CLIMATE (January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2026)
Route biographies: walking and writing as methods for researching border regions (fundamental research project • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025)
Research of endangered dialects in the Slovene language area (Radgonski kot, Gradiščanska, Hum na Sutli with surroundings, Dubravica with surroundings (October 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024)
Mobility poverty in the Republic of Slovenia (target research project • October 1, 2022 - May 31, 2024)
Places that don’t matter? Socio-economic transformation of industrial towns in Switzerland and Slovenia (fundamental research project • November 1, 2020 - October 31, 2024)
ECOVINEGOALS - ECOlogical VINEyards GOvernance and Activities for Landscape‘s Strategies (INTERREG • March 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022)
MEDFEST (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2019)
Cultural landscapes caught between public good, private interests and politics (fundamental research project • October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2017)
Bright Future (research project • March 1, 2017 - March 1, 2020)
WETNET - Coordinated management and networking of Mediterranean wetlands (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - April 30, 2019)
SMF CONSPIRO - Breathing Together for Cleaner Air (September 1, 2024 - August 30, 2025)
CARE4CLIMATE (January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2026)
Route biographies: walking and writing as methods for researching border regions (fundamental research project • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025)
Research of endangered dialects in the Slovene language area (Radgonski kot, Gradiščanska, Hum na Sutli with surroundings, Dubravica with surroundings (October 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024)
Mobility poverty in the Republic of Slovenia (target research project • October 1, 2022 - May 31, 2024)
Places that don’t matter? Socio-economic transformation of industrial towns in Switzerland and Slovenia (fundamental research project • November 1, 2020 - October 31, 2024)
ECOVINEGOALS - ECOlogical VINEyards GOvernance and Activities for Landscape‘s Strategies (INTERREG • March 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022)
MEDFEST (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2019)
Cultural landscapes caught between public good, private interests and politics (fundamental research project • October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2017)
Bright Future (research project • March 1, 2017 - March 1, 2020)
WETNET - Coordinated management and networking of Mediterranean wetlands (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - April 30, 2019)