Mateja Šmid Hribar, PhD
Research Associate, Assistant Professor
+386 1 470 63 52
mateja.smid@zrc-sazu.si
Research interests
Education
B. Sc. in Sociology of culture and Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2000
M. Sc. in Conservation of Natural Heritage, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2008
Ph. D. in Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, Slovenia, 2015
B. Sc. in Sociology of culture and Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2000
M. Sc. in Conservation of Natural Heritage, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2008
Ph. D. in Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, Slovenia, 2015
Research fields
landscape studies, land use, ecosystem services, sustainable development, common-pool resources, commons, collective actions, community-based management, resilience, heritage
Other activities
- Member of editorial board of scientific journal Acta geographica Slovenica (2020‒)
- Board member of the EUCALAND network - European Cultural and Agricultural Landscapes (2019‒)
- Member of the Ecosystem Services Partnership - ESP and national representative of Slovene National network
- Member of the Group for Ecosystem services in Slovenia - SOES
- Member of the International Association for the Study of the Commons - IASC
- Member of the Partnership for safeguarding and popularization of dry stone wall in Karst
- Member of Editorial Board of Book Series Geography of Slovenia and Georitem
- Member of the Group for Ecosystem services in Slovenia - SOES
- Member of the International Association for the Study of the Commons - IASC
- Member of the Partnership for safeguarding and popularization of dry stone wall in Karst
- Member of Editorial Board of Book Series Geography of Slovenia and Georitem
Recognitions and awards
LIDA 2006: first prize for research poster "End-users and their impact on digital repositories"
First place award for "The Interpretation polygon as a tool for understanding the cultural landscape", CLIC national contest for landscapes, category C – General public, 2014
International award of European project 2Bparks for the integrated interpretation of the Iška river in Ljubljansko barje, the category "Places of Sense", 2013
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
Diploma of Excellence for the Black Sea - Danubian Social & Economic Innovator, Under the aegis of the European Commission - DG MARE on the occasion of the European Maritime Day in Romania, 2019
2nd price of the Danube Transnational Programme Video Competition, 2019
Selected publications
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Anderson, B., Das, B., Fontán Bestilleiro, D., Larsson, J., Plater, M., Šmid Hribar, M., Thatcher, A. 2023. Global commons. Presentation at the Swiss summer school on commons, August 20 2023.
BOOKS
- Kozina, J., Šmid Hribar, M., Poljak Istenič, S., Tiran, J., Halilović, N. 2019. Družbeni učinki urbanega kmetijstva. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
- Šmid Hribar, M. 2016: Varovanje in trajnostni razvoj kulturne pokrajine na primeru Ljubljanskega barja. Georitem 27. Ljubljana.
SELECTED PAPERS
- Šmid Hribar, M., Urbanc, M., Zorn, M. 2023: Commons and their contribution to sustaining Slovenian cultural landscapes. Acta geographica Slovenica 63–3.
- Tucker, C., Šmid Hribar, M., Urbanc, M., Bogataj, N., Gunya, A., Rodela, R., Sigura, M., Piani, L. 2023: Governance of interdependent ecosystem services and common-pool resources. Land Use Policy. 106575, vol. 127.
- Pipan, P., Šmid Hribar, M., Urbanc, M. 2023: Motivation, robustness and benefits of water commons: insights from small drinking water supply systems. Acta geographica Slovenica63–3.
- Šmid Hribar, M., Hori, K., Urbanc, M., Saito, O., Zorn, M. 2023: Evolution and new potentials of landscape commons: insights from Japan and Slovenia. Ecosystem services 59, 101499. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101499.
- Šmid Hribar, M., Japelj, A., Vurunić, S. 2021: Systematic mapping of studies on ecosystem services in Slovenia. Geografski vestnik 93(1):9-62.
- Urbanc, M., Šmid Hribar, M. 2021: Livek: A mountainous border area's transformation from a ski paradise to a resilient community. V: Martinez, G. (ed). Culture and climate resilience: perspectives from Europe, Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies. Cham.
- Steger, C., Klein, J.A., Reid, R.S., Lavorel, S., Tucker, C., Hopping, K.A., Marchant, R., Teel, T., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Dorji, T., Greenwood, G., Huber, R., Kasam, K.-A., Kreuer, D., Nolin, A., Russell, A., Sharp, J.L., Šmid Hribar, M., Thorn, J.P.R., Grant, G., Mahdi, M., Moreno, M., Waiswa, D. 2021: Science with Society: Evidence-based Guidance for Best Practices in Environmental Transdisciplinary Work. Global Environmental Change 68, 102240.
- Rodela R., Tucker C.M., Šmid Hribar M., Sigura M., Bogataj N., Urbanc M., Gunya A. 2019: Intersections of ecosystem services and common-pool resources literature: An interdisciplinary encounter. Environmental Science and Policy 94, 72–81.
- Ribeiro, D., Šmid Hribar, M. 2019: Assessment of land-use changes and their impacts on ecosystem services in two Slovenian rural landscapes. Acta Geographica Slovenica 59-2.
- Gabrovec, M., Kumer, P., Ribeiro, D., Šmid Hribar, M. 2020: Land use in Slovenia. In: Perko D., Ciglič R., Zorn M. (eds) The Geography of Slovenia. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham
- Urbanc, M., Šmid Hribar, M., Kumer, P. 2020: Culture in Slovenia. In: Perko D., Ciglič R., Zorn M. (eds) The Geography of Slovenia. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham
- Šmid Hribar, M., Kozina, J., Bole, D., Urbanc, M. 2018: Public goods, common-pool resources, and the commons: The influence of historical legacy on modern perceptions in Slovenia as a transitional society. Urbani izziv, 29(1):96-109.
- Burkhard, B., Maes, J., Potschin-Young, M., Santos-Martín, F., Geneletti, D., Stoev, P., Kopperoinen, L., Šmid Hribar, M., et al. 2018: Mapping and assessing ecosystem services in the EU-Lessons learned from the ESMERALDA approach of integration. One Ecosystem 3: e29153, doi: 10.3897/oneeco.3.e291
- Šmid Hribar, M., Bole, D., Urbanc, M. 2015: Public And Common Goods in the Cultural Landscape. Geografski vestnik 87-2.
- Šmid Hribar, M., Geršič, M., Pipan, P., Repolusk, P., Tiran, J., Topole, M., Ciglič, R. 2017: Cultivated terraces in Slovenian landscapes. Acta geographica Slovenica, 57-2, 83–97.
- Bole., D, Šmid Hribar, M, Pipan, P. 2017: Participatory research in community development: A case study of creating cultural tourism products. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Geographica 52(2):1-12.
- Šmid Hribar, M., Bole, D., Pipan, P. 2015. Sustainable heritage management: Social, economic and other potentials of culture in local development. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 188, 103 – 110.
- Šmid Hribar, M., Ledinek Lozej, Š. 2013: The role of identifying and managing cultural values in rural development. Acta Geografica Slovenica 53–2.
Selected projects
Geography of Slovenia - national research programme (research programme • January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027)
SELINA - Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAtural capital (research project • July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2027)
SHARED GREEN DEAL - Social sciences & Humanities for Achieving a Responsible, Equitable and Desirable GREEN DEAL (research project • February 1, 2022 - February 28, 2027)
NatGuidES - Identification, assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in valuable nature conservation areas in Slovenia (target research project • October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2023)
ECOVINEGOALS - ECOlogical VINEyards GOvernance and Activities for Landscape‘s Strategies (INTERREG • March 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022)
LABELSCAPE - Integration of sustainability labels into Mediterranean tourism policies (INTERREG • November 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
MEDFEST (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2019)
AgriGo4Cities - Urban agriculture for changing cities: governance models for better institutional capacities and social inclusion (INTERREG • January 1, 2017 - June 30, 2019)
The evaluation of the burdening level regarding the forest parts of the nature park Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski Hrib (applied project • July 28, 2009 - September 15, 2010)
Cultural landscapes caught between public good, private interests and politics (fundamental research project • October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2017)
Siting of farm buildings in the landscape context and solving spatial conflicts (target research project • October 1, 2016 - March 31, 2018)
Drafting of the platform for tourism and recreational use of forests (target research project • October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2018)
Esmeralda (applied research project • February 1, 2015 - July 31, 2018)
2Bparks - Creative Sustainable Management, Territorially Compatible Marketing, and Environmental Education (applied project • July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013)
SY_CULTour (applied project • March 1, 2011 - March 1, 2014)
WIKIAlps (applied project • October 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014)
Upgrade of the methodology for designation of nationally important landscape identity areas (target research project • April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2020)
Terraced Landscapes (applied project • December 1, 2004 - December 31, 2007)
SELINA - Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decisIons about NAtural capital (research project • July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2027)
SHARED GREEN DEAL - Social sciences & Humanities for Achieving a Responsible, Equitable and Desirable GREEN DEAL (research project • February 1, 2022 - February 28, 2027)
NatGuidES - Identification, assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in valuable nature conservation areas in Slovenia (target research project • October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2023)
ECOVINEGOALS - ECOlogical VINEyards GOvernance and Activities for Landscape‘s Strategies (INTERREG • March 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022)
LABELSCAPE - Integration of sustainability labels into Mediterranean tourism policies (INTERREG • November 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
MEDFEST (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - October 31, 2019)
AgriGo4Cities - Urban agriculture for changing cities: governance models for better institutional capacities and social inclusion (INTERREG • January 1, 2017 - June 30, 2019)
The evaluation of the burdening level regarding the forest parts of the nature park Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski Hrib (applied project • July 28, 2009 - September 15, 2010)
Cultural landscapes caught between public good, private interests and politics (fundamental research project • October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2017)
Siting of farm buildings in the landscape context and solving spatial conflicts (target research project • October 1, 2016 - March 31, 2018)
Drafting of the platform for tourism and recreational use of forests (target research project • October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2018)
Esmeralda (applied research project • February 1, 2015 - July 31, 2018)
2Bparks - Creative Sustainable Management, Territorially Compatible Marketing, and Environmental Education (applied project • July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013)
SY_CULTour (applied project • March 1, 2011 - March 1, 2014)
WIKIAlps (applied project • October 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014)
Upgrade of the methodology for designation of nationally important landscape identity areas (target research project • April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2020)
Terraced Landscapes (applied project • December 1, 2004 - December 31, 2007)