Education
B.Sc. in geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2007
Ph.D. in environmental protection, University of Ljubljana, 2014

Research fields
environmental protection, environmental psychology, regional geography, human ecology

Other activities

• president of organizing committe of symposium Slovenian regional days
• member of editorial board of book serie Geografija Slovenije
• member of editorial board of book serie Georitem
• coeditor of editorial board of book serie Regionalni razvoj
• assistant profesor at the University of Novo mesto
• assistant profesor at postgraduate school ZRC SAZU

Selected presentations and lectures

• Urban public spaces as a spaces of resiliance: the case of Ljubljana. A practice of resilience in the face of an uncertain future, Reykjavik, Iceland, 24 June 2023
• Side event 2: Exploring the potential of ecosystem restoration in the Mediterranean to cope with climate change and biodiversity loss. Lecture at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 23 - Green Transition in the Mediterranean: from Decisions to Action, Portorož, Slovenia, 6 December 2023.
• Development of smart waste bin: people centred intervention for behavioural change. Presentation at the International Geographical Union Conference, Paris, France, 20 July 2022(co-authors D. Podjed, J. Guna).
• Slovenian experiences in testing the Environmental Contract at local and regional level. Case study: Slovenian Coast. Presentation at the final conference of the TUNE UP project, Thessaloniki, Greece, 9 June 2022 (Co-author A. Smrekar).
• Capacity Building Seminar Regional MoU Implementation. Case study: Slovenian Coast. Presentation at the final conference of the TUNE UP project, Thessaloniki, Greece, 9 June 2021(Co-author A. Smrekar).
• "Wetland Memorandum" as a Tool for Successful wetland governance. Presentation at the EUROGEO Conference, Lesvos, Greece, 05.05.2021 (co-author A. Smrekar).
• How to preserve wetlands through a participatory process? (Case study from the Slovenian Coast). Presentation at the EUROGEO Conference, Lesvos, Greece, 05.05.2021 (co-author A. Smrekar). 
• The Wetland Contract as a Tool for Successful Governance of Maritime protected areas: A Case Study of Sečovlje Salina Nature Park, Slovenia. Presentation at the EUROGEO Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 01.07., web event. (co-author A. Smrekar).
• Bridging the gap between environmental awareness in word and behaviour in deed: the case study of Ljubljana. Invited guest lecture in the framework of the International Cross-Cultural Fieldwork course at York St. John University, York, UK, 25.02.2020, online event. 
• The beauty of a disappearing glacier: The Triglav Glacier, Slovenia. Presentation at the EUROGEO Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 01.07.2020, web event, https://www.eurogeo2021.eu. (co-authored with A. Smrekar).
• How to conserve wetlands through participatory processes? Presentation at the symposium Stories from the "most beautiful river" --- and beyond --- : tourism - space - nature, Portorož, 20.10.2020 (co-author A. Smrekar).
• How we arrived at the Memorandum on Wetland Conservation. Final local conference of the TUNE UP project, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 10 March 2020, Zoom platform.